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The central tower of the castle dates from a licence of 1454 when the thane was permitted to erect Cawdor 'with walls and ditches and equip the summit with turrets and means of defence, with warlike provisions

Comparison of this view with that seen today shows that some features have been restored inside the arch of the second sto- rey of the left-hand wall.

Raised above the road, behind a rather forbidding local stone boundary wall, the rather stumpy three-stage crenellated west tower is all that remains of the medieval church.

The group of buildings with the clock have all gone to make way for a road system around Oakengates. Notice also the little white building on the right next door to George Orme.

The most infamous event in the castle's history occurred in the hall, situated just behind this outer wall.

The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

A four-wheeled cart is pulled by two horses in tandem and appears to be loaded with brushwood faggots; all of the action is halted whilst waiting patiently for the photographer.There is a fine flint

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

An unusual view of the Abbey Gateway—in the centre—and the bridge over the Cornmill Stream, a tributary of the River Lea, with people relaxing around the broken walls.

The east wall has diaper patterns in stonework, which continue across the window.

This view of the middle wall of the harbour shows a typical Edwardian mother and her two children posing for the photographer. Behind her the busy life of the harbour continues.

On the adjoining wall is a plaque with the information that William Barnes lived here at about the same time - the older poet influenced the younger.

The railings have gone, as have the brick wall and the trees behind it. The shop under the white blind is now named Something Fishy.

Fifteen children have been neatly assembled by the photographer in front of the brick and half-timber cottages that comprised this small village, originally called Clandon Abbots.

All the stone walls on the right went for the promenade extensions, but I suppose one should be grateful that Minehead's rebuilding mania did not sweep all of the town's seafaring past away.

In the 19th century a walled-up chamber in the west gate was opened and found to be full of gunpowder.

Barry is thought to have been a 14th-century fortified manorial residence; but all that remained in 1899 was the ivy-clad ruins of a small gatehouse or barbican and a section of curtain wall. As

There are early 17th-century buildings here, which have been considerably altered over the centuries; these have had brick façades built over their front walls.

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

There are still remains of its Roman walling which enclosed about seven acres. It was granted a market charter in 1230 and is focused around its market place, seen here.

Medieval Lincoln expanded from the Roman walled town southwards along the Roman Ermine Street, which here becomes the High Street.

As well as the cross there are three examples of keeills at Maughold, one of which can be seen here. These are early Christian single-chambered chapels, nearly 200 of which are known to have existed.

Among the church's interesting curiosities are a sundial on the south wall, a stout Norman tub font and a delicately carved 15th-century pulpit.

On the left is the front wall and schoolmaster's house of the Elementary School of 1853 and 1896. The grassy banks remain, but they have been straightened and tamed.