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Instead, it has thirteen separate towers, linked by a curtain wall, a Saracen idea brought back by returning Crusaders.

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.

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.

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.

Four years before this photograph was taken, the famous writer and poet Hilaire Belloc walked across Sussex from Robertsbridge in the east to Harting in the west.

The timber palisade was replaced by a stone curtain wall in the early 13th century; here we can see the remains of the 12th-century keep.

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.

Further along Nottingham Road, Frith's photographer looks eastwards towards Hill Top with the junction with Edward Road between the hedge and the wall.

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.

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.

Additional protection came by digging out the original Roman ditch defences and piling the spoil over what remained of the circuit walls to create a rampart.

There was an earlier castle on the site, but little is known about it save for traces of what might be a 13th-century curtain wall.

We are now within the Roman and medieval city walls. The view north along High Street is terminated by a white gabled building, now O'Neills pub.

To the left is the churchyard wall.

The central tower was built in 1540-45, and was designed so that guns could be mounted on the roof as well as on the two gun decks inside.

To protect the resort against the sea, a concrete wall and promenade had been built by 1870. This offered enjoyment to those of all ages willing to brave the elements.

The brick wall on the left encloses the grounds of Shelton House, the best building in the village, a late 18th- century brick house predating Woburn Sands' arrival; it is now offices.

Among the church's interesting curiosities are a sundial on the south wall, a stout Norman tub font and a delicately carved 15th-century pulpit.

It was once paved with medieval tiles, and later the walls were hung with them.

The buildings beyond The King's Head have gone, and the wall on the right has been replaced by a row of lock-up shops.

The churchyard wall has also been repaired and partly rebuilt.