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Townspeople loved the green area, calling it 'God's acre', and showing little interest in the 'Keep off the Grass' signs.

Initially there had been an attempt to build the Lady Chapel at the eastern end, but the foundations were insecure and the walls began to crack.

Opposite the Bushel & Strike, the gap in the wall originally opened onto a set of steps leading down to the landing stage on the Hen Brook.

Inside the door to the south porch stands a fine early medieval octagonal font, whilst opposite this, against the north wall, a superb organ by Bryceson Bros of Highbury provided accompaniment

In this picture we can see the remains of the two-storey rectangular fortified hall built by Fitz Osbern on the narrowest part of the ridge. It is not a keep, as its walls are only 3-6ft thick.

The bell tower and part of the chancel wall are from this period.

St Mary's was the site of the premature funeral of Matthew Wall. When he 'died' in 1574, one of the bearers slipped on the wet leaves, dropped his coffin and broke the lid.

The walls have gone, and cobbles found in the rear garden have been laid at the front. On the right is Manor Farm, now a residence and bed and breakfast.

Next is No 6 (centre right), with balustrades, cast-iron fittings, storm protectors and honeycomb-style wall cladding of hexagonal slates.

The cliffs and castle are sublime, with plunging chasms and precipices, and rough fragments of wall, bastion and gateway bound by china clay mortar.

The curtain wall was once a lot higher, but was reduced when the castle was slighted during the English Civil War.

'Empress' was not the only wooden wall in Scottish waters. The 46-gun frigate HMS 'Unicorn', laid down during the Napoleonic Wars, was still building when hostilities ceased.

Two walled gardens that once belonged to the house survive, including the Memorial Gardens, which were laid out in 1938.

Glasgow was never a walled town, but it had four gates at the points of the compass to control traffic.

Bales of cotton were then deliberately sunk into the foreshore, and a wall was built on them.

Slighting, however, was carried out to varying degrees: Nottingham Castle was all but destroyed, but at Newark the three-storey gatehouse, three towers and the curtain survived.

In 1747, the Goudhurst Militia fought a fierce battle with the Hawkhurst gang of smugglers in the churchyard, while the villagers sought sanctuary within the building's sandstone walls.

The clump of trees to the right of the picture are the Monks' Walk, and above the paling fence is the wall of the Long Terrace.

It is said that an iron pot full of silver coins found at the foot of a wall in 1842 was part of a cache hidden by Samuel Pepys during the Great Plague.

The Fifty Shilling Tailor, facing us, has reverted to John Collier, J E Hall next door have removed the large sign from their building, and some of the street furniture has changed, but overall the scene

In spite of its imposing facade, high walls and massive gates, Croftlands could well be missed by visitors hurrying to the Crook O' Lune beauty spot.

Glasgow was never a walled town, but it had four gates at the points of the compass to control traffic.

The two side chapels each have a medieval reredos, which were hidden behind plain walls from the time of the Reformation until they were re-dis- covered in 1848.

The early period of its history has left a great deal of physical evidence in the street pattern as well as some buildings, while documentary references further flesh out the picture.