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The low wall on the extreme left had been a pound - an overnight stopping-point for animals being driven to Chelmsford's livestock market.

The old station it replaced lay just within the city walls; its site and layout were such that trains had either to back in or out of it.

Canvey Island has been a great Thames-side attraction for many years, though now the sea walls have been raised to protect the low-lying island in the event of the closing of the Thames Barrier.

Walls were rebuilt in the early 1880s, and in the late 1880s work was done in the chancel. A stained glass window in memory of the Rev Frederick Parsons, a former vicar, was added.

The High Street, this time looking east towards the (then) new Town Hall.

Its slate-hung walls are typical of the local style. When this picture was taken it had become dilapidated, and the central cottage was soon afterwards restored by the National Park Authority.

The building of the sea wall and the Esplanade beyond gave a new opportunity for promenading.

The village Post Office on the right has a small sign attached to the wall which reads 'Post Office for money orders, savings bank, parcel post, telegraph, insurance and annuity business'.

In calm weather, the rocky sea front of the outer harbour can be used safely to secure boats before embarkation - a source of interest to people seated along the jetty wall. Mevagissey

This beautiful cottage still stands, largely unaltered apart from a little pruning of the creeper on the walls and the trees to the left.

The forbidding walls that surround the castle can be seen in the background. Originally there were six postern towers; the one at Fishergate is now the only one that remains unaltered.

An English Borough that excluded the Welsh as residents was laid out also, and both Castle and Borough were enclosed within a protected town wall.

Note the narrow walled fields leading off from the village street, which echo medieval strip cultivation. In the background is the Lose Hill-Back Tor ridge.

The main gatehouse was supported by flanking half-drum towers and the curtain wall had a rectangular tower at each end, though they were of different sizes due to the geography of the site.

The college gardens are bordered on two sides by the ancient city wall.

The peace and tranquillity of Botley all changed in 1964 when major development took place. Today, the village is a thriving suburb of Oxford, with many shops, banks and offices.

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

In the 19th century the Bank House brewed its own beer: the wall and steps of the malt kiln and the cellar can be seen on the right.

The massive bulk of the ancient abbey walls rise close the vista in the distance.

In the foreground is a crumbling wall of the medieval Outer Ward, and on the headland behind is the monstrous hotel built by the London & South Western Railway Co at the end of the 19th

A fragment of the medieval Town Wall, this postern gate allowed the townsfolk to obtain drinking water from springs at the Greyfriars.

half-timbered gatehouse of the Hospital of St John, founded by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1084 and the second oldest medieval almshouse in England, which stands in Northgate Street, outside the original city walls

With the faded lime wash and rough appearance of the cottages and walls, this scene has an almost Mediterranean air about it.

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.