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It was then used by local families, who lived in tenements built within the walls; the last of these left in 1898.

This attractive group, which makes the most of the possibilities of tile-hanging walls, is on the Petworth Road just south-west of the Green.

The beach huts are at a rakish angle, but are protected against the strong winds by the sea wall. The cliff pathway in the distance is the start of a scenic walk to Cromer, some three miles away.

The pretty village of Kemsing, on the Pilgrims' Way, boasts St Edith's Well, which is just by the walled war memorial at this road junction.

King John lavished money on Lancaster, building curtain walls, round towers and Hadrian's Tower. In 1322 Robert the Bruce sacked the town, but was unable to take the castle.

A prominent Norman castle mound, the remains of the town walls, including Prince Rupert's Gateway, the castle hall and St Mary de Castro church form the finest historic enclave in the city.

The tower is notable for its construction in granite blocks and the pinnacles capped with small balls.

This photograph looks westwards along East Burton Road between cob-walled cottages. Opposite is a brick and stone cottage with a tiled roof (centre right).

There is a picture with the arches walled up, but they were unblocked in the mid 1800s. From then until 1940 the bell ringers operated in the open air!

It has a ruined castle, old stone walls, a bustling harbour, and just offshore, the romantic Caldy Island.

The view looks at St Mary's from the north, along a varied terrace of possibly late 18th- and 19th- century houses which are not enhanced by the long brick boundary wall.

We can see the magnificent east window of the chancel and the unusual east window of the nave, both almost filling the wall with glass.

The Great Tower and the gatehouses and curtain walls are all that remain of the buildings that was once the palace of the Bishops of Lincoln; the great hall and chapel were demolished in the 19th century

The Buddle estuary was tucked between high walls (left centre), dating from about 1750, below the cupola of the Victorian Guildhall.

Stones from the Norman church are preserved in the walls, and the font is Norman.

This traffic island at the south end of the High Street, with its random stone walling, double yellow lines, and Festival of Britain-style sign, somehow epitomises a rather unlovely village.

Virtually unchanged since this view was taken, apart from the loss of the central chimney stacks, the Six Bells is in the old village of Horley near the parish church of St Bartholomew, whose churchyard wall

There are two prominent buildings of quality in the village, firstly the 13th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, and Langham Old Hall with its date stone of 1665 built into the

St John the Baptist's church has a wooden bell turret, and the interior is decorated with a series of 12th- century wall paintings. A railway tunnel near the village has an ornate northern entrance.

The high brick wall in the distance belongs to Carshalton House.

Ivy-covered Littlemore Cottage (left) stands beside the stream from Water Barrows; gritty heathstone- walled 17th-century Cockles Cottage is on the right.

The stout sea wall of today had not been built at the time of this photograph, hence the wide appearance of the beach.

It contains Tudor murals and painted texts on its walls, and its parish registers go back to the same period.Hawkshead is one of the prettiest Lakeland villages; it stands at the head of Esthwaite

It is recorded that in the 1920s such cottages, with their flagstone floors laid directly on the earth and exterior walls with no dampcourse, were difficult to keep warm and dry.