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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.

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.

At the end of the siege, the garrison was accorded the honours of war, and the castle was ordered to be slighted so that cannon could no longer be mounted on its towers.

Originally the fort comprised a two-storey building with a north tower and a gatehouse.

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.

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

Just past the South Walney nature reserve on Haws Point is the impressive structure of the Walney lighthouse, erected in 1790 as a plain wooden tower.

It is situated in Britain's most haunted village, and the 'lady in white' has been seen at midnight throwing herself from the bell tower. Nearby is the 15th-century Black Horse Inn.

In the picture, though not clearly visible, is the statue of the lifeboatman, a towering figure, Lytham St Anne's lifeboat monument.

The chancel arch is a striking feature of the church, as is the 15th-century tower.

The name sign 'East Street' has been reused on a 1960s replacement for the buildings on the right, while beyond the Gothic-style school soars the 280 feet tower and spire of St Wulfram's.

Here we look westward from the Clock Tower, a view taken before glass-roofed arcades were added to the buildings on the right when they became shops.

charmingly rustic stone lion at the left has been replaced by a corner turret and all the buildings are now shops, many of which have been rebuilt, but the view is still terminated by the Jubilee Clock Tower

The 11th-century tower of St Mary le Wigford church peers out amid the later commercial architecture.

Each of the four square corner towers is topped off with octagonal machicolated turrets, from which unpleasant things could be dropped upon the heads of unwelcome visitors.

It is unusual in that it is an L-plan building incorporating the Abbey chancel, crossing and north transept with its 13th-century tower and 14th-century belfry.

Barry was also responsible for the Palace of Westminster; his son was the engineer who built Tower Bridge.

The war memorial commemorating the First World War fallen is visible by the church tower, but the adjacent wrought iron gate, railings and lantern have vanished, probably during the scrap metal drive

The early cross which gives the square its name is prominent here, but the top of the tower of St David's Cathedral can be seen beyond the buildings on the right.

To the north-west is the church of St George, rebuilt in 1970 with a concrete tower. The town is by-passed today, and the M27 is nearby.

This photograph was taken from the church tower looking north towards the main street. The post mill, which stood to the north of the cottage, was built in 1829 and demolished in 1912.

Originally there was a spire on top of that powerful tower, but this was removed in 1927.

To the rear of the photograph, on the right of the Minster, stands the smaller tower of St Wilfrid's Church, which was built in 1864 and still stands.