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It had got into a deplorable condition, and suffered a further mishap when the tower's parapets had to be removed some forty years ago.

The tower in the distance is the Liverpool Municipal Building, constructed by the Corporation when the Town Hall proved too small.

The west tower, which was begun in 1434, has diagonal buttresses, decorated with buttress shafts and relief pinnacles, panelled battlements and a spire for a stair turret.

The south-east tower with its pyramid roof, the chancel and the Perpendicular-style east window were added in 1853. The building materials are a mix of local stone and flint.

The thatched cruck cottage, with its museum-piece petrol pump and the amazing interlocking of roofs, lead the eye inexorably to the needle-like spire, which crowns the pink granite tower of the church.

The building with the bell tower below the church is the old Grammar School founded in 1559, although mostly rebuilt in the mid 19th century.

The view is north- eastwards from the tower of St Mary's Church to the double sidings of the goods yard (centre) and site of James Panton's Swanage Brewery which was demolished in 1893.

The Gothic west front with a Decorated-style window and the gable tower were added in 1891 in white brick, almost masking the earlier red-brick 'preaching-box' behind.

After the Dissolution, he spent some years in the Tower of London before becoming Abbot of Westminster under Queen Mary.

The pinnacled 15th-century tower of St Edward's peeps up over the roof tops.

No one now knows why it was called 'Cow Tower', for in previous days it was the water toll gate where the monks' servants collected taxes on vessels plying the river .Traversed by a dozen bridges, the

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

According to a medieval manuscript, a monk called Elmer tried to fly from the tower, and managed to cover the distance of a furlong before falling to the ground – and surviving.

The church has a Norman tower, and in its churchyard is buried George Orwell, the author of '1984', buried under his real name, Eric Arthur Blair.

We can see the round tower added by King John, and the back of the famous John of Gaunt Gateway; the Ashton Memorial, looking like St Paul's in London, stands out from the murk of Lancaster behind

To the right of the tower stands St Peter's Church School, Burnley's oldest school.

This view is taken from the Norman Tower looking south. Beyond Westgate Street lies woodland and countryside, including Hardwick Heath.

The last military occupancy was during the First World War, when some of the tower rooms were billets for soldiers.

The church has a Norman tower and west door, and traces of Roman brickwork have been discovered in its walls. It was restored in 1865.

The entrance to the mainline station can be seen on the right, while the tower of St Cadfan's church is clearly visible in the centre of the picture.

The two octagons of the tower can be seen for miles around, and were used as a beacon by those travelling by boat through Willingham Mere.

The church of St Nicholas retains remnants of its Norman origins, but the fabric is mainly of a period around 1300, including the tower and tall broach spire.

The medieval church stands high above the promenade, and has a Norman tower. The town has pleasant Georgian terraces, with Victorian development along the promenade.

Built in 1892, it was the first Kettering school to be built under the national system for non-denominational education, but it managed to appear ecclesiastical with its imposing clock tower.