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Caption For Dinas Powys, Cwrt Yr Ala 1900

Demolished in 1939, this house is thought to be the third dwelling on the site – the first was possibly a Norman tower. A

Caption For Wrexham, Hope Street 1903

It was built in 1472, and its 140ft-high tower, richly decorated with sculptured ornamentation, is traditionally listed as one of the 'seven wonders of Wales'.

Caption For Northam, Church 1890

The church was rebuilt in 1651 and the tower and spire added in 1828.

Caption For Heywood, The Centre C1955

The detached tower and spire stands 188ft high; also featured in this picture is the large west window.

Caption For Macclesfield, St Peter's Church 1903

This photograph was taken a few years prior to the tower being heightened so that it could accommodate a clock and a belfry.

Caption For Dublin, The Chapel Royal 1890

It was completed in 1814 by Francis Johnson, and is situated in the Lower Yard, on the site of an earlier, smaller, chapel. In the background is the Record Tower, which dates from 1258.

Caption For Lumley Park, Castle 1892

Each of the four square corner towers is topped off with octagonal machicolated turrets, from which unpleasant things could be dropped upon the heads of unwelcome visitors.

Caption For Lockeridge, The Village C1955

This is the centre of the village; we are looking north to West Overton County Primary School with its toothed ridge line and bell tower just visible over it.

Caption For Sutton, Christchurch Park 1903

It has no tower, but its scale was such that it dominated all around it (at least until the flat blocks arrived).

Caption For Benhilton, All Saints Church C1955

The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene. The chancel east window was blown out by bomb blasts in 1944, and the vicarage severely damaged.

Caption For Ringwood, Market Place From High Street 1900

Monmouth was beheaded soon afterwards in the Tower of London.

Caption For Rolvenden, Church S.W.1901

Beneath its dark-coloured tower with a crocketed spirelet, it contains one notable oddity: a squire's pew situated at first-floor level over the south chapel, furnished with a carpet, table and Chippendale

Caption For Holmes Chapel, The Church C1955

Bullet marks on the lower part of the tower date from the period of the Civil War.

Caption For Chulmleigh, Fore Street 2003

There is a warren of lanes and ways, most of which circle the fine old church with its 15th-century tower and Tudor doorway.

Caption For Congleton, St Peter's Church 1898

The stone tower was added some forty years later. The cobbles on the road in the foreground have gone, and the trees have grown more, but otherwise this view is little changed.

Caption For Congleton, Town Hall And High Street C1955

The Town Hall is the tall building with the clock tower in the centre of the photograph; it was built in 1864 by E W Godwin at a cost of £8,000.

Caption For Upton Upon Severn, 1931

Apart from vinegar-making, the site of several skirmishes for control of the bridge during the Civil War, and an old church with an oddly-shaped tower, Upton's other claim to fame is that Henry Fielding

Caption For Rustington, The Church And Lychgate C1960

The north face of the sturdy church tower bears an old clock, though it has been here for less than one hundred years.

Caption For Wrentham, The Church C1965

Because of its high position, the tower was used as a government lookout and signal station in 1804, when Napoleon was expected to invade.

Caption For Leasowe, Castle C1965

The original entrance and coat of arms, a mounting stone for horsemen and the winding staircase to the old tower are still intact.

Caption For York, Lendal Bridge 1909

St Martin's Church tower can be seen behind the bridge.

Caption For Southend On Sea, On The Cliffs 1898

Now the name is used by a new tower block which stands on the site. A horse-drawn carriage can be seen close to the shelter, the only form of transport in sight.

Caption For Cartmel, Priory Church And Beck 1894

Behind is the former priory church, its cross-set belfry rising above a low square tower.

Caption For Blythburgh, The Church 1895

It was entirely rebuilt in the mid to late 15th century on a massive scale: it is 128 feet long with a tower 83 feet high, which had a spire until 1577.