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The photographer stood with his back to the impressive medieval castle motte to look across The Hollow into Borough Street and the town, with its excellent array of mainly 18th-century

For years Alnmouth has been noted for its sands; many of these holidaymakers would have taken a constitutional walking along the beach to Warkworth Castle.

The sails contrast strongly with the forest of masts from the background boats and the sturdy dominance of this very famous Welsh castle.

When Balliol walked into Brechin Castle to meet Bishop Anthony Bek of Durham, the Bishop ripped the red and gold arms of Scotland off Balliol's tunic.

As the suburban semi-detached house with its timbering and Tudor detailing reflected the Englishman's home as his castle, so with the contemporary pubs.

The 'Red Castle' has been the setting for a number of films over the years.

The castle was commissioned by Edward I in 1277, and was later destroyed after an 11-week siege in 1646. Now it is popular with American visitors as an upmarket hotel.

The stone for Grimston came from the Tadcaster quarries of the Vavasour family from nearby Hazlewood Castle.

He was in charge of Clitheroe Castle after it was damaged by Prince Rupert's army.

It is most likely that the monks travelled to Finchale above ground, but there is a legend that a secret passage runs underground from Durham Castle to Finchale.

The town is best-known for its castle of Edward I, started in 1294 in response to Madog's revolt, but never completed.

The Memorial School, opposite the majestic Middleham Castle (c1180), was erected in memory of Rector James Birch.

The Norman arrival led, as in other towns such as Norwich, to wholesale demolition to accommodate a castle with its baileys within the town walls.

This picturesque and romantic prospect of the castle from the river, reveals why the young J M W Turner was so inspired to paint it in 1793.

Opposite the police station is the Alexandra public house, and to its left the Castle and Royal Oak hotels, both registered in the 1770 rate book.

Attackers also had to run the gauntlet of artillery fire, possibly from trebuchets, mounted on platforms near to the castle.

Ironically, shortly after being enlarged and castellated in about 1833, the castle suffered severe structural damage caused by mining subsidence.

Though there was a castle here that withstood a siege in 1335, the five-storey tower-house dates from the late 14th to early 15th century.

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865

The carriage was known as the 'Temperance Taxi', and belonged to the Castle Hotel.

Money was found to purchase the estate, but plans to rebuild the castle looked in doubt.

Entry to the castle was by way of the twin-towered main gatehouse on the eastern side.

A product of the tapestry workers, made for the Silver Jubilee of King George V, survived the disastrous fire at Windsor Castle in the late 1990s.