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A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.

Hadrian's Wall stretched from Wallsend to Bowness, a distance of 73 miles.

No longer shops, they have been decked out with modern leaded casements and bow windows. To the right behind the tree (now gone) is the wall to the churchyard.

With a little imagination, it is almost possible to smell the uncovered weed drying in the sun, as a lonely figure tramps with bowed back along the lower part of the slipway towards the boat trolley,

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

It was rebuilt in a military style, and in the towers are cross- crosslets from which cross-bow shafts could be discharged.

At the same time, bow windows topped by a cupola replaced the former brickwork over the corner entrance.

Repton remodelled it in 1805 and added the bow-windows. The church is still in service and stands in the park, although the nave and tower have been ruinous since the 1600s.

The white bow-fronted house is Mizpah of 1877, and beyond is High House of 1879.

Built in 1782 to designs by Thomas Baldwin, Somersetshire Buildings remain the most elegant and ornate in the street; the bowed centre house is a total contrast to the regular flat fronts of the other

The site is now a caravan park. The 1881 Census recorded Thomas Walker, whose name is painted on the boat, as a boat builder, resident at Crown Villas, Bowness.

In the distance, the graceful Portland stone spire of St Mary le Bow soars sublimely over the City. It was the most expensive of Wren's refurbishments, costing £15,400.

Each of the houses shows a differing style, with dormers, gables and bow windows. Beyond the third house is a sign bearing the word 'Teas' - an indication that this is a seaside spot.

Its bow bays are still intact.

In this later picture, the 'Teal', a comparatively modern large boat, launched in 1936, approaches the steamer pier at Bowness.

The lane in the centre of the village that crosses the bridge is called 'Bow Wow', while not far off is another named 'Upper Up'.

Today this is the annexe for Goostrey's primary school, which now occupies a larger site across the road.

The older section (with the bow windows) was built in 1577. It was in the hands of the Bessom family from the early 19th century until 1975.

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.

Whilst one sculls from the stern, the youngster in the bows keeps a keen look out.

On the left, in Rickinghall Inferior, is the bow window of Edmund Kerry's hardware and newsagent's shop. The next house beside The Bell Hotel has been demolished.

Lincoln's celebrated Stone Bow is the later 15th-century medieval gate into the walled town, above which is the basically Tudor city Guildhall.