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In the centre of this picture is the Time Ball Tower, used for supplying the correct time to the anchored vessels.

A tower is the only remaining part of the abbey itself. It was dissolved in 1535, and remained mostly intact until 1850, when mining brought a demand for housing.

Entering the town, you may see some of the following: several acres of Victorian housing, from railway-side terraces to detached, self-confident villas; a church with a nice green spire; a white tower-block

The tower, with its clock and cupola, marks a market house and assembly rooms, which have a history of their own.

The building with the tower, in the top left corner, is 'V' Block, and it housed Styling, Design, Prototype Build, and running shop for both cars and trucks; it was known within the company as 'Experimental

The king spared Howard the appalling penalty of hanging, drawing and quartering, and he was beheaded on Tower Hill on 29 December 1680.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was celebrated not only with the Clock Tower, but also with an extensive tree-planting project along selected roads leading into Rugby (see Clifton Road overleaf

The tower and surmounting spire were refurbished in 1850. The Conservative Club is housed in what was once the Grammar School. Built in 1729, it became a National School in 1826.

This book takes us to a failed spa, a Pierrot show, and a water-tower named after an elephant. It incorporates turn-of-the- century markets and 1950s beaches.

The ashlar-faced west tower is Perpendicular, with a tall arch towards the nave and a stair turret rising above the battlements.

Although the nave of the present St Mary's dates from 1713, when it was rebuilt after it collapsed, the ragstone church tower is medieval and may have formed part of an earlier fortification on

This has been used in some of the older buildings around North Hill, including the tower of St Michael's church.

The Majestics carried over 4000 tons of armour plate, varying in thickness from 4 inches on the deck slopes to 14 inches on the conning tower and barbettes.

The tower is said to be haunted by a grey lady who threw herself from the top when she was spurned in love.

It is dated 1902 on the façade in front of the clock tower. Most buildings in the Parade and Avenue are built of local Triassic sandstone.

Reflecting Sheffield's industrial history there are two friezes carved in stone which depict, among other things, grinders, smiths, smelters and miners, and a 200-foot tower surmounted by an eight-foot

Owing to the restricted depth of the site, the drill yard and drill tower are placed at the side of the fire station and not at the rear, as is the standard practice.

The plan did not come to fruition and the tower remained as we see it today.

In 1832 he built the Tower of Refuge on Conister Rock as a shelter for mariners unfortunate enough to be shipwrecked there.

The store advertised nine floors of business, but as the last three floors were in the towers I think that was an example of over-advertising.

In 1857 this Victorian church replaced an earlier church of St Nicholas, which dated from the 12th century - it had a tower.

The square gun tower on the right, c1500, was constructed against the curtain wall, and contains two chambers.

The 88-foot tower is still a landmark today.

On the left of D92001, below, we can glimpse the 14th-century church of St Peter with its 15th-century tower and modern stained glass.