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Caption For Northampton, Guildhall 1922

This heavily-decorated Victorian building was built by E W Godwin in 1864; as the picture demonstrates, it consists of two storeys with a clock tower, a turreted gable and endless lines of windows.

Caption For Penarth, St Augustine's Church C1874

With its tower 300ft above sea level, it is probably the town's only building clearly recognisable from neighbouring Cardiff.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade C1955

In the centre of the photograph is the white tower of the Pavilion Theatre.

Caption For Northampton, Park Avenue Methodist Church C1960

A Baines church usually had a strikingly hand- some tower, as this one does.

Caption For Hever, Church 1906

The splendid 14th-century tower and wood-shingled spire of the parish church rise over the cottage roofs. Inside there is a fine old barrel roof and Jacobean pulpit.

Caption For Bangor, St Deniol's Cathedral 1906

The nave with its six arches and the western tower were built in the early years of the 16th century. It was restored by Gilbert Scott between 1866 and 1875.

Caption For Larne, The View From The Promenade 1900

The replica ancient Irish round tower is a memorial to a local M P who died in the prime of life. 92ft high, it carries navigation lights.

Caption For Lyme Regis, From The Cobb 1900

Nestling in a combe between two rocky hills, the tower of the parish church of St Michael is clearly visible in this view of the town, taken from the Cobb, on which the Duke of Monmouth landed on 11

Caption For Bothwell, 1897

Dating back to the 13th century, the castle is one of the most impressive ruined fortresses in Scotland; the Douglas Tower took 36 years to build, and is thought to be the work of French masons because

Caption For Burrowbridge, The Mump C1960

Seen here from beyond the River Parrett, it once had a castle; now it is crowned by the altered medieval tower of St Michael's church, another example of this dedication on a hill site.

Caption For Earlswood, Horley Road C1955

Nowadays the diving tower has gone, fishermen line the banks, and there are notices along the edge of the lake warning of the dangers of deep water!

Caption For Culham, Church And River 1890

The tower is earlier, rebuilt in 1710. Hidden by the trees to its left is Culham Manor, a fascinating house; its core is a 15th-century grange of Abingdon Abbey.

Caption For St Albans, The Cathedral And Abbey Church 1921

The yellow stone and pepper-pot turrets of this 19th-century creation make an odd contrast with the solid Norman tower over the central transept, but this photograph gives a clear impression of the

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

The church with the tower is St John's. Stamford is classed as the best stone-built town in England.

Caption For Wainfleet, Market Place C1955

The buildings have not changed in fifty years - except that no one can remember the clock tower (built in 1899) not having a top to it!

Caption For Hastings, Normanhurst 1891

It was built by Thomas Brassey, a successful railway contractor in a sort of French Second Empire style with French Renaissance overtones, complete with a tall tower.

Caption For Oystermouth, The Castle 1893

At the other end was the rectangular tower, the remains of which are the subject of photograph No 32739. These two structures were linked together by high curtain walls.

Caption For Ampthill, Dunstable Street C1955

At the bottom of the road is the clock tower overlooking the Market Place.

Caption For Bridport, St Mary's Parish Church 1902

The projecting north transept (right) dates from the 13th century and is two centuries older than the tower.

Caption For Rothwell, Church Walk C1955

This view looks east from the High Street to the west tower of the large medieval parish church. To the left is a former manor house, once the Urban District Council offices.

Caption For Welton, High Street C1955

Beyond is the 14th-century tower of the parish church.

Caption For Stamford, George Hotel 1922

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

Caption For Wakefield, Wood Street C1953

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.