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Walls were rebuilt in the early 1880s, and in the late 1880s work was done in the chancel. A stained glass window in memory of the Rev Frederick Parsons, a former vicar, was added.

The High Street, this time looking east towards the (then) new Town Hall.

Canvey Island has been a great Thames-side attraction for many years, though now the sea walls have been raised to protect the low-lying island in the event of the closing of the Thames Barrier.

Its slate-hung walls are typical of the local style. When this picture was taken it had become dilapidated, and the central cottage was soon afterwards restored by the National Park Authority.

The old station it replaced lay just within the city walls; its site and layout were such that trains had either to back in or out of it.

This illustrious town, often called the gateway to Cornwall, crowns the dark hill that rises from the valley of the tiny River Kensey.

Notice all the evidence of day-to-day trade, especially the delivery boys with parcels or newspapers.

The post office stands on the right, with a stamp machine on the wall outside. The massive keep of the castle that gives the village its name attracts many visitors.

Another view of the centre of the village, showing the Old Hall Hotel on the right and the raised, walled churchyard on the left.

Hundreds of feet of drift nets are being inspected and mended where necessary on the wall, and there is a pile of cork floats behind the men on the quay edge.

The big tree in St Mary's churchyard has gone, and the wall has been rebuilt further back from the pavement.

Sidmouth's sea wall was built in 1835, and has been strengthened subsequently.

Above the village are the remains of the mammoth mine of Drake Walls.

St Peter's was dedicated in 1318 by Bishop Stapledon; by 1860 it had fallen into a ruinous state, with bulging walls and sinking roofs. It was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1866-82.

The wall on the left, on which the child is sitting, is known as New Quay, and the flight of steps leads to Victoria Place, built at the same time as the bridge in 1837.

It was from here, on 24 September 1645, that King Charles watched the Battle of Rowton Heath, which took place just outside the city walls.

Dated 1729 on a rainwater head its front with its flanking full-height bay windows is more window than wall. A most elegant composition with an equally elegant limousine parked outside.

The harbour wall was built in 1770 by John Smeaton, who in 1759 built the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse which now stands on Plymouth Hoe. The old St Ives light (far left) was also designed by Smeaton.

These were threatened by the instability of the cliffs, and in the 1980s a large sea wall was built, stretching from around the point out of the picture on the right.

The ruined walls are now free of the lush vegetation shown here, and well consolidated, but Easby Abbey is still privately owned (although in English Heritage's guardianship).

Part of the pier building is occupied by the Central Café, with a display of postcards on the front wall.

Rose-clad cottages line the road in Burnsall, lying in the heart of Wharfedale where the drystone walls spread like a net over the fells, as we can just see in the background.

The extensive curtain walls of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summertime view of Scarborough's East Pier.

On fair days, sheep and pigs were penned outside the George Inn, and hooks to hold the hurdling can still be found on its walls. Gypsies also sold horses here, and there was much drunkenness.