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A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.

curtain); Haverfordwest (some demolition); Monmouth (dismantle works); Montgomery (demolish, material to be sold for paying costs); Newcastle Emlyn (negotia- tions with owner for assurances it will

The Inner Keep is on the right, with holes knocked into its 9ft-thick walls.

main fabric of the present building is known to date from the 16th century, there is internal evidence in the roof beams and fireplaces, and in the large use of timber on one of the external walls

By 1841 35,000 people called Carlisle home and many of these were weavers, drawn to live close to the spinning mills that supplied them with thread and bought their woven cloth for finishing.

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

Of course, however improved the transport links continue to become, Carlisle will always appear to be somewhat isolated and is unlikely to ever grow to be a great metropolis.

Rapid expansion meant that jerry-building was inevitable (it is thought that the term may derive from the poorly built walls of biblical Jericho, which were so easily knocked down by Joshua's army

With the money raised by these taxes, the townsfolk should maintain the walls of the town and build a pier to defend the harbour, and it is thought that Tenby had the earliest pier in Wales.

The workers in Miltall's and Palmer's factory reported supernatural activities such as desk lamps rising in the air, tools mysteriously transported from place to place, and an ethereal figure walking

A tall, marble-paved concourse runs behind a sheer glass wall that looks out onto the entrance square.

(The stone he threw still lies within the walls of Lincoln Castle). Havelock gains the reputation of being the strongest man in England.

Petersfield had adopted the village to help with its reconstruction, and a letter thanking the town for gifts of parcels of clothing and coloured wall maps to brighten the schoolroom was signed

Bowden made them for Tom Walls, and for Geoff Lewis when he won the 1971 Derby on Mill Reef. These silks are supplied direct to the owner, not the jockey.

In the centre of this picture is the Time Ball Tower, used for supplying the correct time to the anchored vessels.

There was once a pub in this area which was called the Ball which may be where the name Ball o' Ditton comes from.

On the left is the Grand Clothing Hall, a well-loved outfitters, built in 1906. A market cross was here in 1707, but it was demolished 160 years later.

Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.

This was closed as a livestock market in the early 1960s and has been replaced by the new Saint Martin's Walk with shops.

Ransomes & Marles brought jobs to the town when they opened a ball-bearing plant.

With deck chairs, buckets, spades and ball, everything is set for an ideal day at the seaside.

In this quintessentially English scene, one can almost hear the sound of bat hitting ball, followed by the ripple of applause from the knowledgeable spectators.

A schoolboy's attention has been caught, perhaps by the girl running after her ball in front of the Kingsbury Arms Hotel.