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When the tower was found to be unstable, it was strengthened and the spire raised to 182 feet. The roofs of four maltings mark the towpath of the River Stort.

A Norman building stood until 1724, a second was completed in 1824 (its tower still stands at the corner of its successor) and the third was consecrated in 1886.

The pretty tower of the 14th-century church is clearly visible here.

The mill was a Lincolnshire-style brick tower with an onion-shaped cap. It had five patent shuttered sails, as is indicated by the five-way cross on the front of the windshaft, and a fantail.

North Hill climbs towards High Street, just beyond St Peter's church tower seen in the distance.

It is well-known for its wonderful old church, which has towers built by the Saxons and Normans. It also has a historic old abbey, now a nunnery, with walls of the old Saxon church.

Inside the tower can be found six bells. A replica of this church at nearby Wilsden was also consecrated on the same day, 1 November 1826.

The breathtaking outline of Tom Tower dominates St Aldates on the far side of Carfax. Morris Garages and the premises of Barclays Bank are on the right.

Entered through Edgar Tower (just visible here above the rooftops), or through the Watergate, College Green is a delightful quadrangle of mostly 17th- and 18th-century houses, forming part of King's School

There are guardrooms on the top floors: only here are there arrow-loops in the tower walls.

The church of St Peter and St Paul is unusual in having one of Somerset's octagonal towers. Since 1906, the cottage on the left has gone, and the church porch has been rebuilt.

St Pancras Church, with its lofty pinnacled tower, was built in granite in the 14th century. It was to come to Widecombe Fair that Uncle Tom Cobley borrowed Tom Pearce's grey mare.

Panoramic views of the city can be seen from the top of this tower, which was built in the 12th century to replace a previous wooden castle.

The tower and spire, which reaches a height of 124 feet, were added later in 1891, as a memorial to Freda, daughter of the Reverend Middleton, vicar at the church for 27 years.

This view of the towers is taken from inside the ruins.The castle stands on high ground with excellent views over the widening river.

Our view takes in Werwick's Revolving Tower and shows what working-class people did for their week's holiday: they sat and relaxed and took in the sea air.

The pinnacle to the right of the Victoria Tower has now been restored.

The two wood and pantile shelters on either side of what was to become Tower Esplanade were useful refuges when it began to rain.

Here we have a glimpse of the church tower between the houses of Market Street in the old heart of the waterside town. Note the gutter in the centre of the narrow roadway.

The round turret by the side of the main entrance with its ogee cap looks very much like a windmill tower.

The pier was 18th-century, and the Rhenish tower added early in the 1800s by a General Rawdon.

The Square is dominated by the 190ft-high Town Hall tower. Even in 1892 it was not the original; that had been so badly damaged by fire that it had to be demolished.

Vicarage of 1805 with its Venetian ground floor windows, mansard roof and battlemented porch, Maple House beyond with its battlemented parapet and, of course, the superb St Lawrence's parish church's tower

This view, taken from the station, shows the town and Cadair Idris, the River Wnion, the famous 17th-century bridge and tollhouse, and the tower of St Mary's church.