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Fitz Osbern built a long rectangular fortified hall (the Great Tower) on the narrowest part of the ridge.

The drum towers at the angles of the inner curtain were also used for accommodation, and the constable's apartments were in the east gatehouse.

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

The church of St Mary, off to the right, dates from 1120, with a tower of 1667. Born in the village was the 'mouse man', wood carver and furniture maker Robert Thompson (1876-1955).

Standing on the bank of the Great Ouse about a mile from the centre of Kempston, the parish church is a stone building wherein the tower, at least, is Norman in origin.

The tower was built in the 13th century and the spire in the 15th century. Giraldus Cambrensis was rector here in the 13th century.

On the sky line, mid-way between the tow- ers of St Mary's and St Michael's, is the statue of Justice on top of the prestigious Stamford Hotel.

The Victorians enlarged the transepts and carried out alterations to the internal fabric of the tower.

Rye sits huddled around a small hill, on the top of which stands St Mary's Church with its distinctive squat Norman tower.

The tower was designed by Edward Pugin during a further phase of remod- elling in the 1860s. The Hall was famed for its oak carvings, panelling, plaster work, and handprinted wall papers.

Details are difficult to make out in this pre-restoration photograph, but in front of the gateway tower is the ruined barbican, and in front of that is the much overgrown octagonal island, which at one

The tower and spire of St Mary's Church rises above the rich assortment of architectural styles, which range from the 15th to the 20th centuries, with several of the buildings having recently been

Its solid clasping buttressed and battlemented tower rises in four stages. The building was restored in 1877 by the architect J Reynolds Rowe.

The building is impressive: tower and crocketed spire is 15th-century, while the body is of the 14th century.

This rather posed picture shows the lower part of the village. The two men, one holding the horse and one with his dog, are everything a photographer could want in a village scene.

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

Its square tower with an oak-shingled spire is of about 1190.

The tower was designed by Edward Pugin during a further phase of remodelling in the 1860s. The Hall was famed for its oak carvings, panelling, plaster work, and handprinted wall papers.

The central tower and spire rise to a height of 156 feet, and were originally completed in 1343 by Bishop Hamo de Hythe. They were rebuilt in the 19th century and again in 1904.

The building is impressive: tower and crocketed spire is 15th-century, while the body is of the 14th century.

The huge cedar tree towering over the 'New Laid Eggs' sign was blown down by a gale in the 1970s.

This example at Over is a tower mill with a rotating cap. The fantail would have rotated the cap to make sure that the sails faced into the wind.

Thomas Warwick's Revolving Viewing Tower, set high on the cliffs near the castle, was a short-lived Victorian attraction from 1897 to 1907 - it was demolished after being described an eyesore

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin (centre) with its lofty belfry tower stands beside Granary Cottage and Long House (left) that were attached to Manor Farm.