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Of Eudo Dapifer's great abbey foundation in 1096, only the 15th-century gate- house and some of the precinct walls survive, the rest having been bombarded during the 1648 siege.

The houses of Middleborough grew up beyond the town walls and the north gate, which was demolished in 1823.

It is well-known for its wonderful old church, which has towers built by the Saxons and Normans. It also has a historic old abbey, now a nunnery, with walls of the old Saxon church.

Outside the walls along the section near the hotel and station was a burial ground. Many of the victims of the cholera epidemic of 1832 were laid to rest there.

Note the sign on the wall: 'Tickets to view the church and hospital can be obtained here - Sundays excepting'.

There are guardrooms on the top floors: only here are there arrow-loops in the tower walls.

A number of temporary refreshment stalls stand on the far right near the cliff walls.

We are standing almost at the corner of the High Street, with the old rectory (home of the famous authoress Dorothy Sayers) hidden behind the wall on the right.

Outside the walls along the section near the hotel and station was a burial ground. Many of the victims of the cholera epidemic of 1832 were laid to rest there.

The original plan for the docks involved building a wall across the mouth of Wallasey Pool to create a tidal dock, or float.

To the left can be seen the workings of the Honister Slate Quarry, which produced some of the finest-quality green slate roofing and walling.

The landscape in this photograph gives the appearance of great antiquity, with low stone walls and irregularly-shaped fields where sheep graze.

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.

Six uprights form the walls, and the massive capstone is 11 feet long.

The new lighthouse perches on the most prominent point, its powerful beam sweeping nightly across the dark sky and spilling its light over the walls of the parish church like a searchlight.

The only casualty since 1899 is the wall on the right, sacrificed for road widening at the junction with Hardwick Road. Sellwoods on the left had only just been built.

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.

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).

Ulverston's railway station, dating from 1878, is below the wall to the left - this view was taken from the railway bridge.

Part of the pier building is occupied by the Central Café, with a display of postcards on the front wall.

The tower has been further reduced since 1951 to provide stone for garden walls.

Rose-clad cottages line the road in Burnsall, lying in the heart of Wharfedale where the drystone walls spread like a net over the fells, as we can just see in the background.

The extensive curtain walls of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summertime view of Scarborough's East Pier.

On fair days, sheep and pigs were penned outside the George Inn, and hooks to hold the hurdling can still be found on its walls. Gypsies also sold horses here, and there was much drunkenness.