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This view shows the clock tower in the rectangular market place. Chapel Street and Duke Street run down towards Bildeston Hall (right).

The 14th-century tower had battlements added a century later. The nave was rebuilt at the same time - it is 30 feet wide.

The tower of St Luke's Church rises just beyond (centre) – local legend states that a yew tree in the churchyard was used to make archers' bows in the Hundred Years War.

The smaller tower at the north- east angle of the chancel was erected by these same merchants so that a lantern light could be placed in it for the guidance of their ships into the quay.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime

The huge wheel window over the double porch is flanked by twin towers. On the extreme right is part of Eastmans Ltd the butcher's, which remained there until 1956.

The tower of Holy Trinity church is just visible above two fields in the centre of town, and terraced houses along Bodmin Road and the Workhouse can be seen towards the left of the picture

Above the altar hangs an impressive picture of the Last Supper.The chancel arch is a striking feature of the church, as is the 15th-century tower.

The tower on the top is a memorial to Elizabeth Gaskell.

Left of it is the appalling 1960s Vencourt Hotel tower.

The church's west tower is 15th- century. This churchyard was the setting for Sir Stanley Spencer's famous painting of the Resurrection, and the artist is buried here.

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

Although the tower can no longer be seen, Vale Park is still a pleasant green space used by locals and visitors alike.

The tower of All Saints' Church, which stands within the castle grounds, can be seen above the trees; it was founded in 1325 and re-built in 1785.

Lee Tower was built at the end of the pier in 1935; it was Art Deco in style, and 120 ft tall. From the top it was possible to see right across the Solent to the Isle of Wight.

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

The parish church, St Michael's, with its fine octagonal tower, occupies the north side of the Market Place, which is effectively bisected by the through road to Frome.

It incorporates a medieval tower, seen here to the left, which would have been used by the townsfolk as a place of refuge during the days of border warfare.

The trees have grown, and the street signs have changed, but the church, with its substantial 15th-century ragstone west tower and mid 18th-century brick-faced body, remains substantially unaltered behind

From The Grove the camera looks south to a view dominated by William Burges's Speech Room with its polychrome brickwork; the tower, by the local architect Charles Nicholson, was not added until 1919.

At the time this photograph was taken it cost 2d to go up the tower. The Beauchamp Chapel was built as directed in the will of Richard Beauchamp, fourteenth Earl of Warwick.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

About a hundred years later the low crossing tower was heightened to house a belfry, and the spire was added.

This view is taken from the top of the church tower overlooking the triangular market place, with the Jubilee Pump and Swan Inn.