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The tower, in ruins here, was rebuilt in 1923, and the bells were re-hung in 1925.

Ahead is the Water and Roller Mill, and to the left is the tower of St Gregory's Church, with the workhouse, or Sudbury Union, now Walnut Tree Hospital, in between.

The four corner towers - of which only two survive to any great height - have walls nine feet thick at the base.

The 19th-century Abbey Mill contrasts with the 15th-century church tower, which possibly replaced a smaller Norman one.

It was here, in the early 15th century, that the rebel leader Owain Glyndwr had his stronghold and seat of power during the rebellion.

Originally early Norman in style, it was altered and enlarged in 1330, and a perpendicular tower was added in the 15th century.

Ulph's-water', takes its name from the Viking settler Lyulph, whose name was popularised in the 18th century when the Duke of Norfolk, then owner of Greystoke Castle, built the folly called Lyulph's Tower

A stone carving on the tower might have inspired Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat, as his father, the Reverend Dodgson, often visited St Wilfrid's.

The Town Hall (centre left, with the bell tower) was built by Lord Clinton in 1850 to replace the wooden 16th-century structure which stood at the Bull Ring.

This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey.

The stone-arched building on the right was the postern tower built in 1497 on St Mary's Abbey walls; it is now an office for First York Buses.

This view is taken from the tower of St Mary's church on the other side of the A283, looking past the old forge with its heavily- pruned lime tree.

The church of St Nicholas overlooks the village and the sea; it was built in c1500, but its tower formed part of an earlier church.

Note the symmetry of this early residential development on Lake Road East with its grand row of houses book-ended by conical towers.

Here we see the great castle-like north- east corner tower and, to the right, the Great Hall's oriel bay window and the (now glazed) cupola to vent the hall's former open fire.

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

In the distance is Wainhouse Tower, 253ft high, with over 400 steps and weighing in at about 9000 tonnes.

At the northern end are the Green Hill Gardens, and at the southern end, the Alexandra Gardens; while near the clock tower stands an equestrian statue of George III, erected in 1809.

The lovely round tower is obscured by trees in this photograph, but it is still possible to admire the thatched roof and the stone finial on the east gable.

Here, looking past the tower towards Church Terrace, we can see how close the church was to the ancient castle.

The brickwork of the original windmill can be seen on the Round Tower. To the far left we can just see the orangery.

Beyond the cross are the municipal buildings complete with their 210 ft tower.

Its twin brick arches, surmounted by a central clock tower, make it a curiously modern-looking building.

In fact the oldest part of the building is the tower which is a late Gothic structure dated 1630, the aisles are in brick and remain from an 1824 rebuild.