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In the late 1860s the then Earl hired John Mason Cook, son of pioneer travel agent,Thomas Cook, to promote the gardens at Alton Towers.

Town Hall, built on the corner of Pinstone Street and Surrey Street, was designed by E W Mountford and completed in 1896; its official opening by Queen Victoria took place the following year.The tower is

The church dates mainly from the late 13th century, though the west tower is later; in 1474 William Fitzherbert left £40 in his will towards construction costs.

A London Transport RTL-class bus on the 87 approaches the Clock Tower from White Post Corner.

This striking brick tower was built c1510 for Sir William Capel. It is a masterly combination of blue-brick decoration, angular turrets and castellated friezes.

The ruinous towers of Hadleigh Castle were pictured by John Constable in a painting which he first exhibited in 1826.The Castle was originally built in 1232, and was rebuilt in 1365 against a possible

The low granite tower of St Senana looks down on the first and last hotels in England.

Local geology provided the brick-sized stones for building the unbuttressed tower. More costly granite, however, was used for pinnacles, windows and the arcades of the interior.

In the background is the ruined tower of the chantry church founded in 1327 by Sir Guy de Bryan, one of the first Knights of the Garter.

Before that, ships tied up at the churchyard wall of St Saviour's, the tower of which, built in 1631, can be seen in the centre.

St Leonard's Tower, smothered in ivy, is all that remains of a fourteenth century church, demolished in 1836.

A good example of the ferocity of winter storms was in 1990, when waves were breaking over the 70-foot tower of the Bickford Smith Institute in the background.

The church is of note, with a late-Norman font and a 16th-century tower.

This view of the castle grounds looks east from the church tower. Friesian cows are grazing; perhaps they belong to Mr E Ball, who owned property to the right in the Market Place.

The pier was 18th-century, and the Rhenish tower added early in the 1800s by a General Rawdon.

Not much has changed today; the railway bridge still soars above the river in the middle distance, and the tower of the parish church of St John the Baptist (centre) still watches over the scene.

To the right is the entrance to Jacob's Ladder - 274 steps leading to an observation tower.

To the right is the tower of Holy Trinity church, which was consecrated in 1829; today it is an arts centre with a theatre and cinema.

The magnificent many-pillared clock tower of Leeds Town Hall, opened by Queen Victoria in 1858, dominates this view of The Headrow, one of the city's most important thoroughfares.

To the left of the church tower is the Old Parsonage, a 13th-century house of great interest.

This quiet scene shows a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair: two blades of the fantail are missing. The patent sails appear to be empty of shutters.

This quiet scene shows a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair: two blades of the fantail are missing. The patent sails appear to be empty of shutters.

The lofty granite spire crowning the battlemented tower of St Gerant's Church was a vital day-mark for Cornish mariners.

Looking west from the top of St Bartholomew's tower, the view across the country- side has changed little over the years, and might still be recognised by Thomas Hardy, who served as a captain under