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The tower was rebuilt in the 17th century, apart from the arch into the nave we see in this view of the interior.

To the rear of the photograph, on the right of the Minster, stands the smaller tower of St Wilfred's Church, which was built in 1864 and still stands.

The name sign 'East Street' has been reused on a 1960s replacement for the buildings on the right, while beyond the Gothic-style school soars the 280 feet tower and spire of St Wulfram's.

According to Nikolaus Pevsner, the original design was spoilt by the addition of an arched window to the west of the Venetian windows, and the small west tower.

The church was restored in 1854, though the tower itself dates from the 14th and 15th centuries.

The church was restored in 1854, though the tower itself dates from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Its great Norman tower is 132 feet high and 46 feet square, and dates from 1150.

To the right is the tower of the chapel. Inside, every period of Haddon's long history is represented.

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

A windmill (right) towers above what appears to be two stacks of brushwood.

The spire was removed in 1962 after being weakened first by an exploding mine out at sea, and then by a lightning strike, leaving only the square-topped tower that we can see today.

The building of Holyroodhouse was started in about 1500 by James IV; the work continued under James V, who added a new tower and quadrangle.

Rising in the centre, the clock tower of the Town Hall of 1870 is a highly visible symbol of civic pride.

In the background is the church tower, unusual architecturally for this part of Britain. It is thought to have been influenced in style by King Henry VI during his stay in Bolton Hall.

Here the photographer looks past the ruins of the church (the arch is that from the nave into the central tower) towards the stumpy fragment of Henry II's keep.

Although relatively little of the medieval castle remains, the highlight is undoubtedly the late 13th-century gatehouse with the arched gateway flanked by massive drum towers.

The Town Hall, in the background of this view, was designed in the Italian style by Sir Charles Barry in 1863, and is famous for its extraordinary-looking clock tower.

The Norman church of St Mary has many Saxon features including a tower with a Rhenish helm roof, which is unique in Britain.

The church of St John the Baptist, with its Perpendicular tower, stands on a terrace overlooking the village and boasted a peal of six bells, three of which were cast at least a century before the Reformation

Parts of the Cloth Hall, the clock and bell tower, were re-erected as a shelter in Ravensknowle Park.

After the Hall was demolished in 1904, views opened up of the north side of the church, which is dominated by its tall spire and tower, all Victorian rebuilds of 1868.

Quainton is nowadays noted for its steam railway collection and tower windmill. Its church houses a superb collection of monuments to the 17th- and 18th-century Dormer family.

The Hobys took over in 1540 and rebuilt it, adding the triple- turreted tower in 1560.

This proved inadequate and in 1869 G E Street buttressed and raised the tower, added a spire and rebuilt the rest of the church we see now.