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At St Helen's Church the corbelled, pinnacled and crocketed tower stands out in more ways than one: it seems curiously at odds, in size and style, with the rest of the church.

In 1775 a brick tower-mill was built near the crossroads by John Matchett, a Colchester millwright.

This view looks across the River Ise towards the parish church with its graceful 15th-century tower and tall recessed spire.

The earliest parts of the castle are the hall and a small tower, both dating from the 12th century.

The square tower projects to cover the entrance, and is equipped with long arrow slits. The original entrance was barrel-vaulted.

This is a brick tower mill with eight patent shuttered sails and a fantail.

The towering and somewhat two-dimensional timbered front of Woolworths and the 1907 Perpendicular Gothic-style Mac Fisheries (a chain long departed from our high streets) were recently demolished to

It was begun by William Conqueror, and it is his keep, the White Tower, that still dominates the scene.The moat was drained in 1843 and sown with grasses and shrubs.

The central tower rises 250 feet into the sky, and was conceived as a memorial to Queen Victoria.

Oliver Vye's Lane (lower right) runs below the ruined mediaeval towers of the Outer Bailey.

The zoo opened at the north end of Regent's Park in 1828, and two years later the Royal Menagerie was added, to be joined by the animals which had formerly been kept at the Tower of London.

The Normans followed, but the base of their tower is all that remains.

The tower of St Peter's can just be seen above the roofs on the right-hand side of the picture.

This photograph shows the imposing west tower, which was built about 1500, and which still stands almost to its full height.

The major difference between then and now are the then heaving commercial wharves and warehouses coming right up to the foot of the Victoria Tower: these produced interesting smells in summer, no doubt

The Round Tower of the Castle is 12th-century, although the site was selected by William the Conqueror. Most of what can be seen from the river was built during the reign of George IV (1820-1830).

It is from its tower that the Great Bell of Bow is still rung on special occasions.

Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

The polygonal Sharington's Tower, also dating from the 16th century, is on the right.

This space was used to host peddlers' fairs and sporting events, all under the watchful eye of the 14th-century church-tower.

The tower of St Mary's Church dates to the 13th century, while the shingled spire was added a hundred or so years later.

This view looks along Stert Street towards the tower of St Nicholas Church which faces the Market Place; the street still retains much of its character, apart from the traffic.

It has two medieval churches, the splendidly towered St Sampson behind the High Street, and the less grand St Mary's at the north end of the High Street, which has this fine complete 14th-century churchyard

In this picture the late 19th-century skyline of Newcastle is dominated by the 15th-century tower and spire of St Nicholas' Cathedral and the imposing bulk of the castle keep.