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Caption For Colchester, Holy Trinity Church 1892

The west tower, the church's most important feature, is Anglo-Saxon of the mid 11th-century.

Caption For York, The Castle Gate C1885

The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower. The site of the old gate is now a car park.

Caption For York, The Cavalry Barracks 1886

The regimental museum in Tower Street has displays of medals, uniforms and weapons, and models showing the battles that both this and other Yorkshire regiments fought in many parts of the world, including

Caption For Kendal, Sizergh Castle 1896

The home of the Strickland family for 750 years, Sizergh was originally a 14th-century pele tower with 15th, 16th, and 18th-century additions and alterations, including a Tudor great hall.

Caption For Barlborough, Hall C1955

The ornate, lantern-towered and mullioned structure was built for Lord Justice Francis Rodes to a design attributed to Robert Smythson in 1584, and remains in private hands.

Caption For Jaywick, Brooklands Avenue C1960

Jaywick is divided from Clacton by a golf course and a Martello Tower. This became a popular holiday area after Jaywick Farm was sold following the farming recession of the 1930s.

Caption For Navestock, The Church C1955

The belfry, built in an interesting style found in several Essex churches, has a sloping tiled roof placed between the various stages of the tower. This is surmounted by a spire.

Caption For East Lulworth, St Andrew's Church 1894

Standing in the sylvan setting of Lulworth Park, the parish church of St Andrew's at East Lulworth has an impressive 15th-century tower that predates nearby Lulworth Castle.

Caption For Brent Knoll, The Village 1913

The church with its elegant 15th-century west tower is well worth visiting for its medieval woodwork, including the benches and roofs.

Caption For North Berwick, Tantallon Castle 1897

The great curtain wall with its central gatehouse, flanked at either end by a massive round towers, dates from the last quarter of the 14th century.

Caption For Nottingham, Hospital From Castle 1920

Following the clo- sure of the hospital in 1992, the main building and the Round Tower of the Jubilee Wing were taken over by Nottingham Health Authority.

Caption For Wisbech St Mary, High Street C1960

The banks of this river tower over most of the buildings in the village, such is the shrinkage of the local peat landscape.

Caption For Cove Hithe, Church C1960

Only the tower survives intact, and the brick nave was built inside the ruin in 1672.

Caption For Wilburton, The Church C1955

The 13th-century tower has a stair turret that was probably added with the new peal of bells in the 15th century; most of the church seems to have been rebuilt then.

Caption For Rothwell, Squires Hill C1960

The tower of the parish church with its spire alongside, rather than above, lies ahead, with a path leading to the market square to its left.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, From Watford Road 1906

St Mary's Church dominates the photograph from its well-treed setting, with to its right the sheer elevation of The Foss and Grove Hill by Habershon, and to its left the Speech Room tower and chapel fleché

Caption For Cambridge, King's Parade 1921

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.

Caption For Upton Upon Severn, Bridge 1904

The tower of the church is 13th-century, but the unusual copper cupola was added in 1769 - it was designed by Anthony Keck. The main body of the church was demolished in the 1930s.

Caption For Branston, Branston Hall Hospital C1965

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

Caption For Wigan, Parish Church 1895

The west tower was heightened in 1861, but the lower part is 13th-century, or perhaps even earlier, as the walls here are 6ft thick and there is also a garderobe chamber.

Caption For Sonning, Bridge 1904

The Great House Hotel on the left is now much extended, and the church tower is largely concealed by more mature trees.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge Under Construction 1890

Here we see the towers - 'steel skeletons clothed in stone' as described by Sir John Wolfe Barry, the architect - not yet stone clad, and the upper walkway taking shape.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Lee Tower From The West C1955

The 120-ft tower seen here was demolished in 1969.

Caption For Fawkham, C1960

Fawkham's church, repaired and reseated by the Victorians, has a wooden tower and Norman windows.