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Although isolated fragments of Stamford's 13th-century town walls can still be found around the town, often incorporated into later buildings, St Peter's Gate bastion or angle tower is the only recognisable

Few who saw the film version of the latter will forget the scene where the enigmatic heroine, played by Meryl Streep, stood braving a storm at the end of the Cobb—Lyme's harbour wall.

imagination, it is almost possible to smell the uncovered weed drying in the sun, as a lonely figure tramps with bowed back along the lower part of the slipway towards the boat trolley, just below the sea wall

Note the old 'school' traffic sign on the the recessed wall to the left. The symbol then was a flaming torch, its detail picked out with white reflectors.

In March 1867 the Dutch ship 'Jonkheer Meester van der Wall van Putteshoek', carrying spices, sugar and coffee, was wrecked on Men-y-Grib during a storm.

ings in St John Street and Vineyard Street have been lost, this wonderful group of jet- tied buildings survives, clustering up to Schere Gate, possibly a medi- eval gate through the town wall

The lychgate is still in place, and so are the school wall and railings (right), the porch of Linden Lea (left), and the stones protecting it from passing traffic.

Generations of the Le Strange family have been buried here, and their memorials festoon the walls and floor.

The wall on the left separated the exercise area, the palaestra, from the baths proper.

The stony ground hereabouts led to the construction of stone walls as well as the usual Dorset hedges. In recent times the village gave a name to the much-loved Dorset folk-singing group the Yetties.

Notice the sign reading 'A Davis & Sons, Fish, Fruit & Potato' painted on the wall further along on the right.

Today it houses the Castle Museum.This picture shows the castle prior to the excavation of the outer walls in the 1930s, and the castle entrance is now reached across a footbridge.

Although the castle entrance is enlarged, the Animal Wall re-sited and the trailing vines long since removed, this remains a familiar scene.

Although the castle entrance is enlarged, the Animal Wall re-sited and the trailing vines long since removed, this remains a familiar scene.

Amongst the facilities provided by the Cliftons was the old lifeboat house, built largely from cobbles and overlooking the promenade wall.

Since then the sea walls have been raised, making it impossible to get sea views from the low-lying chalets.

Judging by the slogan on the rectory wall, not everyone was happy with the post-war Conservative government.

With its wall-mounted Victorian letterbox, modern telephone box, and window display of assorted goods, this little post office was of central importance to the daily lives of the inhabitants of this small

Remarkably little of the medieval city survives; apart from St Mary Magdalen and a fragment of town wall, the Abbey is the main physical evidence of what was a prosperous town built on the wool trade.

Looking north from New Bond Street, this late 19th-century view captures well the quality of Milsom Street, one of the earlier streets laid out beyond the boundaries of the original walled town.

These all survive, albeit now with concrete roof tiles. Most of the front garden stone walls remain, but the trams and the overhead cable standards have long gone.

The ruined walls are now free of the lush vegetation shown here, and well consolidated, but Easby Abbey is still privately owned (although in English Heritage's guardianship).

Its walls are hidden beneath some rather tatty rendering, but are almost certainly made of granite, which can be seen in the arch below the gable, and in the horse trough in which the little boy is standing

The adjoining walls and buildings were subsequently destroyed so that traffic bypassed Bargate.