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Although belonging to the King, and known as the King's Manor, it was never used as a royal residence.

From here vessels sailed the world's oceans carrying Royal messages. Here a small fleet of red-sailed fishing boats awaits the tide.

The imposing Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club stands sentinel at the entrance to Lowestoft pier as holidaymakers enjoy a ride in the open carriages pulled by a miniature locomotive steaming along to

This view looks towards the Royal Exchange and St Mary's Gate. This was one of the principal cab ranks in Manchester, and licensing, fares and conditions were regulated by the local authority.

Rotherham Grammar School grew out of a free school that had been endowed through royal patronage.

We are in the centre of Ambleside; Lamb's Royal Oak Hotel is on the left, and the White Lion Hotel is in the centre.

Watched over by their officers, the Royal Dragoons practice combat exercises using their swords.

Walk along Brock Street, and you reach the quite extraordinary Royal Crescent of John Wood the Younger.

Raby is first recorded in the 11th century, and is reputed to have been a royal residence of King Cnut. The castle dates from the 14th century, and was once the seat of the powerful Neville family.

On the right is that well-known hotel, the Royal County, created in the 19th century out of former town houses belonging to the Ratcliffe and Bowes families.

In 1652 it was besieged for eight months in an attempt to seize the Royal Regalia of Scotland, which were smuggled out under a woman's skirts.

Here, with a few loyal retainers, Prince Charles waited for the clans. After three hours only 150 men of the clan Ranald had joined him.

The fashions of the day are interesting; both boys and girls wear blouses similar to those worn by sailors of the Royal Navy.

The 1930s saw a number of towns and cities abandon tram routes in favour of trolleybuses; they were partially influenced by the findings of a Royal Commission on Transport.

The theatres Royal and Philharmonic (left) flank the Victoria Tea Company, here perhaps taking delivery from the horse-drawn cart outside.

The Royal Oak now has its porches and lean-tos thatched, as well as the main roof.

The large white building on the top of the hill is the Royal Hotel. It was built in 1837, just in time for the boom in tourism created by the new railways.

Virtually unchanged today, the Royal Oak pub (left background)is still trading.

The hospital is now demolished, and today this is the site of Royal Victoria Country Park. Only the chapel survives, which is now a museum.

The former Cistercian monastery still dominates the grounds of Studley Royal, and is now served by an award-winning National Trust visitor centre on the hillside above.

In 1910 they opened the Alfresco Pavilion, and eventually they became known as the Royal Filey Pierrots. Andie died in 1944 and is buried at Filey.

Caroline, Princess of Wales, bathed in the sea here while staying at Emsworth in 1805, and the town had thoughts of becoming a royal watering place.

Opposite is the Royal Hotel, with its red brick facade, steep roofs and decorative towers, promising Victorian travellers a sophisticated welcome.

The Royal George Hotel had by now ceased business. Hepworth's clothing establishment now occupied its ground floor.