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Caption For Newbury, View From Victoria Park Bridge C1950

The tower of the old Town Hall can still be seen.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street C1965

The towering and somewhat two-dimensional timbered front of Woolworths and the 1907 Perpendicular Gothic-style Mac Fisheries (a chain long departed from our high streets) were recently demolished to

Caption For London, The Tower Of London C1890

It was begun by William Conqueror, and it is his keep, the White Tower, that still dominates the scene.The moat was drained in 1843 and sown with grasses and shrubs.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1890

The major difference between then and now are the then heaving commercial wharves and warehouses coming right up to the foot of the Victoria Tower: these produced interesting smells in summer, no doubt

Caption For Windsor, Castle, From The Meadows 1895

The Round Tower of the Castle is 12th-century, although the site was selected by William the Conqueror. Most of what can be seen from the river was built during the reign of George IV (1820-1830).

Caption For Ashford, The Parish Church C1965

The tower stands 121ft high, and the church can seat up to 1,700 people. A famous curate was the Reverend Richard Barham, who later moved to Romney Marsh and wrote the 'Ingoldsby Legends'.

Caption For Prestbury, High Street 1896

The tower of St Peter's can just be seen above the roofs on the right-hand side of the picture.

Caption For Shap, Abbey 1893

This photograph shows the imposing west tower, which was built about 1500, and which still stands almost to its full height.

Caption For St Winnow, 1891

Compared with its setting, the tower and church are rather plain but inside are wagon roofs, bench ends and a restored rood screen. The granite font has carved angels with outspread arms.

Caption For Llanellen, The Church 1898

At St Helen's Church the corbelled, pinnacled and crocketed tower stands out in more ways than one: it seems curiously at odds, in size and style, with the rest of the church.

Caption For Tiptree, Messing Maypole Mill C1955

In 1775 a brick tower-mill was built near the crossroads by John Matchett, a Colchester millwright.

Caption For Wednesfield, The Canal And Flats C1965

A massive building programme changed the face of Wednesfield in the 1950s, and tower blocks like these seemed for a while to be the answer to the housing problem.

Caption For Skegness, Pleasure Gardens 1910

This was the entrance from Lumley Road to what is now Tower Gardens, before the frontage was built up with shops and cafés.

Caption For Burnley, The New Police Station 1961

The clock tower of Burnley Town Hall can be seen in the distance (right), and on the extreme right the Kwik Snaks café is visible.

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Caption For Helensburgh, The Esplanade 1901

In the distance, and slightly to the left of the clock tower, is the obelisk erected to the memory of Henry Bell. Another famous son of the town was J Logie Baird, the inventor of television.

Caption For Arran, Brodick Castle And The Bay 1890

Brodick was enlarged when garrisoned by Cromwell's troops, and the tower is a mid 19th-century addition.

Caption For Manorbier, Castle 1890

The earliest parts of the castle are the hall and a small tower, both dating from the 12th century.

Caption For Arran, The Castle And Loch Ranza C1890

The square tower projects to cover the entrance, and is equipped with long arrow slits. The original entrance was barrel-vaulted.

Caption For Heckington, The Mill C1955

This is a brick tower mill with eight patent shuttered sails and a fantail.

Caption For Truro, The Cathedral C1910

The central tower rises 250 feet into the sky, and was conceived as a memorial to Queen Victoria.

Caption For York, Infantry Barracks, The Armoury 1886

Tower Street housed the armoury for the West Yorkshire Volunteer Artillery, and the York Volunteer Rifles were in St Andrewgate.

Caption For York, All Saints Church, Pavement 1921

The tower and spire were added in the 15th century; the spire rises to a height of 120 feet. Some of the most beautiful stained glass in England adorns the windows of the building.

Caption For Geddington, The Ford C1955

This view looks across the River Ise towards the parish church with its graceful 15th-century tower and tall recessed spire.

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey C1867

The abbey was embellished by its lofty twin towers in the early 1700s.