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Caption For York, Bootham Bar & The Minster 1893

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.

Caption For Chiddingfold, The Village C1955

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.

Caption For Acton, Church 1906

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

Caption For Sudbury, Mill Common 1932

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.

Caption For Ashburton, North Street 1936

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.

Caption For Tettenhall, St Michael's Church C1965

St Michael's church stands on Church Road close to Lower Green. Its predecessor was an important medieval church, but it was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1950, sad to say.

Caption For Oakley, St Leonard's Church C1955

The pinnacled tower of Oakley church has a sturdy staircase turret, a fine Tudor doorway, and a memorial window to William Warham, a local boy, reputedly born at nearby Malshanger House, who

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

The tower of the 14th- century St Mary`s Church, surprisingly positioned some way from the town centre, rises above the graceful Georgian frontages along this throughfare.

Caption For Tiverton, Clock Tower And Lowman Bridge 1920

The building to the right of the clock tower is now Mallards Restaurant, and the next one along is still the Prince Regent.

Caption For London, Parliament And Whitehall 1880

On the extreme right an area has been cordoned off with barriers, and beyond are the towers of hoists and cranes.

Caption For Durham, The Cathedral 1892

Below the towering cathedral are beautiful woodlands, still threaded with a maze of footpaths. The picturesque building below the cathedral is the old fulling mill, standing beside its weir.

Caption For London, Waterloo Bridge C1890

The area around the shot tower on the right became the site of the Festival of Britain in 1951. The river traffic is also history.

Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street 1922

The most striking building amid the shops is the rough-hewn late Anglo-Saxon tower of St Michael's Church, with its two tiers of paired belfry windows.

Caption For Newtown, Market Day 1950

Overlooking the scene is the grand building and clock tower housing Barclays Bank.

Caption For Kettering, The Market 1922

The whole scene is overlooked by the tower and steeple of St Peter and St Paul's church.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church & Memorial Cross 1922

The Perpendicular tower is 179 feet high, with a battlemented spire. There are four stages with the upper, bell stage, having three openings.

Caption For Douglas, Rough Sea 1903

He became so concerned by the loss of seamen in local wrecks that he erected the Tower of Refuge in Douglas Bay.

Caption For Belford, St Mary's Church C1955

Dobson restored the chancel and nave and added a north aisle and the west tower. A porch was added in 1844.

Caption For Osmington, Lychgate Cottage C1955

The church is dedicated to St Osmund and has a 15th-century tower, although most of the fabric is from about 1840.

Caption For Lincoln, The Cathedral And Stonebow 1890

The church tower belongs to the church of St Peter At Arches, demolished in 1933.

Caption For Skegness, From The Pier 1910

Here we see the funfair actually on the sands above the high water mark, including a helter-skelter tower.

Caption For Stamford, Market Place 1922

In this view, the photographer looks south-east back past the corner of High Street to St John's Street and St John's 15th-century west tower. To the left is St Mary's Church spire.

Caption For Falmouth, Pendennis Castle 1890

The central tower was built in 1540-45, and was designed so that guns could be mounted on the roof as well as on the two gun decks inside.