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Behind the wall, lined with seats, is the River Thames.

Consequently, it was one of the first Roman-British towns to have complete city walls.

Consequently, it was one of the first Roman-British towns to have complete city walls.

The retaining wall along Torquay Road was the 1886 halfway meeting place of the 'Flatpole' and 'Dicky Bird' bands of warring youths! In the centre is St Paul's Church, built in 1939.

Apart from the electricity poles, the only clues to this scene being in the 20th century are the ubiquitous signs for Walls, Brooke Bond Tea and Woodbines, which probably now stir many an early memory

The view today, over 80 years on, is little changed, except that the wall to the right has largely disappeared.

From Palace Pier looking east, beyond the terminus of Magnus Volks' 1883 Electric Railway, we can see the late 1890s arches of Madeira Terrace, halfway up the sea wall in front of Marine Parade, with Kemp

The road at the right leads to the original railway station, whilst the road cutting under the city wall leads to the new station built in the 1870s.

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

The 17th-century mill at Hinxton oozes character with its weatherboarded walls, although the corrugated asbestos roof it sports in this view does not particularly add to its charms.

Whitwell's church once served two parishes, the building being divided in half by a stone wall.

This view is taken from outside the walls, looking north. The Sealed Knot stage re-enactments of the 1648 assault on Scarborough Castle with musket, pike and cannon.

On the next 'terrace' up is Middle Limpley Stoke, its narrow winding lane flanked by dry stone and mortared walls.

The sign on the wall offers coffees, accommodation, teas and lunches.

Brunel, showing considerable foresight, did not cut Dawlish off from the sea when he built his railway, but incorporated its walls into a splendid promenade which can be followed all the way to Dawlish

A view looking north west, past the tower and along the east wall of the harbour, to Ireland's Eye.

The sea wall is the one featured in that most evocative of paintings, 'The Boyhood of Raleigh', painted by Sir John Millais when he was resident in the town.

Now known as the Great Chamber, this room has since had panelling added to the walls, bringing it more into line with how it probably looked in around 1600.

Note the rowing boats for hire on the beach with oars propped against the sea walls.

The road descends northward to Middleborough beyond the line of the Roman wall.

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

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

Part of ancient Norwich, Cow Tower was once an integral part of the city wall. Much of this was dismantled in the 19th century, although it was reputedly in a poor state of repair.

Although little changed from this 1960s view, there has since been an alteration to the right-hand chimney bringing it out to the end wall.