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The U-boat might well have been travelling along with only its conning tower showing above the surface, as it was pushed under by her port paddle-wheel.

The cost of erecting the tower and spire were funded by public subscription - those who failed to pay went to prison.

The 15th-century tower of St Peter and St Paul church is on the skyline. It was built by the town's rich inhabitants during a period of religious fervour.

The fabric used in the building is grey vitrified brick in the 76-feet-high north-west tower and the main body of the church, which was consecrated on 14 May 1844, although the aisles and chancel

The clock tower was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1898. It now has a much larger traffic island around it, and during the holiday season it is a very busy place indeed.

It is miraculous that the structurally weakened tower survived.

The distinctive town hall of Loftus was built by Lord Zetland in 1879 and described as 'Free-Neo-Tudor' with a polygon angled tower.

Externally, the 13th-century tower and broach spire are of extremely high quality.

Structures such as the clock tower were added and interiors were transformed to reflect the Victorian taste for medieval and religious art and symbolism.

The imposing clock tower stands 78 feet high; its full title is 'the Castlereagh Memorial Clock'. The architect was Henry Kennedy of London, and the clock maker a local man, Mr Edward Edwards.

Some of those coming into the town may have had their hair cut by Charles Todd, the hairdresser whose premises can be seen at the extreme right of the building to the right of Trinity Tower.

Unique in Hertfordshire, Standon parish church has a detached bell tower and a porch at the west end rather than on the south wall.

The tower keep, which when built was only one storey high, has walls twelve feet thick, and when two further floors were added it was similar to those at Falaise, Norwich and Corfe.

The tower of St Mary's Church can been seen beyond the butter and fish market.

St Michael's has a south aisle dating back to the early 14th century, its windows with Y and intersecting tracery, but the brick tower with clasping buttresses is 1737.

The tower of St Mary's Church can been seen beyond the butter and fish market.

The cooling towers of the new District Hospital in Weston Road became the source of the worst outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease ever to occur in this country, possibly in the world.

Built in flint, it is notable for its very short west tower and shingled broach spire.

This village was built around an ancient defence tower, later rebuilt into Bolton Old Hall. In 1603 two residents, John and Kit Wright, were part of the Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes.

It was, of course, the birth-place of Lady Jane Grey, the ill fated nine-days queen, who was executed in the Tower of London in 1554.

The interior was rebuilt, and the exterior, apart from the towered and domed lantern which was lost, was renovated.

The tower and spire of St Mary's church dominates the view. To the right is the Town Hall, which was originally situated over the north end of the bridge, with only a narrow arch for traffic.

Rye sits huddled around a small hill, on the top of which stands St Mary's Church with its distinctive squat Norman tower.

The square tower of St Mary's can be seen peeping out at the centre back of the picture.