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This narrow passage leading down to St Mary's Street was home in 1900 to a fishmonger and hairdresser, as well as the Hole in the Wall Inn, previously the Coach and Horses (although it is hard to imagine

This is on the Norman motte or mound; the castle had two large baileys or walled enclosures, the north one relatively open still, the south one overwhelmed by Buckler's heavy-handed Victorian work.

Its roof probably dates from the late 18th century, but the steeper pitch of an earlier medieval roof can be seen in the tower wall behind it.

On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close—the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

Our view clearly shows the terraced housing, built on the north side of the Lune outside the old city walls, where Lune Terrace and Derby Road are today.

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

In this view, which looks towards Ramsden Square, the sign by the blind (left) proclaims a drug store, while one of the posters on the wall beyond is for Wheatleys Hop Bitters.

There is a sizeable stack of what look like floorboards piled against the wall. The downs can just be glimpsed over the rooftops - in 1875 the East?

The sea has long retreated from Porlock village to the present seashore: it is now a mile and a half drive to its outlet to the sea at Porlock Weir, a charming small harbour with three hotels as well

On the credit side, however, the car park wall incorpo- rates excellent modern wrought iron sculptures, and lying as it does opposite the municipal offices, the car park looks like a town square.

The posters on the wall advertise 'Pinders Big Zoo Circus', a flower show at nearby Helsby, and a British Legion 'Flower and Vegetable Show and Gala'.

In 1855 this short row inside the town walls was described as 'merely a lane' containing about 24 houses.

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

One of the busiest shops in Broad Walk was Bellmans, selling wool and patterns for babies and young children.

The brick boundary wall has been rebuilt in stone and is now much lower.

An early form of people carrier, a charabanc, is parked towards the sea wall, while a double-decker bus has stopped to let the day-trippers alight.

Close by are the ruined walls of a 13th-century Augustinian priory founded in 1253 by Sir John Mansell, a priest's son who became a counsellor to Henry III.

Ancient tin moulds have been found built into the walls of the quay. Its once navigable creek is now silted up.

This unusual view shows the Mount's estate houses and a harbour wall, with Marazion stretched out along the coast and Trencrom Hill rising behind on the extreme left.

It is also a haven for birdwatchers, who over the years have recorded rare sightings of the dusky warbler and desert wheatear in Stuart Lane and Chambers Wall.

A bronze plaque on the wall commemorates James Hargreaves, who, in 1764, invented his revolutionary 'Spinning Jenny' while living here.

Its walls are hidden beneath some rather tatty rendering, but are almost certainly made of granite, which can be seen in the arch below the gable, and in the horse trough in which the little boy

A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.

Built around 1300, at the same time as the town walls, the polygonal towers would have provided four floors linked by a spiral staircase.