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Caption For Spilsby, The Church C1955

The tower of St James' Church is still the original Spilsby greenstone, but the rest of the church has been faced with the stronger limestone, hence the different colour.

Caption For Harrogate, War Memorial And Prospect Place 1923

We can see two church towers on the horizon: to the left is the 1860 West Park United Reformed church, and behind the trees, looking out over the site of Harrogate's first railway station,

Caption For Newchurch In Pendle, C1960

Its 16th-century church has the Eye of God on its church tower to protect the villagers against witchcraft, which was so genuinely feared by the parishioners of St Mary's.

Caption For Staplehurst, The Village 1903

The 15th-century tower of All Saints church rises in the background; its famous carved wooden southern door from the 12th century, showing an assortment of Viking motifs, still attracts visitors.

Caption For Harlow, Church Of St Mary And St Hugh, Churchgate Street 1903

When was rebuilt a dome was constructed over the crossing and a new bell tower at the west end.

Caption For Dunwich, The Beach 1909

There were still substantial remains of All Saints' parish church on the cliff top above the beach tents when this photograph was taken; here we see the tower and nave.

Caption For Clifford, Village 1897

The tower is modelled on Angouleme Cathedral. The builder, Joseph Aloysius Hansom, had in 1836 patented the new safety cab bearing his name.

Caption For Lakeside, The Terminal 1907

The terminal still exists, but the buildings are more utilitarian; the main building with the tower has been replaced.

Caption For Tarring, The Church 1890

In this view, St Andrew's church is still crisp and fresh from its thorough 1885 restoration; it is a mainly Early English Gothic church with a 14th-century west tower and spire.

Caption For Petworth, Lombard Street 1906

Lombard Street is one of the least changed streets in this delightful market town, a tangle of narrow lanes and alleys winding to the east of the towering walls of Petworth House's grounds.

Caption For Rusper, The Village 1909

On the right can be seen gravestones in the churchyard of St Mary's church; it has a mostly medieval tower, but the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1855, paid for by the Broadwood family.

Caption For Wendover, High Street 1901

This view looks down the High Street towards the clock tower. This was built as a market hall and lock up, or temporary prison, in 1842, but in 1870 the clocktower, belfry and spire were added.

Caption For Widnes, West Bank 1923

The square tower, centre, is St Mary's Church, built in 1908. A Mersey schooner is heading for Spike Island and the St Helen's Canal just behind it.

Caption For Hawkhurst, St Laurence's Church 1902

This 15th-century church built of squared ragstone blocks has a tower 75 feet high standing amid a number of chestnut trees.

Caption For Chilham, The Square 1903

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and

Caption For Aylesbury, Kingsbury Square 1901

Probably the original market place, and nearer the parish church whose tower looms in the background, Kingsbury Square was laid out in the Middle Ages and has several good, old buildings including

Caption For Bletchingley, The Church And Post Office C1955

The church is a good one - the tower is basically Norman. The shop on the left is now an antique lighting shop, while the garage has gone, to be replaced by a clothes shop.

Caption For Swanage, The Shore C1950

The Clock Tower, clockless and with a cupola instead of its spire, was built as a memorial to the Duke of Wellington, on the Southwark side of London Bridge in 1854.

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach 1890

Fortune's Well, the main street (centre right), leads to the tower of the church of St John the Baptist and gives its name to Fortuneswell village.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle From The Ferry C1890

No one was left in any doubt, especially the Welsh, that they were looking upon the seat of a new royal government and a new imperial power.

Caption For Chesham, The Church 1897

The tower bell chamber and south porch were added in the 15th century and the leaded spire in the 18th. The church was heavily restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.

Caption For Amersham, General View C1955

Looking west past the Memorial Gardens, the white building on the far hill, just to the left of the church tower, is Shardeloes, the Georgian mansion of the lords of the manor.

Caption For Chalfont St Peter, High Street C1950

A Georgian tower and church of the 1710s, heavily remodelled in the 1850s and recast in Gothic style in polychrome brick by G E Street: he had described the Georgian church as 'a very ugly brick

Caption For Carnaby, The Church C1885

In 1770 the owner, Sir William Strickland, built the Carnaby Temple, an octagonal tower two storeys high, possibly for use as a lookout.