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Now the name is used by a new tower block which stands on the site.A horse-drawn carriage can be seen close to the shelter, the only form of transport in sight.

This curious little extension to one of the town wall towers is even more interesting because of the modern and incongruous-looking brick wall that looks as if it has just been built.

The church is much altered, and the earliest part surviving is the late medieval tower.

Here at the top of Nanny Hill on the way to the cemetery stands the Clock Tower, built between 1920 and 1923 as a war

A will of 1533 left money to build the church tower.

Built in the Irish style, the round tower dates from the 10th or 11th centuries, and would have been used by the monks as a place of refuge during raids by pirates or Vikings.

The prominent clock tower is Dunstable's old Town Hall, superseded in 1974 when the Borough of Dunstable was incorporated into the South Bedfordshire District Council.

Firemen used the tower of the Baths for hang- ing hose-pipes to dry.

Salvin incorporated a medieval pele tower which William, 14th Baron of Greystoke, had been given permission to fortify in 1353.

It was rebuilt in a military style, and in the towers are cross- crosslets from which cross-bow shafts could be discharged.

On the right there is a better view of the Memorial Hall but the Victoria Tower is obscured. The street lamp is of the older variety. It had been replaced by the 1960s.

It has five aisles, two on each side of the nave and chancel, and a fine tower with a peal of 10 bells.

The massive twin-towered Westgate is the only survivor of the six medieval gates which once interrupted the path of the Norman wall around the city. The rest were pulled down in 1781.

The chapel was completed around 1530, the nave c1541, and the tower over the period 1520-1540. The chancel was rebuilt by Lady Catherine Buckley in the 1550s and the porch is dated 1634.

The distinctive central tower of King William's College was designed by John Welch and was a feature of a major rebuilding programme following a fire in 1844.

away from the river bridge up Hart Street towards the Town Hall in Market Place and turned back by the Bell Street junction to take this view towards the church with its dominating earlier 16th-century tower

The octagonal tower is that of the Wesleyan church, which had replaced the Old Cock Inn. Over to the right, the Cross Keys had been superseded by the Regent Theatre.

Begun in 1618 for Sir Thomas Holte, Aston was not completed until 1635.This picture shows the east front; it comprises a main block of seven bays topped by a clock tower and two-stage cupola, and

The tower of St Mary`s parish church peeks above them (centre). Beyond, on the horizon, is the distant shape of Shipton Hill, resembling the hull of an upturned boat (left of centre).

Its roof probably dates from the late 18th century, but the steeper pitch of an earlier medieval roof can be seen in the tower wall behind it.

Positioned cosily under the downs, and with its cluster of thatched and slate-roofed cottages around it, the Perpendicular tower of St Lawrence's Church rises above the surrounding gravestones.

The tower of St John the Baptist's church in Station Road is visible on the left.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225 ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime.

Nearby is a large, redbrick building with towers, gables and terracotta panels.