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Caption For Dorchester, The Grove 1922

The cottages are outside the line of the old walls, and may not have been subjected to the ban on thatch which followed the fires of the 17th century.

Caption For Winchester, Great Hall And The Round Table 1912

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Symonds Yat, The Old Ferry C1955

It is interesting to read the prices advertised beneath the Wall's ice cream 'Stop here and Buy Some' sign outside the café.

Caption For Reigate, Church Street 1909

The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.

Caption For Grindleford, 1919

Note the dry stone wall in the foreground.

Caption For Richmond, The Bar 1913

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

Caption For Ipswich, Electric House And The Car Park C1955

But the writing was certainly on the wall, judging from this jam-packed car park.

Caption For St Ives, Wills Lane C1960

A more modern view of St Ives, with flower boxes gracing the windows of the houses and with smart whitewashed walls.

Caption For Boscastle, The Harbour 1893

There is much texture in this detailed composition of one corner of the harbour, made by the slate stones of the breakwater wall, the heavy coiled ropes and the basketwork of the crab pots.

Caption For Ludham, Main Street 1931

This range of 18th- and 19th-century cottages, some thatched, look across to the parish church, whose churchyard wall can be seen on the left.

Caption For Winchcombe, St Peter's Church C1960

St Peter's Church is all that remains of the older Winchcombe Abbey, and dates from the 15th century.

Caption For Polperro, Jew's House 1924

This building is still recognisable today, although a low wall has replaced the railing and the porch has a window.

Caption For Colchester, The Castle Walls And The Town Hall 1907

This view shows the wall walk, originally passage- ways in the thickness of the third storey of the higher keep.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Hotel C1870

The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.

Caption For Porthpean, Beach C1955

A wall now protects the cliff behind the beach.

Caption For Gumfreston, Water Mill 1890

The waterwheel appears to have gone; the dark mark on the wall shows where it was located.

Caption For Staindrop, Raby Castle C1955

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, The Bay Hotel 1927

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

Caption For Teignmouth, 1906

The top of the sea wall provides additional seating and a pagoda shelter adorns the prom- enade.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1892

This view looks in the opposite direction to view C136050, downhill to the heart of the Dutch Quarter, past the former Angel Inn dating from about 1450 and now well cared for by a firm of solicitors