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Samuel Pepys described this fine parish church as 'very fair and like a cathedral', mostly 14th- century with a 16th-century tower that dominates the townscape, its south side faces the

This photogrpah shows the church before the tower at the far end had an additional section placed on the top in 1907.

Behind are the church tower and the chimneys of Brakspear's Brewery.

The tower of the church dates from the 14th century. Otherwise, much of the church was rebuilt in the late 1800s.

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

A timbered barn stands opposite the entrance to this 13th-century church with its small square crenellated tower.

Behind it is the parish church of St Catherine with its large flint tower. The church contains a beautiful rood screen and a rare medieval painting of the Crucifixion.

The courtyard, with the then-pinnacled tower of St Faith's visible in the background.

The impressive Victoria Tower of the Town Hall rises to a height of 162 feet.

The chuch was re-built c1220 and was once graced with a tower.

This photograph was taken from Lambeth Bridge, and shows the Houses of Parliament before Victoria Tower Gardens were laid out on Millbank.

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the cathedral, whose modest spire (added when the tower was rebuilt in 1904) rises behind

The church is of flint, with a Perpendicular ashlar-faced tower.

It has a low tower, nave and north aisle, with a south transept on the far side. Within, a curious niche in the west wall may be the entry to an anchorite's cell of c1400.

Dating from the 8th century, All Saints also has a 15th-century tower; the church was restored in 1871. The nearby vicarage was built in 1821.

Behind it rises the slim tower of St Michael's Church, a late Victorian construction.

The 15th-century tower of All Saints, the Anchor pub and the elevation of the bridge, which is medieval in origin with 19th-century additions, add up to a classic photograph of the entrance to the village

In the background can be seen the tower of the parish church of St John, built in 1848.

Again, the pinnacled twin western towers of the Minster can be seen in the background.

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the Cathedral, whose modest spire (added to the original tower in 1904) rises behind

The splendid Perpendicular tower of All Saints, Youlgreave, is one of the finest in the Peak District, and commands this view down Church Street.

Its tower is a noted land- mark over the city.

Rounded flanking towers can be seen in the photograph, and two lions stand either side of the pointed arch.

Stretching away to the south is the Alde, passing the Martello Tower on its left; it runs adjacent to the shore for a further ten miles, a quite remarkable feat considering that the sometimes violent