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Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.

Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.

On the opposite side of the road is The Snooty Fox, once called The White Hart, which in the mid 19th century was enlarged to include assembly rooms, where fashionable balls were held.

The cannon ball hit the ground and bounced along before smashing into the end of a farmhouse.

East Harting feels remote, and consists of two lanes forming a rugby ball in plan.

All, however, make a point of listing a marble memorial to the life of Col Richard Nicolls who captured the Dutch Colonial city of New Amsterdam on behalf of the English Crown - and then renamed it New

Until 1938 the City Time Ball over a jeweller's store was linked to Greenwich, and dropped down its tube at 10am and 1pm.

It was in this building that the celebration banquet marking the opening of the York & North Midland Railway was held, followed by a grand ball at the Mansion House.

On St Matthew Street opposite once lay Gilbert's Rugby Football Museum, where rugby balls had been made by hand since the first half of the 19th century.

The Victorian tennis authorities had suggested that the ball should be allowed to bounce twice to give the ladies time to get about the court, but the idea was rejected.

At No 146, there are more gas lights to illuminate Fred Willows' pawnbroker's shop, with the traditional three golden balls over the door.

Hancock & Wood and Roberts shoe shop are almost all that remain of this 1950s scene.

East Harting feels remote, and consists of two lanes forming a rugby ball in plan.

The memorial carries a cannon ball in its base, said to be the one that killed Colonel Nicolls during the Battle of Sole Bay in 1672.

To celebrate these two new extensions a full-dress ball was held, and the money raised went to the Baths and Wash-House Fund.

To celebrate these two new extensions a full-dress ball was held, and the money raised went to the Baths and Wash-House Fund.

The Town Hall was originally known as the Peel Institution, and was used as Assembly Rooms.

To celebrate these two new extensions a full-dress ball was held, and the money raised went to the Baths and Wash-House Fund.

Next door is a fine town house, now a restaurant, but which at the time of this photograph was occupied by a pawnbroker, whose sign of three gold balls can be seen on the upper storey.

Next door is a fine town house, now a restaurant, but which at the time of this photograph was occupied by a pawnbroker, whose sign of three gold balls can be seen on the upper storey.

It was here on the Close, during a game of football in 1823, that William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it towards the tryline, thereby creating the new game of rugby.

During daylight hours, when the depth of water in Rock Gut is less than eleven feet, a black ball is exhibited by the side of the lantern.

Its construction was first proposed during the Napoleonic Wars, but it was delayed as Liverpool Corporation and the Board of Ordnance attempted to out-smart one another into picking up the bill.

The tradition has continued, and in 1999 the Rugby World Cup was commemorated with a floral display featuring a rugby ball.