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From Palace Pier looking east, beyond the terminus of Magnus Volks' 1883 Electric Railway, we can see the late 1890s arches of Madeira Terrace, halfway up the sea wall in front of Marine Parade, with Kemp

The road at the right leads to the original railway station, whilst the road cutting under the city wall leads to the new station built in the 1870s.

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

The 17th-century mill at Hinxton oozes character with its weatherboarded walls, although the corrugated asbestos roof it sports in this view does not particularly add to its charms.

Built of cast-iron, the bridge was opened in 1863 and improved the city by giving direct access to the original railway station, which was situated within the city walls.

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

But the writing was certainly on the wall, judging from this jam-packed car park.

Note the dry stone wall in the foreground. This is built without mortar: each stone is carefully selected to bind with its neighbour to create a stock-proof barrier.

The church of St Edward the Confessor contains a medieval effigy of a crusader monk, which was found in the wall of nearby Netley Castle and probably came from Netley Abbey.

The photograph shows a typical shingle beach of large flint pebbles, wooden groyne sea defences and a concrete sea wall. The railway station is midway between Angmering and Angmering on Sea.

The pond is in central Ewell; the wall separates it from the grounds of Bourne Hall on the right.

The white-walled bungalow in the foreground looks a little incongruous in this view of the centre of Hutton, which shows the bridge over the River Leven in the background.

All of the buildings lying downhill from where the mats are drying on the wall were demolished in the 1920s and 1930s.

A substantial stone building of pleasing proportions, with a matching boundary wall, St Mary's Church was built in 1892 and stands on the High Street.

Apart from a reinforced sea wall, this view of Marine Parade is little changed today. Here, visitors await the ferry for Appledore.

half-timbered gatehouse of the Hospital of St John, founded by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1084 and the second oldest medieval almshouse in England, which stands in Northgate Street, outside the original city walls

On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.

Part of ancient Norwich, Cow Tower was once an integral part of the city wall. Much of this was dismantled in the 19th century, although it was reputedly in a poor state of repair.

Although little changed from this 1960s view, there has since been an alteration to the right-hand chimney bringing it out to the end wall.

Tile-hung walls are a feature of this town, and several examples can be seen here.

A fragment of the medieval Town Wall, this postern gate allowed the townsfolk to obtain drinking water from springs at the Greyfriars.

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

A more modern view of St Ives, with flower boxes gracing the windows of the houses and with smart whitewashed walls. Today, there is a very fine art gallery here, the Wills Lane Gallery.

There is much texture in this detailed composition of one corner of the harbour, made by the slate stones of the breakwater wall, the heavy coiled ropes and the basketwork of the crab pots.