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William the Conqueror's original royal fortress was a wooden tower on the motte, which in later generations would form the upper bailey.

It is a busy beach in the Swinging Sixties: these people are not day trippers to Heysham, but guests of Middleton Towers who have made their way to the beach for a day of free activity and entertainment

The Round Tower and neighbouring Square Tower squat on the old curtain wall, acting as a permanent reminder of the city's need to defend itself from enemy attack. To the right lies Broad Street.

The Round Tower and neighbouring Square Tower squat on the old curtain wall, acting as a permanent reminder of the city's need to defend itself from enemy attack. To the right lies Broad Street.

St Mary's Church has a fine example of a Somerset tower. The original tower was 13th-century, the body of the church is 16th- century.

A temporary wall separates it from the crossing tower and the dust from the building works beyond the west tower arch.

It was begun in 1070 by Archbishop Lanfranc, with the central Bell Harry tower being completed in 1500 and the north-west tower added between 1831 and 1840; this picture gives an excellent

The lifeboat 'Louisa Heartwell' is seen on the beach, with the faint outline of the church tower of St Peter and St Paul in the background. At 160 feet, it was the tallest church tower in Norfolk.

The boom towers originally had a chain stretched between them, which could be raised to block the River Wensum if need be.

This tower was built between 1120 and 1148 as the main entrance to the Abbey, the churchyard and the two parish churches. It was also the belfry for St James's.

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

Seventy years before there was a timber quay under the walls of the Tower, with tall-masted sailing ships edging through the raised bascules of Tower Bridge.The river here was thick with islands of

The machicolated heights of William Herbert's gatehouse and closet towers look down on the moat which surrounds the famous Yellow Tower, the work of his father William ap Thomas.

The 15th-century grey tower of St Mildred's Church, with its bold crocketed pinnacles, dominates the centre of this small town, which stands 322 feet above sea level; it was formerly used as a beacon

The tower was used as a pele tower by villagers, who hid there from marauding Scots.

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.

The Gardens took their name from a water tower that formerly stood here. Today they accommodate cricket pitches, a bowling green and formal gardens, as well as tennis.

This photograph was taken from Folly Bridge, which originally had a tower and gatehouse.

If we look closely at our top photograph, we will see that the turrets and tower of the New Brighton Tower building are missing.

The towered and porticoed Town Hall which closes the vista, a fine Classical building of 1834, subsequently lost its tower and has now been completely demolished: this is a great loss to the town's architecture

In the distance is the 620ft Post Office Tower, now called the BT Tower, which was added to the capital's skyline in 1965.

The main gatehouse was supported by flanking half-drum towers and the curtain wall had a rectangular tower at each end, though they were of different sizes due to the geography of the site.

This view was taken from the Tower Pier of Tower Bridge, with busy Butler's Wharf behind. To the right we can see Courage's brewery, dating from 1789; it closed in 1982.

Tradition alleges that Mr Peterson incurred the wrath of the Admiralty for putting a light at the top of his tower.