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Above this arch there is an impressive clock tower.

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

This church, with its 120 ft high tower, occupies a large triangular churchyard. The 14th-century chancel was demolished in 1581, but rebuilt in 1867.

The great Norman crossing tower has windows high up, which flood the crossing with light. This view shows the Norman work well, with the network of 15th-century vault ribs receding into the distance.

With a population of only about 250, Colerne is a small hill village with a superb church that has a slender Perpendicular west tower; it commands a magnificent elevation overlooking the village

This photograph shows the gardens to the front of the Hall and the pele tower, which probably existed here in the Middle Ages. Behind the Hall the land falls away to the Calder.

The central tower was rebuilt ten years later, and was crowned with a spire. Beyond is a glimpse of the industrial Medway.

Note the water tower on the skyline, centre. Water was pumped up from the valley below; this facilitated the development of Frith Hill.

The tower was a lookout tower, and many a sailor has been grateful after being rescued by the men who once manned this station.

In the background are the two towers of St Nicholas's church - the second detached bell tower was built in the churchyard in the 15th century.

St Mary's Church can be seen on the left with its low tower.

Completely overlooked by the towering limestone cliffs of Middleton Dale, the village church of Stoney Middleton is one of the few completely octagonal churches in England.

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

The garderobe pits—the medieval toilets—are shown on the foreground, with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind.

Largely covered by creeper, Christ Church Tower dominates this striking Victorian photograph.

Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, the university building is dominated by its 200 ft tower topped off with a 100 ft spire.

It dates from 1564, and is a rather long and irregular building, flanked by massive square towers, which are perhaps the remains of an older castle.

The church of St John has a beautiful tower, which overlooks this splendid-looking family home.

It possesses a rather grand neo-Jacobean Town Hall with a highly decorative clock tower.

The tower is the chantry chapel of St James. It was built to serve the town after development took the main population centre away from the original area of settlement, where the church was built.

Neat manicured lawns unfold beneath the Hall and Chapel of Queen's College, crowned by a small but distinctive domed tower.

When this photograph was taken, the tower mill which overlooks Burwell was still fully functioning.

Every conceivable example of architecture is visible here in the gently rising street, from The Norton Arms in the foreground to the clock tower in the distance.

The church is Norman, and this picture shows its tower which is crowned with some curious sculptures of lions. The church also possesses a massive timbered roof.