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In 1645, during the Civil War, one arch was removed and replaced with a drawbridge.

This old view gives a fine impression of how long the cathedral is.The magnificent row of arched openings nearer the camera is the ruined priory infirmary.

The stallholder, standing to the right in his apron and straw hat, is no more than a youth, and is probably one of many hired hands working for a much larger concern.

His poem about the embittered fisherman Peter Grimes inspired an opera by a much later and better known resident, Benjamin Britten.

It is now a much larger town, and a popular resort.

It has become a much more congested caravan site today.

The headquarters of Somerset County Cricket Club, founded in 1875, lie on the south bank of the River Tone; although the grandstands are much changed, the arched one still in essence survives.

For well over a century the room above Westgate's arch has functioned as a small museum.

The Tea Gardens have long closed, but peeping over the roof is the squat battlemented tower of de Braose's Norman church, brutally treated subsequently, but notable for the 1070s tower arch capitals: wonderfully

This stately five-arched structure now carries the Monsal Trail; and despite John Ruskins outbursts when it was built, it is now a protected structure.

Grays is a much re-developed town, but it has a fine Norman church.

Above the altar hangs an impressive picture of the Last Supper.The chancel arch is a striking feature of the church, as is the 15th-century tower.

The River Severn is wide here on the approach to the town, so that a lengthy twin-arched bridge was needed to make the crossing.

Since then it has been a school and a hospital; it is now Chepstow museum, which was originally housed above the Town Arch.

A temporary wall separates it from the crossing tower and the dust from the building works beyond the west tower arch.

St Mary and St Melore's is basically Norman, large and built mainly of flint; its large squat Early English tower rests on triple chamfered arches and has three wide-spaced single bell openings.

The arched building on the left is presently a building site.

In the background is the 16th-century five-arched bridge which gave the village its name.

Decimus Burton’s impressive arch is topped by a decorative frieze depicting horsemen, the design imitated from the Elgin Marbles which were on display in the British Museum.

The arches once had portcullises into the water, and there is a walkway on the inside of the wall.