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Here we see some horse-drawn carriages, including a street cleaner's cart, parked outside the Parish Church of St John Baptist.

Ten years after photograph No 23672, the church has its brand new spire, completed in 1899.

St John the Baptist's stands inside the earthworks of a Danish settlement. In 1779 a leaden coffin was dug from under the floor in the north aisle.

Other than that, the ancient heart of St John's still looks very like this picture, its Georgian and Victorian facades mostly unspoilt - on the upper floors at least.

Ranging from Norman to Perpendicular in style, this magnificent building includes a shrine to St Richard, Romanesque stone carvings and tapestries by John Piper.

We are on the Petworth to Guildford main road.The church of St John Baptist was rebuilt in 1877; it has a strange-looking font dated 1662.The Half Moon is a 16th-century inn.The Swan Inn can

Not much has changed today; the railway bridge still soars above the river in the middle distance, and the tower of the parish church of St John the Baptist (centre) still watches over the scene.

From St James Square, continue uphill beside High Common to Cavendish Crescent, which is high enough to have fine views to the south.

The 15th-century church, dedicated to St Mary, contains a number of memorials to the wealthy local family of Rolfe.

The church tower is that of St John the Baptist, which stands over one of the medieval gateways into the city.

It therefore changed to St John's Hill - much more elegant.

Here we have a lovely view of St Mary's, the parish church of Penwortham. The most famous person resting here must be John Horrocks, who founded his great cotton empire at Preston.

Although many build- ings in St John Street and Vineyard Street have been lost, this wonderful group of jet- tied buildings survives, clustering up to Schere Gate, possibly a medi- eval

This is St Andrews church and the ruins of the former nave.

In the 16th century John Leland described King's Norton as 'a pretty uplandish town in Worcs ... good plenty of wood and pasture ...' The woods and pasture have gone, but some greenery remains.

The site considered for St John's Church was known as Ship Meadow. It became Church Field, but the old name is interesting, linking with the large wherry owned by a noted smuggler.

The parish church of St John the Baptist overlooks the town. This magnificent building dates from the 12th century, and the splendid tower was built in the early 15th century.

The Church of St John the Baptist's most eccentric incumbent was the Rev William Davy (1743-1826), who printed twenty-six volumes of his 'System of Divinity' (unreadable, apparently, although you

We are looking up Lion Street towards St Mary's church, the Town Hall and Fletcher's House in summer sunlight nearly a century ago.

It is also known as Kitchen Bridge; it seems that the master and fellows of St John's defied the architect and had it put at the end of the lane leading to the college kitchens.

This atmospheric photograph, taken from St John's Church, shows Peterborough Cathedral's bulk rising above the rooftops.

St John's Church, situated dramatically above Torquay harbour, was built in limestone excavated from its own site by G E Street in 1861.

Back uphill, past Marlborough Buildings, we reach St James Square, altogether more conventional.

Dominating this picture is the church of St Nicholas. Bishop Secker's Diocese Book has an interesting comment on the church wardens.