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Black slaves were brought here from Liverpool before being transported onwards - Storrs Hall on Lake Windermere was one alleged destination.

Facing the Spanish-style shelter and restaurant, built in 1935, are the remains of Mr Ball's Hospital, and the naval cemetery with its lonely surviving grave.

Local fishermen could always earn their beer money after the fort had fired off a few practice shots by salvaging the cannon balls and selling them back to the army.

The ball-finialled gate piers belong to the Crown Court's forecourt, a sedate Italianate stone building somewhat dwarfed by Hall and Warwick's confident Shire Hall built for the County Council.

The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with

The old Bat and Ball coaching inn, on the right, boasts a large selection of cricket memorabilia.

The inn incorporates the Agricultural Hall that was used for farmers' meetings and hunt balls.

The three balls, the sign of a pawnbroker, are said to originate from St Nicholas, the patron saint of pawnbrokers.

In 1860 the village was home to Duke & Sons, famous makers of cricket bats and balls.

Many years before D G Sheppard opened his Orchard Stores, an entrepreneur named Alfred Reader had set up his cricket and hockey ball factory in the 1820s.

The ball finial of the Obelisk looks new; it had been replaced in 1907.

Its old fives wall (fives is a ball game played in a walled court) was saved and restored.

The huge ballroom was the venue for many lively balls.

The cross has the initials EI 1637 and an octagonal shaft surmounted by a ball finial; there are two gnomons on the sundial clock.

In the bottom left corner is the tramway that brought ball clay from Peters Marland to the station at Torrington (centre).

It was once an important hop-growing area, and today's Bat and Ball pub in Upper Bourne was where the pickers gathered to receive their hard- earned pay from the tally man.

The clock, the ball and the iron weather vane were all added in 1746.

It has long been at the centre of life in Helston, having functioned as gaol, excise house and tax office, as well as hosting the more usual functions such as balls and meetings.

The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with

Local children, clad in the long dresses and knickerbocker trousers of Edwardian times, stare inquisitively at the camera - the lads on the right ready with bat and ball for a game of cricket.

The photographer has climbed onto the upper storey of the building next to Marks & Spencer's to look past the 1890s Post Office, the Tudor-style building with the ball finial to its gable on the right,

The limestone obelisk has a ball finial and is mounted on a square base.

The column, mounted on a base of octagonal steps, supports a stone ball which was originally topped by a metal spike, constituting the market 'cross'.

Friesian cows are grazing; perhaps they belong to Mr E Ball, who owned property to the right in the Market Place.