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was completed during the 16th century by Sir Richard Blount for his Catholic family, while further upstream is Hardwick House, a gabled Tudor mansion where Elizabeth I stayed and Charles I played bowls

The tennis courts and bowling green are to the left.

Torquay Bowling Club was founded in 1892 on the recreation ground; it moved to Princess Gardens in 1913, apparently after an elephant wrecked the green.

The figures on the bowling green reveal that this facility was well used, despite its exposed position.

The hills in the background overlook Loch Long and are known as Argyll's Bowling Green. In the foreground is the North British Railway Co's line to Fort William and Mallaig.

Looking across Bowling Green to the south side of Oxford Road, these houses are mainly early and later 19th century.

The Lawns, Cliftonville's rectangular-shaped cliff-top open space, with its bowling greens and seats high above the sea, is shown here some ten years after picture 60374 was taken, possibly in the

As well as indoor facilities (see R84059, above), an athletics track, tennis courts, soccer pitches and a bowling green are all available at the sports centre, which occupies a semi-rural site not far

Lying close to the gardens in picture T121004, the bowling green is another representation of rest and recreation in an area surrounded by heavy industry.

The hills in the background overlook Loch Long and are known as Argyll's Bowling Green. In the foreground is the North British Railway Company's line to Fort William and Mallaig.

The bowling pavilion on the right, and some of the local housing is in the background.

During the 1930s two additional bowling greens were laid out at separate locations within the borough, one at Marine Gardens in 1930 (see W147157) and one at Church House Grounds in 1937.

The Castle grounds include the 200-year old bowling green, and were laid out as a pleasure garden when Guildford Corporation bought the Castle in the 1880s.

The Punch Bowl Inn was formerly known as the Covered Cup, a reference to the three chalices contained within the emblem of the Butler family, who held the manor.

In the distance the encroaching modern era is further evident by the tennis courts and bowling green - both installed around the time of the First World War.

This monastic cell of St Mary's Abbey in York, of which the chancel remains, is now in a municipal park and is surrounded by a bowling green and fenced football pitch.

Today they accommodate cricket pitches, a bowling green and formal gardens, as well as tennis.

Helston's Bowling Club was founded in 1760, and the green was laid in 1764.

Cannock does, however, possess one of the finest bowling greens in the country, which has been in use for nearly two hundred years.

The park also has tennis courts, bowling greens, cricket pitches, flower gardens and a miniature railway: all the requirements for 1920s healthy outdoor leisure.

The park also has tennis courts, bowling greens, cricket pitches, flower gardens and a miniature railway: all the requirements for 1920s healthy outdoor leisure.

Here we have a view of the cafe and tea garden, the boathouse, bowling green and tennis courts.

The tennis courts and bowling green are to the left.

Below Plymouth Hoe, where legend tells us that Sir Francis Drake played that famous game of bowls, is a promenade for strolling or lounging on deckchairs.