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Caption For Bramshott, The Village 1901

Inside are a medieval font, an 18th-century candelabra and a case containing pottery bowls found in the mortar of the tower.

Caption For Ollerton, Thoresby Hall, The Great Hall C1955

This view in Anthony Salvin's towering Great Hall was taken just before the last Earl Manvers, the sixth earl, died in 1955.

Caption For Astbury, Church C1955

This picture gives some indication of its style, with its tower and spire almost totally separated from the main body of the church.

Caption For St Blazey, Church And Cottages 1893

This is a delightful view of the 15th-century church, which has a plain tower without pinnacles. The cottages have small gardens, walled enclosures, sheds and washing lines.

Caption For St Blazey, The Church C1965

The granite tower has a small niche below the window on the second stage.

Caption For Oakham, The School Chapel C1955

This view is from the church tower. The gate in the wall opposite the church gate was not there in the 1927 photograph.

Caption For Church Minshull, St Bartholomew's Church C1955

A close inspection of the brickwork of St Bartholomew's Church reveals the date when the tower was built - 1702. The main body of the church was completed two years later.

Caption For Bournemouth, Southbourne Terrace C1875

The fine tower and spire of St Peter's Church dominated much of central Bournemouth, until unkind planners allowed the construction of too many large buildings nearby.

Caption For Chepstow, Town Gate 1936

It was then that Roger Bigod III built the town wall, which was some 1200 yds in length and had a number of semi-circular towers.

Caption For Fonmon, The Castle 1899

The castle was founded in c1200, and the initial design is thought to have comprised two round towers, a square keep and a curtain wall.

Caption For Leverington, The Church 1901

The parish church of St Leonard has one of the finest towers in the county; the spire is 162 feet high.

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Island 1890

The folly was constructed using stone from the tower of St Lawrence's church, which used to stand on the site now occupied by Royal William Yard in Stonehouse.

Caption For Otley, Kirkgate C1960

The bustle of what must have been a market day is evident in the thronging crowds around the clock-tower and the busy road.

Caption For Warrington, St Mary's Catholic Church Interior 1895

The church was completed in 1906 by the addition of a tower.

Caption For Warrington, The New Roundabout C1960

The Academy building (far left) was sliced from its foundations and moved to the empty plot where the Tower Restaurant stood.

Caption For Gipping, The Chapel C1955

The tower, now rendered, was added in the Victorian period, and rather spoils the view.

Caption For Basildon, The Industrial Estate C1965

Its most recognisable feature was its distinctive 125ft-high water tower holding 200,000 gallons (right); nicknamed 'the onion', it is still regarded as a local landmark.

Caption For Wednesfield, High Street C1965

The balustraded tower of St Thomas' church provides a nice focal point here. Originally built in 1750, it was so badly damaged by fire in 1902 that it had to be rebuilt.

Caption For Fonmon, The Castle 1899

The castle was founded in c1200, and the initial design is thought to have comprised two round towers, a square keep and a curtain wall.

Caption For St Annes, Clifton Drive South 1914

Churches abound: on the left rises the tower of St Thomas's, to the right that of the Methodists.

Caption For Eastleigh, Market Street C1965

The Wilts & Dorset Bank building is in the distant centre, towering over the roof of the parish church at the far end.

Caption For Oxford, All Souls College And The Radcliffe Camera 1890

The tower displaying the college arms was designed by Hawksmoor. The Radcliffe Camera is one of the reading rooms for the Bodleian Library, its dome an outstanding landmark on the city's skyline.

Caption For Gloucester, Westgate Street 1891

Only the distinctive three-stage Perpendicular tower of St Nicholas Church, in the centre of the picture, serves as a major landmark in this street - it has been radically changed during the past half-century

Caption For London, Lambeth Palace C1965

this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic gateway, the ground floor of which was once a prison.The Lollard's Tower