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The design was Victorian Gothic with an imposing tower dominating the structure. The building work began in 1882, and by 1885 the town hall was almost complete.

On the left is London Square, where the obelisk of the war memorial towers above all else.

This view looks back towards the tower of St Mark's at the end of the street. Again, traffic is notable by its absence, with only a single motor-cyclist to trouble crossing pedestrians.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul has the tallest tower of any in Norfolk, rising to 160 feet.

The two squat towers of the Minster dominate Wimborne. In the choir of this lovely building is the reputed tomb of the Saxon King Ethelred I.

The tower has a unique formation: the upper part is built crosswise to the lower. It is said that it is theoretically unstable architecturally, but it has stood for 500 years.

This photograph of Bray shows the village centre, with the perpendicular chalk and stone tower of the parish church of St Michael peeping above the rooftops.

Exeter's spacious cathedral is thirteenth century with earlier Norman towers. It suffered during the Dissolution and again at the hands of Cromwell's men.

The Tower stood on Marine Parade, but it was demolished at the start of World War II.

A quiet scene showing a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair; two blades of the fantail are missing.

The Clock Tower, across the bridge, was built by a Doctor Roberts in 1893 on the site of the old County Gaol. The much older Infirmary beyond has since been converted to flats.

The splendid Norman tower of the Cathedral rises above the roofs of the county town, forming an important part of the city's skyline.

Shepherd's Crag towers through the trees over the Victorian Gothic buildings of the Lodore Hotel at the southern end of Derwent Water.

The red sandstone tower dates from the 15th century, and may itself have been a rebuild on the base of an earlier structure.

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.

One of its later additions was the brick tower in 1720.

This view looks south towards All Saints' Church and shows how the tower and spire originally closed the vista well, although nowadays the church is hidden by high hedges and a fine cedar.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Looking along Storey Terrace, we see in the distance the tower of Bedale's church of St Gregory.

The east front of the chancel was demolished (perhaps explain- ing the new roof tiles on the right) and the north side of the tower was split almost to the ground.

The tower of St Peter's Church was built in the 15th century.

St Cuthbert's Parish Church represents a mixture of periods and styles, the tower and spire being only about one hundred years old.

Before the construction of the Senate House in the early 18th century, students received their degrees in the Church of Great St Mary's, whose tower dominates the right-hand side of the road.

This old-established market town is dominated by the great pinnacled tower of its fifteenth century church, which is pleasantly situated in a square.