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Caption For High Wycombe, Queen Victoria Road Looking South C1955

For example, the frontage to H Samuel in Church Street was rebuilt in 1929; also, various fake timber-framed buildings were added that towered over Frogmoor, such as Parker- Knoll's offices on

Caption For Stafford, St Chad's Church C1950

One of the tower columns bears an inscription: 'Orm vocatur qui me condidit': 'He who founded me was called Orm.'

Caption For Stafford, The Font, St Mary's Church 2005

One of the tower columns bears an inscription: 'Orm vocatur qui me condidit': 'He who founded me was called Orm.'

Caption For Waltham St Lawrence, The Church C1955

A majestic yew tree marks the approach to St Lawrence's, which has a west tower of flint and stone blocks topped with early brick.

Caption For Oxwich, The Castle 1935

A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.

Caption For Rugby, St Andrew's Parish Church 1922

Henry de Rokeby pulled down the old Norman chancel and rebuilt it in 13th-century style, adding an unusual tower (72131, opposite): early commentators believed that it was intended as a place

Caption For Chelmsford, The Cathedral, The Interior 1919

The nave and clerestory were added in 1489, and the final details - the chancel, tower and south porch - were added in the early 1500s.

Caption For Glasgow, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross 1897

By contrast, Argyle Street, belonging to a previous generation of building, had no green spaces at all, and the solitary tree that towered over the tenements of Sandyford is believed to have begun

Caption For Colchester, East Gate C1955

During the Anglo-Saxon period the town was occupied at varying degrees of intensity, but the only physical reminder of these centuries is the fine west tower of Holy Trinity church, a mid 11th-century

Caption For High Wycombe, The Old Cane And Rush Works, Desborough Street 2005

The Congregationalists had already built their stone-fronted church in London Road with its twin Norman-style towers in 1850, designed by Charles Searle.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Temple Island 1899

Behind loomed the chimneys and brew tower of Brakspear's brewery.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace, Queen Margaret's Bower 1897

Queen Margaret's Bower is where her majesty kept vigil while James IV fought at Flodden.

Caption For Haughmond Hill, 1891

This castle, since demolished, sits on Queen Eleanor's Bower. Legend says that she watched her husband win the Battle of Shrewsbury from here in 1403. Henry IV won that battle.

Caption For Baslow, Thatch End C1955

Chatsworth is then reached by way of Queen Mary's Bower.

Caption For Penarth, Pleasure Steamer Leaving Pier C1955

With the introduction of the original 'Waverley' vessel in 1888, and boasting a 13-strong fleet by 1914, the 'White Funnels' of P A Campbell & Co were to establish their dominance in cross-channel travel

Caption For Havering Atte Bower, Ford Marketing Institute

When this photograph was taken, Bower House was the home of the Ford Marketing Institute.

Caption For New Forest, Queens Bower 1908

Nobody knows for sure why this delightful corner of the Forest is called Queen's Bower. The origins of the name are lost in the mists of antiquity.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford. The pub seen here—the Bull—is displaying a 'Sundays: No Coaches' sign.

Caption For Lindfield, Bower House And Church 1957

The Bower House is a timber-framed hall house with a kingpost roof.The Tiger public house was once Church House—behind the brick façade it has a king post roof and a 15th-century hall.

Caption For Lindfield, Bower House And Church 1957

The Bower House on the left is quintessentially a Sussex- style house with its attractive tile-hung upper elevation and small dormer windows in the roof space.

Caption For Basildon, Development Corporation C1960

'I must admit I have often cast lustful eyes on Bowers Gifford's acres which I can see from my office window', said General Manager Charles Boniface.

Caption For Boxford, Church Street C1955

Walter Bowers is driving the carrier's cart.

Caption For Pitsea, London Road C1955

Pitsea lies to the north of Bowers Marshes.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford. The pub seen here—the Bull—is displaying a 'Sundays: No Coaches' sign.