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The curtain wall faces the River Usk, with the arched water gate in the centre. Boats could enter the castle this way – there was a small quay to the rear of the tower.

The college, founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, lies in the shadow of the old city wall.

This view is taken further down West Street, with the churchyard on the left and the boundary walls of the Victorian Baptist Church on the right.

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

The gently lapping waves, resulting from low swell, indicate clearly how solid granite walls deflect the force of even a slight sea.

The high brick walls beyond belong to the 1885 Town and Country Club, later a library, which was swept away for the present twelve-bay, three-storey hotel bedroom wing in the 1950s.

This wonderful view from the walls was taken before the onslaught of the motor car, and when gas lamps were still in place.

Reached via a cobbled yard in front of The Three Daws pub, and visually obstructed by the high sea wall, the pier is somewhat run down, unlike the Royal Terrace Pier.

Carn Brea, between Camborne and Redruth, has a very long archaeological record commencing with a large walled Neolithic settlement, one of the oldest in England.

The ground floor outer wall was also rebuilt. Next door (right foreground) is Charlotte Terrace, which before its conversion to residential use in 1988 was the Assembly Rooms.

Opposite is the long wall of one of the substantial villas of this road, Halidon House.

the route of the partly-restored Wey and Arun canal near the Surrey border—'London's lost route to the sea'.The shop on the left has old enamelled metal cigarette advertising signs fixed to the wall

The sea wall is a little more substantial today, otherwise the view is unchanged. On the road behind the houses there is a mouldering old Sherman tank.

Brimscombe Church, Walls Quarry and the hill leading to Burleigh are top right.

The circular gun-ports at the base of the gatehouse walls are obscured by hedging.

The wall and trees on the left have now gone, and the Sportsman's pub now stands here.

miles west of Darlington, Piercebridge is unusual in that the village was built within the ramparts of a Roman fort that once guarded the bridge over the Tees carrying the road between York and Hadrian's Wall

Replacing a medieval church that lay beyond the walled town's north gate, now commemorated by the street's name of Northgate Street, this church by Manners was started in 1835 in an early inaccurate Gothic

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

The breakwaters have gone and the sea wall has been rebuilt, but most of the beach huts remain, with quaint names like Dolly's Den, Molly's and Sand Lea.

The big tree has gone, and the outbuilding, whose steps can be seen at the left is now a single ruined wall.

T A Wilkinson the chemist is next door to the shop selling Wall's ice cream with rustic furniture outside. The village gets its name from a Viking, Sigward.

The Coatham Enclosure was created from an area of sand dunes, and a retaining wall - the New Promenade - was built to protect the area from the blowing sand. This boating lake opened in 1930.

A bicycle leans against the wall. Strawberry growing was still a popular occupation around here. The lanes were quiet and occasional horse-drawn vehicles might be seen.