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All along the coastal belt, but rarely extending more than a few miles inland, rounded beach flints or cobbles were used for walls and every type of building.

The churchyard consists of six terraces, each one characterised by a retaining wall. The church dates back to 1096; opposite it lies the picturesque 500-year-old Priest House.

The adjoining walls and buildings were subse- quently destroyed so that traffic bypassed the gate.

'Imagine some stupendous giant ...arising out of the sea and letting his axe fall slantwise upon the rocky wall so that it is riven from crown to base.'

It was flanked by the high Abbey precinct wall, and the arched entrance with supporting towers formed a porch.

On the right, the harbour wall has been badly damaged by a storm; it was not fully repaired until after the war.

The walls we see here lining the churchyard path have since been removed.

The nave walls have been plastered and whitewashed and the chancel ceiling embellished.

It was equipped with a high curtain wall 10 ft thick and round towers.

It is positioned just outside the castle walls.

Built in 1704, this fine mansion is especially famous for its superb staircase which is described as 'flying' up the back wall.

A Calor Gas stockist, the shop also boasts Brooke Bond and Walls ice cream. The parasol outside advertises Martini. On the left of the picture are the familiar red telephone box and post-box.

The magnificent west front of the cathedral overlooks the Cannon Green; since this picture was taken the fence has been replaced by a new wall. In 1986 massive restoration work was required.

The wall of the cloisters, a feature of monastic buildings, can be seen on the right of the picture, although no monks ever dwelled within these!

The High Street Gate (sometimes called the North Gate) is still closed every evening, a practice that has continued since about 1340AD when the wall surrounding the cathedral was completed, thus

The flint-walled boatshed on the left is now obscured by a gift shop/information centre.

Boats are drawn up on the beach under the walls of the fishing township, and their nets are drying on the rails beside the slipways.

Beyond the high brick wall with its iron restraints, a very good array of Georgian houses lead the eye into the market place and on to St Dionysius Church.

If these great walls had ears, they had undoubtedly heard it all before.

The fine vaulted roof is clearly visible, as is the leaning north wall of the nave, sloping outward as it rises.

It had undergone a number of incarnations since the Bard's day, but the timber framework, the floors and some of the internal walls are as they were in the 16th century.

It had undergone a number of incarnations since the Bard's day, but the timber framework, the floors and some of the internal walls are as they were in the 16th century.

In this photograph the cottages had only recently had their thatch replaced and the wall, next to the woman with the dog, rebuilt.

This tower was built in 1322 as an outwork to the tower on the north-west corner of the wall.