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The very tall tree in the middle distance conceals the site of Priory Mill, an old watermill.

Raglan Castle is an imposing, solid structure and was one of the last defensive castles to built in Wales.

The old walled town of Tenby was a highly popular watering-place in the far south-west of Wales, and the women will find plenty of customers when they hawk their catch on the beach and quayside.

The old walled town of Tenby was a highly popular watering-place in the far south-west of Wales, and the women will find plenty of customers when they hawk their catch on the beach and quayside.

The church has a Norman tower and west door, and traces of Roman brickwork have been discovered in its walls. It was restored in 1865.

It had only been intended to rebuild the outer walls but the project became much more ambitious. The rector in late Victorian and Edwardian times, from 1895, was Rev Henry Farrer.

We can see the signs of the industry in this charming view - crab and lobster pots are stacked on the pier, and the premises of Dawson's, the fish salesman, are beside the sea wall, centre left.

The Local Board have expended £14,000 on a sea-wall and fine esplanade, and the pier, 1,000 feet in length, cost £5,000.

One might almost call it a utility building. The walls have been constructed of flints (which are copious in the chalk hills of the South Downs) and edged with stone at the windows and doors.

A sun dial on the wall doubtless took the place of the modern-day clock.

This view looks west towards one of two shelters, past the brick-walled sloping bed used for those 'say it wth plants' commemorations so beloved of municipal gardeners everywhere.

Scarborough Castle, on the skyline, once stood 100 ft tall, with walls 12 ft thick; the keep was positioned in such a way so as to command the approach to the causeway leading to the castle.

De Vaux Place 1928 On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close - the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

Whitstable suffered badly in the tidal surge of February 1953, when water poured over the sea wall and flooded the town.

Its church was founded by St Cadfan, whose famous well here was fed by chalybeate springs.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.The Dicker, behind the brick wall and trees beyond the pub, is a rather odd-looking mansion, built by Horatio William

There is a modern vicarage to the right, but the boundary wall, railings and gate piers have all survived.

The original Hoylake baths were opened in June 1913, and were filled by the sea flowing over a low sea wall.

The children in the foreground are pressed tight against the wall, maybe in apprehension, as photographs at this time were a rare event.

Extra defensive height was achieved by piling the spoil on top of the circuit walls to create a rampart.

On the right is the garden wall to Little Court, and behind the trees stands Layston School, skirted on the west by Paddock Road.

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.

In the picture we see large houses with garden walls of flint. Children wait on the pavement and road edge to be included in the photograph.

This was built as a market hall and lock up, or temporary prison, in 1842, but in 1870 the clocktower, belfry and spire were added. It is now (in 2000) a tourist information centre.