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The town consists of ten streets within the walls, which are defended by round towers, and around twenty outside.

It can just be seen on the west wall of the tower, through the branches of the tree.

The Union Jack flying on the Victoria Tower indicates that Parliament is sitting.

The tower of the steam engine house has now been demolished. The water mill is 18th-century, with three pairs of wheels driven by a cast iron breast-shot wheel.

The tower is decorated by window openings that are repeated as blind arcades; the spire was added in the 14th century.

Lansdowne Terrace, a long Italianate terrace facing the Wish Tower, was built in the 1860s with its centre spanned by a wide triangular pediment; it was soon mostly colonised by the Lansdowne Private

The red brick clock tower of 1890 commemorates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. On the left is Moon's cycle depot, connected with the garage in Bury Road.

It has a magnificent 120ft tower. The Sun Hotel on the right is still trading today.

The long esplanade is one of Penzance's great assets; here we look towards the harbour area, with the lofty church tower as a prominent landmark.

The church was re-built c1220 and was once graced with a tower (subsequently removed and not replaced, hence its rather stunted appearance).

Opposite is the Royal Hotel, with its red brick facade, steep roofs and decorative towers, promising the Victorian traveller a sophisticated welcome.

Further along the street the former Italianate Corn Exchange with its rather odd timber bell tower can be seen.

Laleham's charming parish church has a tower dating back to 1732; it has been altered somewhat since this photograph was taken.

St Bartholomew's Church is Victorian; its tower and spire are 120 feet high.

A peaceful view of Howth harbour, looking along the sea wall towards the tower and the east pier. Rowing boats are moored in the harbour.

The 320ft-high Big Ben clock tower attached to the new Palace of Westminster was just 38 years old at this time.

The Royal Marine Hotel on the left has now succumbed to a towering ten storey block of flats, Metropole Court, one of three architectural disasters along the sea front.

The large square tower was restored after it was struck by lightning in 1896. The little stream, in the immediate foreground, gives the village its name.

The tower, 162 feet high, and the rich roofscape of crocketted pinnacles and pierced battlements, dominate the town.

The buildings on the right belong to the school with the Victoria Tower, the main entrance, dominating the scene. Opposite is the splendid porch with Ionic columns complete with mud scapers.

A viaduct carries the road across Careg Ddu and passes the grand water tower, whose purely functional purpose was for routine maintenance.

In the background is the turreted tower of St Mary's parish church.

Uplyme's church tower is 47 feet high and a prominent landmark, once used a triangulation station by mapmakers.

This view of its sloping, circular, cobbled Market Place was taken from the tower of Holy Trinity Church, now a museum for the Green Howards Regiment from nearby Catterick Garrison.