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Like many of the town's churches, it is built from salvage from the Roman town: bricks for arches, quoins and bands, and rubble and septaria (inferior stone nodules) for the rest.

Of the priory, however, little remained even in 1900, save for the remains of the cloisters and a stone arch.

This follows the course of a much older road, the Roman 'Fosse Way', which runs from the 'colonia' of Lincoln to Axminster in Devon, built as a military road around 47 AD.

Two of its three arches were destroyed during the Civil War, and a replacement now stands there. There are many lovely old buildings in the vicinity, such as Bank House.

The entrance arch, with its green gates, was demolished in the 1980s to allow access for lorries building the new leisure centre.

The old bridge with its seven irregular arches dates from the late 13th century, and was partially rebuilt in 1347-58.

The long narrow nave has a fine Norman doorway, and there is a Norman arch in the south wall which led to the priory.

The ornate arched building on the left is the YMCA.

There are several viaducts on the railway; one is 500ft long, and has 14 arches each with a 30ft span.

In 1908 the east end of the chancel was extended and the transepts added; the gradient of the site was such that the architect, Temple-Moore, designed a structure supported on a round-arched undercroft

On the right are the tower of All Saint's Church and the Admiral's Arch.

A much changed view: this shows the old Caversham Hotel on the Reading approaches to Caversham Bridge, with the electric tram No.9 at its terminus.

There are several Norman features inside including the south doorway and chancel arch. The tower is late 13th-century and the spire has chamfers which reach halfway up.

The petrol station in the centre of the market place was the Town Hall with an open arcaded ground floor, the arches now glazed. It dates from 1764, and surely deserved a better fate.

Here, where South Gate meets North Gate, are the town's finest commercial buildings, such as the HSBC bank of 1903 on the left and the Sessions House of 1830 in Gothick style with a pointed arched ground

The twin arches, with the quatrefoil over, are all that remain of the 13th-century Lady Chapel.

The bridge, with its many arches, each of a different span, is 13th-century.

This masterpiece of grand architecture was built (1902-05) by Sir Aston Webb, who was also responsible for the eastern façade of Buckingham Palace and for Admiralty Arch, both in London.

This area, however, was already occupied at a much earlier date - a Bronze Age axe was found at a settlement at Llanerch Padarn higher up the valley. The colliery finally closed in 1982.

From the arches of the Georgian Guildhall the camera looks down White Hart Street. The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

The photograph depicts the school's magnificent vaulted roof, which consists of four arches and is beautifully decorated with figures and coats of arms.

At the far end of the lane is the Portloe United Church, and just this side of it are the two arched openings of the old village limekiln.

The seven-arched bridge is made from sandstone. It was designed by John Gwynne, a founder member of the Royal Academy, and constructed in 1771.

It dates from Norman times, but parts of an older arch, containing some Roman bricks, may be seen in the nave. The large west tower was built in the late 15th century.