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To the left of the tower stands the Belfry Tree, a huge sycamore which blew down in a gale a decade after this picture was taken.

A fine study taken from the pier, showing the vast bulk of the castle towering above the little seaside town which has grown up in its shadow.

The tower at Edge Hill was built in 1750 to commemorate the battle. The mock-Gothic edifice was later used as an inn.

Behind and to the right is the turreted tower of the parish church. Built in 1851, it replaced the original church dating from the reign of Richard III.

The clock tower was built in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was built of red brick and locally-made white bricks called 'Warboys whites'.

The top of the tower, built by Richard Hull in 1766, gives those who climb the 75 steps to its battlements views that, on a clear day, are said to extend across a dozen counties.

The fine embattled western tower of Holy Trinity houses a clock and one bell.

The new stained glass window in the tower of St Andrew's, installed after the war, was designed by John Piper (who also designed the windows in the east end); it commemorates Nancy Astor and her husband

The 200ft tower was modelled on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The nearby St George's Hall (1853) was an earlier design by the same architects.

An exquisite snow scene looking towards the mainly 13th-century St Michael's Church, which was much altered in the 19th century when the Norman tower was re-positioned half-way along the south aisle.

Part of the tower dates from his rebuilding from 1858.

The central tower was rebuilt in 1904 and crowned with a spire.

The church tower rises above these small weatherboarded and tiled cottages in a side lane off the main High Street.

The 15th-century tower of Charminster's church dominates the valley of the River Cerne, and was built under the direction of Sir Thomas Trenchard. Parts of the building date back to the 12th century.

Now a United Reformed Church in weekly use, this flint church has lost its neighbouring large tree and the central bell tower and short spire.

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

In the background is the pinnacled tower of All Saints' parish church, which was largely rebuilt in 1867.

The clock tower is sixty metres high, and is visible from afar. The architect was E A Rickards, a devotee of the baroque style.

Martello Towers were built in the time of Napoleon to guard the coast.

The squat tower of Hubberholme's parish church of St Michael and All Angels occupies a lovely setting in the valley of Wharfedale, where it turns into Langstrothdale in its upper reaches.

The sloping Church Street leads up to the tower of the parish church, past The White Swan public house on the right.

In the background (centre left) is the tower of the large parish church of St Andrew.

The entrance tower on the east front if Victorian.

This impressive clock tower was erected in the Square in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It cost the parishioners of Warboys £200.