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The church of St Peter was originally built in 1828, but was greatly enlarged in 1904 when the massive north tower and west spire were added.

The clock tower, partly enclosed by an hexagonal shelter and situated at the centre of a traffic system, stands on the site of a wayside chapel, disused in the 16th century, converted into houses and

The small tower on the right with the angled roof is the Portcullis Gate, the upper part of which was added 1886-87.

St Anne's Church tower is visible behind the handsome Stepping Stones House. The stepping stones themselves look less serviceable now, but there is also a footbridge today.

To the right is Robin Hood's Tower; its ground floor contains the 11th-century St Nicholas'

The power station that dominates the town was established in 1927. The bulk of the station was demolished in 1968 and rebuilt with massive cooling towers.

In the centre is the 98ft high bell tower of 1853.

It was in a dungeon below one of these towers that Lady Margaret de Pomeroy starved to death after being imprisoned by her elder sister Eleanor as the result of a dispute over a suitor.

It was then bought by Lord Ellenborough, the Governor General of India from 1841-44, who built the semi- detached neo-Norman tower on the east side on his return from India.

Originally early Norman, it was altered and enlarged in 1330, and a perpendicular tower was added in the 15th century.

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

Completed in 1789, All Saints' survived in its original form for less than sixty years before it was remodelled and the west tower added.

The remains of the 14th-century lodging tower are to the left. Ballon's motte to the right is topped by a 19th-century hunting lodge, which now houses the town's museum.

The Town Hall, standing in the middle of the ancient market place, was designed in 1857 by Edward Lamb of Manchester, using an unusual combination of bricks and flints in the main building, the tower and

The keep (with the flagpole) was raised to three storeys and the outer walls and towers refaced in the 1820s; the walls still look remarkably fresh today.

The keep (with the flagpole) was raised to three storeys and the outer walls and towers refaced in the 1820s; the walls still look remarkably fresh today.

conceivable example of architecture is visible here in the gently rising street—including the stone and brick Norton Arms in the foreground, the half-timbered building beyond it, and the Gothic-style clock tower

On the right are the tower of All Saint's Church and the Admiral's Arch.

In the foreground is the Grand Union Canal, with the houses of Blisworth and the 15th-century tower of the church to be seen on the opposite bank.

The Ford Tractor Plant—resplendent with its 600,000 gallon water-tower (right)—occupied the whole of the No 3 Industrial Estate.

Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

The Palace of Westminster is unchanged,apart from a missing pinnacle just to the right of the huge Victoria Tower.

The towers at each end of the viaduct can just be distinguished behind the bridge in photograph R67051. The viaduct was the first structure to cross the Runcorn Gap, and was built in the 1860s.

Just visible on the far right at the top of the hill is the day beacon, an 80ft stone tower which marks the eastern side of the entrance to the estuary, as the entrance is almost impossible