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Beyond is part of Lord Burghley's Hospital, then the river, and up the hill in Stamford proper the elegant 160 foot tower and spire of St Mary's Church, a superb 13th-century Early English Gothic structure

We are looking up towards the clock tower of the Town Hall, built in 1880 in the French Gothic style by T E Collcutt, the architect of London's Savoy Hotel.

The building is of about 1300 with an unbuttressed west tower of 1707, when its spire was taken down.

Indeed, in this view the superb early 16th-century pinnacled church tower belongs to St Mary's Church in St Neots. Eynesbury's rather humber parish church is behind the photographer.

The chancel arch and font date from this time, the tower is late 14th-century and the south aisle was added during a restoration of 1531.

She married a Manchester Unitarian minister in 1832 and stayed at Lindeth Tower (dated 1816) in Silverdale. From here she described the sunsets and the views across the Kent estuary and the Irish Sea.

About the time this picture was taken, plans by Sheppard Fidler had been accepted for a 461-acre development to include sixteen-storey tower blocks, two shopping centres, schools, community buildings

Peeping out above the inn is the tower of St Michael's Church, one of the oldest in the district.

The church tower was rebuilt in 1875 by R W Johnson.

The church, on the west side of the road, is built in brick with a polygonal bell tower.

The east end of the main priory building is shown here, neatly framing the tower of the parish church. Guisborough was regarded for many centuries as the capital of ancient Cleveland.

On the west side, between the figures and the church tower, is the establishment of draper and milliner Ernest Benjamin Hobbs.

Beyond the tower crossing was the choir, where the monks sat and chanted in wooden stalls.

This interior view of St Mary's Church looks east into the chancel past the central crossing under the tower.

This is the west side of the market place; we have a better view of the church with its massive tower and noble parapets.

The tower, with its beautiful terracotta detail, was designed by the company engineer J W Stansby; it was added in 1877.

St Paul's was enlarged in 1870 and 1880, and the tower was rebuilt in 1904.

The present minster church, which dominates the town, was begun in about 1108, and the Norman nave, transepts and west towers survive. The Norman east end was rebuilt later in the Middle Ages.

In the background are the two towers of St Nicholas's church. George Borrow, the 'gentleman gypsy', was lucky to have been born in this pleasing old country town.

Their activities left a section of the keep leaning over at an angle of 17 degrees, three times that of the leaning tower of Pisa. The North Gate itself was heavily restored during the 18th century.

The excellent west tower was built in 1649.

St Paul's was enlarged in 1870 and 1880, and the tower was rebuilt in 1904.

You can see Norman evidence here with the blocked arch into the long-demolished south transept from the tower, and also the doorway arch.

The photograph shows the 'new' control tower, built in 1952. Air traffic control services have been considerably improved since then.