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Although much of the building was rebuilt in Victorian times, the tower dates from 1535. The decoration includes the mullet (or star), the badge of the de Veres.

Closer is Shipton Hill at 558ft (left of centre) with Chilcombe Hill rising to 640ft (behind the church tower).

St Thomas' church tower can be seen above and behind the roofs of the shops.

The church on a hill commands the scene; it has a 14th-century tower and a slender spire, with a newer nave and chancel designed by the Victorian architect G F Bodley.

The two octagons of the tower can be seen for miles around, and were used as a beacon by those travelling by boat through Willingham Mere.

The distinctive tower of Easington parish church dominates the centre of this view.

Much of All Saints' Church was destroyed in a big fire in the town in 1675, though the medieval tower survives. The clock face has changed, and the trees and the tram wires have long gone.

The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down.

This and the adjoining Tower House in the churchyard are wonderful examples of early Victorian Gothic revival architecture.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

St Michael's at Wilsford has herringbone flintwork and a large unbuttressed Norman tower on the west end.

In the distance and slightly to the left of the clock tower is the obelisk erected to the memory of Henry Bell, who built the first steam-powered vessel to sail on the Clyde.

It is basically a late Norman and early 13th-century building, but it was much changed in the 14th and 15th centuries, including the battlemented west tower; its interior is relatively plain,

The foundation stone for the Towen Hall was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, and it was opened on 30 October 1856.The total cost was £29,428 16s 3d.The clock tower and the Market Hall are

In the distance the modern cooling towers of Ferrybridge Power Station and in the middle distance the Aire and Calder Navigation parallel with the River Aire.

This church was built on a steep hillside between 1859 and 1861, but the tower and spire were added between 1884 and 1886. The architect was the popular John Norton of Bristol.

Here, at the junction of St Mary Street and Castle Street on the right, which leads to the Norman castle ruins, is the Clock Tower of 1897 topped by its timber belfry and weathervane.

Its graceful parish church, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, is dominated, as is the town, by its octagonal crossing tower.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

This view is taken from the top of the church tower overlooking the triangular market place, with the Jubilee Pump and Swan Inn.

With a 15th-century tower, the church of All Hallows has sweeping views over surrounding country. It is thought that the chancel screen came from Sawley Abbey.

This exquisite view shows the tall 14th-century tower of St Peter's Church with a small but richly ornamented spire and very tall pinnacles.

The town centre is in the distance; there are some Edwardian and many modern buildings here.To the north is a pond, and south of the railway line is a water tower resembling a castle.

St Mary's is unusual in that Telford designed it in a Mediterranean style, with Tuscan columns and a pillared tower topped off with a dome.