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Looking down the busy, bustling high street to the Albert Memorial clock tower. Horse-drawn trams vie with the carts for the road, whilst the street is busy with shoppers.

The Cow Tower, with barges moored nearby, looks out from the edge of Cowholme, now in the riverside walk park, to the late 19th-century city expansion beyond the Wensum.

Its characteristic East Anglian Norman round tower is topped by an octagonal 13th-century belfry.

This church, with its 120 ft high tower, occupies a large triangular churchyard. The 14th-century chancel was demolished in 1581, but rebuilt in 1867.

This church has a lantern tower and is said to be the resting place of 39 Lord Mayors. It is the Guild Church of York. It contains a 17th Century pulpit from which John Wesley preached.

Huntingdon's two churches are visible in this picture; to the right is All Saints', with its spire, and the stumpy tower of St Mary's is to the left. In the foreground, a gardener tends his allotment.

The tower in the background belongs to the CWS printing works (formerly Garnett's cabinet works) behind Woolworth's shop in Sankey Street.

This red brick tower mill was built in 1784 and was disused by 1870. It was converted into a house in 1914, and now forms part of large private country house.

Granite cottages and walled gardens line this quiet lane leading invitingly to the church tower beyond. A lucky wee lad on a granite step has managed to get into the picture.

The body of the cathedral dates from the 13th century; the tower is Norman. During the 16th century, the roof of the nave collapsed and was not finally restored until 1893.

The chimneys, towers and winding wheels of the now-closed Whitwell Colliery dominate this view of the village. To the left we can see the village school with its walled playground.

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

The skyline is dominated by the pinnacled tower of St Mary's church, built in 1826 to the designs of Charles Watson and J P Pritchett.

The church stands on rising ground, and has a distinctive off-centre tower. The sails of the windmill, which we can see in the background, were removed some years ago.

There is a strong similarity in the design of the towers of All Saints', St John's and St Martin's churches.

Above the ponds in the parkland is the pigeon tower, which was built for William Thursby in 1678.

In 1752, the Revd William Cole wrote that the tower was: 'one of the most clumsy and heavy ones I ever saw'. Perhaps 'solid' is a kinder description.

The 14th-century tower and spire of the parish church dominates the market place and school to its south, while to the east, the castle remains combine to produce the classic juxtaposition of lordly and

As Granby Street sweeps right towards the Clock Tower, the photograph clearly illustrates the unspectacular variety of buildings to be seen in the city centre.

This large cruciform church in the Perpendicular style has a rectangular central tower. The low transepts were renewed and restored in 1847 by TH Wyatt.

The school's tower can be seen in the background of photograph 37154 (above), and was one of the first schools to be built specifically for the children of military personnel.

It is dedicated to St Werburgh, and the sturdy tower is 14th-century.

A view down the hill towards the fine tower of the Parish Church of St Ia. The first building on the left was a Navigation School at the time.

In the background the Corn Exchange tower presides over the market place, where a market is still held on Wednesdays.