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The buttressed wall on the left belongs to the former rectory, a good brick house of about 1700 with seven bays of sash windows.

It acquired town walls in 1285, and in 1353 it wrested away Lincoln's wool staple. It was the wool trade that built the town, with its seething market and vast numbers of ships.

This building at the foot of Park Lane, with its stuccoed walls, pedimented porch, and ornamental iron gates, was built around 1820 as the lodge to Cheam Park House.

Bishop Hugh le Puiset had attempted to build a Lady Chapel at the east end of the cathedral, but construction was plagued with problems, including walls cracking.

Local dry stone walling, brick and Swithland slate are all here in abundance, as the road drops down from Maplewell Hall to the village centre.

From 1862 North Wall was the Dublin terminus for London & North Western Railway steamers from Holyhead.

The watch-tower in the roof of the new prison was built so the guards could observe all activity in the exercise yards.

He died in 1936, and his ashes are buried in the church wall just to the right of this tree.

The fruit tree climbing up the wall is still there, and so is what looks like a mounting block.

Michael Sherbrook, rector of Wickersley, wrote:'All things of price either spoiled, carted away, or defaced to the uttermost … nothing was spared but the oxhouses and swinecoates and other such houses

Michael Sherbrook, rector of Wickersley, wrote: 'All things of price either spoiled, carted away, or defaced to the uttermost.....nothing was spared but the oxhouses and swinecoates and other such houses

St Mary's church, built on a mound with access to the churchyard via a causeway, is shown in the photograph, and has Roman bricks in the walls.

On the right-hand side of the street stand flint-walled houses with brick dressings.

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Southgate is the only surviving gate of the three that used to give access to the old walled town.

Southgate is the only surviving gate of the three that used to give access to the old walled town.

At the far end of the market place stands the imposing Victorian Town Hall, while on the right of the picture is a sign for the historic 15th-century Talbot Hotel.

Here, looking towards Ingoldmells Point, are the sandy beach and the sand dunes, a view now radically changed by the more recent sea defences with a massive concave-fronted sea wall forming a promenade

The wall was designed to deflect the waves that so often come up the English Channel from the south-west on stormy days.

When the clock strikes the hour the doors slide open and Godiva rides once again, while Peeping Tom (a mythical figure) leers down at her from a niche in the wall above.

This is all that remains of the Guesten House, built in 1320 for visitors to the monastery.

The west side, with its balanced Renaissance design, overlooks the lake, which with its meandering curves and seemingly natural islands forms part of the adjoining walled park, landscaped by Capability

When the clock strikes the hour the doors slide open and Godiva rides once again, while Peeping Tom (a mythical figure) leers down at her from a niche in the wall above.

It was originally the home of the Brigantes, but it was then taken over by the Roman Ninth legion; there are still remains of sandstone walls, a quarry, pavements, mosaic flooring and a stadium.