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Caption For Orford, The Castle 1937

The keep was built in 1165-73 by Henry II as a check on the power of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, who had castles at Framlingham and Bungay.

Caption For Northallerton, North End C1960

In the background on the left is the parish church of All Saints, a stately building restored in 1884 but with a fine 15th-century tower.

Caption For Wakefield, Wood Street C1953

More evidence of Coronation flags and bunting is shown in this view of Wood Street, Wakefield, looking up towards the clock tower of the Town Hall, built in 1880 in the French Gothic style by T E Collcutt

Caption For Carew, From North West 1893

The glazing of the many paned windows and impressive oriels was never completed, thanks to Perrot's unfortunate incarceration in the Tower of London.

Caption For Warminster, Christ Church C1950

Pevsner describes it as 'a long church, W tower with tall, heavy pinnacles. Tall two-light Perpendicular windows'.

Caption For Westbury Leigh, The Church C1955

The tower was added in 1888. Today the church is part community hall and part place of worship.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1965

Beside the imposing 19th-century bank building, which overlooks the corner of Blackburn Road, rises a naked steel tower, a herald of the monotonous shopping developments that have robbed

Caption For Ipswich, The Town Hall C1955

The Town Hall, with the clock tower, was built on the Cornhill in 1867.

Caption For Sunninghill, Church 1901

The yellow brick west tower has a re-used Norman zig-zag arch to the doorway.

Caption For York, St Mary's Tower C1885

This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey. At one time the abbey boundary wall stood along the river bank.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar & The Minster 1893

The stone-arched building on the right was the postern tower built in 1497 on St Mary's Abbey walls; it is now an office for First York Buses.

Caption For Baldock, White Horse Street 1925

Here we see the junction of White Horse Street and Sun Street, leading to St Mary's Church with its 13th-century tower and prominent spike.

Caption For Porthleven, The Harbour Entrance 1890

The clock tower is conspicuous near the pier, and the new lifeboat house faces the sea on the right.

Caption For St Keverne, Church And Village 1904

This village scene is overlooked by the tower and spire of the church, the whole about 100 feet high and providing a landmark for sailors off the Lizard peninsula.

Caption For Chedgrave, Church C1955

The unusual square tower at the north-east corner is thatched with Norfolk reed.

Caption For Blackpool, From Central Pier 1896

The reflections of the Tower and the sailing boats kiss the sea on a brilliantly sunny, flat-calm day.

Caption For Stanion, The Village C1960

This view from the fields south-east of Stanion shows the small Northamptonshire village centred on the medieval church, with its fine 15th-century tower with broach spire.

Caption For Lincoln, Castle Gates C1955

Inside the Castle, the photographer looks back to the gatehouse, which is basically 14th-century over a Norman archway, although the drum towers on this side are early 19th-century.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church & Memorial Cross 1922

The Perpendicular tower is 179 feet high, with a battlemented spire. There are four stages with the upper, bell stage, having three openings.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church Interior 1922

The amazing tall tower was probably built before the nave, as buttresses appear inside the building.

Caption For Pembroke, Castle 1890

The great cylindrical keep, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, towers above the ruins. The future Henry VII was born here in 1457.

Caption For Conwy, Castle 1913

The castle had high curtain walls studded with massive drum towers; the King's apartments and Presence Chamber were in the inner ward.

Caption For Pakenham, Windmill C1955

This is a typical Suffolk brick tower mill with four patent shuttered sails and a fantail. The mill was used as the subject of a TV interlude film in 1950s, and was watched by millions of viewers.

Caption For Aberdare, View From Top Of Craig C1960

The area on the right, opposite the lower entrance to the park, was known as `Commin Bach`.