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Beyond are the town's two superb 'Somerset style' Perpendicular Gothic church towers, St Mary's beyond the (now demolished) factory chimney and St James' Church to the right, also a 19th-century rebuild

St Andrew's Church has one of the finest west towers in Somerset; it is early 16th-century, and over one hundred feet high, with three belfry windows side by side on each face above three blank ringing-chamber

St Michael's church stands on Church Road close to Lower Green. Its predecessor was an important medieval church, but it was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1950, sad to say.

Further along, crowned by a soaring clock tower, stands the imposing Renaissance-style Municipal Building.

In the 1860s, Charles Scarisbrick commissioned Pugin to rebuild the ancient hall, with the soaring 100-foot tower being added after his death by his sister, Anne.

Apart from the loss of the gable cross and the insertion of clock dials into the tower, the view is unchanged today.

The body of the church, mainly 15th-century, is older than its Perpendicular tower, which is a local landmark.

A tourist guidebook claims that the towers of no less than 50 churches can be seen from the highest point in the parish.

This brief tour of Stamford has now climbed up to St Mary's Street to look east past the north nave aisle of St Mary's Church to the Stamford Hotel, somewhat over-large for the narrow street and towering

It is in the Jacobean style, with a tower imitating the medieval period.

The earliest building work visible dates from the 15th century, and extensive 19th-century restoration means that apart from the west tower very little earlier work can be seen.

The street is dominated by the Italianate clock tower, paid for by Joseph Pease; along with the Town Hall and covered market, it was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and built in 1864.

The church is dedicated to St Osmund and has a 15th-century tower, although most of the fabric is from about 1840.

Dobson restored the chancel and nave and added a north aisle and the west tower. A porch was added in 1844.

The tower of the 14th- century St Mary`s Church, surprisingly positioned some way from the town centre, rises above the graceful Georgian frontages along this throughfare.

He became so concerned by the loss of seamen in local wrecks that he erected the Tower of Refuge in Douglas Bay.

The 15th-century tower has flushwork patterns on the battlements and buttresses.

The White Hart has changed little over the years, but the imposing clock tower, and the shops to its right, have now been replaced by a large modern store.

Below the towering cathedral are beautiful woodlands, still threaded with a maze of footpaths. The picturesque building below the cathedral is the old fulling mill, standing beside its weir.

The area around the shot tower on the right became the site of the Festival of Britain in 1951. The river traffic is also history.

The most striking building amid the shops is the rough-hewn late Anglo-Saxon tower of St Michael's Church, with its two tiers of paired belfry windows.

Overlooking the scene is the grand building and clock tower housing Barclays Bank.

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

St Michael's church stands on Church Road close to Lower Green. Its predecessor was an important medieval church, but it was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1950, sad to say.