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Here we see the great castle-like north- east corner tower and, to the right, the Great Hall's oriel bay window and the (now glazed) cupola to vent the hall's former open fire.

Ulph's-water', takes its name from the Viking settler Lyulph, whose name was popularised in the 18th century when the Duke of Norfolk, then owner of Greystoke Castle, built the folly called Lyulph's Tower

The four corner towers - of which only two survive to any great height - have walls nine feet thick at the base.

It was here, in the early 15th century, that the rebel leader Owain Glyndwr had his stronghold and seat of power during the rebellion.

Originally early Norman in style, it was altered and enlarged in 1330, and a perpendicular tower was added in the 15th century.

This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey.

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.

This view is taken from the tower of St Mary's church on the other side of the A283, looking past the old forge with its heavily- pruned lime tree.

The tower, in ruins here, was rebuilt in 1923, and the bells were re-hung in 1925.

Ahead is the Water and Roller Mill, and to the left is the tower of St Gregory's Church, with the workhouse, or Sudbury Union, now Walnut Tree Hospital, in between.

The Town Hall (centre left, with the bell tower) was built by Lord Clinton in 1850 to replace the wooden 16th-century structure which stood at the Bull Ring.

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.

The pinnacled tower of Oakley church has a sturdy staircase turret, a fine Tudor doorway, and a memorial window to William Warham, a local boy, reputedly born at nearby Malshanger House, who

Beyond is the clock tower.

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.

The building to the right of the clock tower is now Mallards Restaurant, and the next one along is still the Prince Regent.

On the extreme right an area has been cordoned off with barriers, and beyond are the towers of hoists and cranes.

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 whole scene is overlooked by the tower and steeple of St Peter and St Paul's church.

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

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