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Walls were rebuilt in the early 1880s, and in the late 1880s work was done in the chancel. A stained glass window in memory of the Rev Frederick Parsons, a former vicar, was added.

The High Street, this time looking east towards the (then) new Town Hall.

Canvey Island has been a great Thames-side attraction for many years, though now the sea walls have been raised to protect the low-lying island in the event of the closing of the Thames Barrier.

Its slate-hung walls are typical of the local style. When this picture was taken it had become dilapidated, and the central cottage was soon afterwards restored by the National Park Authority.

The old station it replaced lay just within the city walls; its site and layout were such that trains had either to back in or out of it.

This illustrious town, often called the gateway to Cornwall, crowns the dark hill that rises from the valley of the tiny River Kensey.

Notice all the evidence of day-to-day trade, especially the delivery boys with parcels or newspapers.

Dated 1729 on a rainwater head its front with its flanking full-height bay windows is more window than wall. A most elegant composition with an equally elegant limousine parked outside.

The harbour wall was built in 1770 by John Smeaton, who in 1759 built the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse which now stands on Plymouth Hoe. The old St Ives light (far left) was also designed by Smeaton.

These were threatened by the instability of the cliffs, and in the 1980s a large sea wall was built, stretching from around the point out of the picture on the right.

The ruined walls are now free of the lush vegetation shown here, and well consolidated, but Easby Abbey is still privately owned (although in English Heritage's guardianship).

Part of the pier building is occupied by the Central Café, with a display of postcards on the front wall.

Rose-clad cottages line the road in Burnsall, lying in the heart of Wharfedale where the drystone walls spread like a net over the fells, as we can just see in the background.

The extensive curtain walls of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summertime view of Scarborough's East Pier.

On fair days, sheep and pigs were penned outside the George Inn, and hooks to hold the hurdling can still be found on its walls. Gypsies also sold horses here, and there was much drunkenness.

The new lighthouse perches on the most prominent point, its powerful beam sweeping nightly across the dark sky and spilling its light over the walls of the parish church like a searchlight.

The landscape in this photograph gives the appearance of great antiquity, with low stone walls and irregularly-shaped fields where sheep graze.

Few who saw the film version of the latter will forget the scene where the enigmatic heroine, played by Meryl Streep, stood braving a storm at the end of the Cobb—Lyme's harbour wall.

Six uprights form the walls, and the massive capstone is 11 feet long.

The tower has been further reduced since 1951 to provide stone for garden walls.

Worcester was a walled city until the 18th century, and witnessed a great deal of conflict, particularly during the English Civil War.

Ulverston's railway station, dating from 1878, is below the wall to the left - this view was taken from the railway bridge.

The original plan for the docks involved building a wall across the mouth of Wallasey Pool to create a tidal dock, or float.

To the left can be seen the workings of the Honister Slate Quarry, which produced some of the finest-quality green slate roofing and walling.