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By the age of 21 he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He was a pioneer in the science of anaesthetics, but although he tried to publicise his work, no-one then was interested.

The small market on the left is a relic of the town's original Royal Charter.

Smartly-dressed holidaymakers are wandering up the slope from the Promenade, perhaps to take a genteel cup of tea at the Royal Hotel. Its elegant balconies will ensure airy views of the sea.

Near here, members of the royal family would stay during and after the reign of George III. In the far distance is the spire of St. John's church, a very prominent landmark from out at sea.

During the First World War, St Mildred's Bay was taken over as a Royal Naval Air Service Station, with a tented camp set up on the grassy promenade.

To the left is the back of the Union Club, which at that time was occupied by the Royal Collage of Physicians.

It is reputed that the Miller of Mansfield, seen on the left, got its name from a story concerning a miller who, when entertaining King Henry II, presented him with a pie filled with royal deer that had

Built in 1826 to designs of Samuel Beazley, the architect of the Theatre Royal in Dublin, they were needlessly demolished by the Council in 1947.

The wheeled cart in the centre of the picture bears the crest of the Royal Mail.

The Royal Corporation Hotel not only provided refreshments and accommodation, but it also produced the essential change of horses for the fast-running services.

Born in Bury in 1840, Walter was appointed to the surgical staff of Manchester Royal Infirmary in 1873 and went on to become one of the most brilliant surgeons of his time.

Between Richmond and Kew, on the Surrey bank, are the three hundred acres of the Royal Botanical Gardens, opened to the public in 1841.

Beyond Victoria Tower is the great royal abbey, Westminster Abbey, with its pair of west towers and the centrepiece of the medieval palace, along with Westminster Hall.

Beyond Victoria Tower is the great royal abbey, Westminster Abbey, with its pair of west towers and the centrepiece of the medieval palace, along with Westminster Hall.

Burton was an estate village, owned by the Pitt-Rivers family of Hinton St Mary and Tollard Royal, until its sale in 1958.

Colaton dates from at least Saxon times, and it was a royal manor at the time of the Domesday Book.

In the central High Street stands the Prince of Wales (left), which features the royal plume of feathers on its sign - Duchy of Cornwall lands stretch westwards around Dorchester.

Henry I gave the village and living of Burton Bradstock to the great Normandy abbey at Caen in exchange for the royal regalia of William the Conqueror, which the monks claimed had been gifted to them by

On the left is the ornate drinking fountain, while over on the right is one of the town's earliest theatres, the Theatre Royal, which opened in 1868.

Henry I gave the village and living of Burton Bradstock to the great Normandy abbey at Caen in exchange for the royal regalia of William the Conqueror, which the monks claimed had been gifted to them by

The church itself dates from Saxon and Norman times, when the village was an important centre of the Royal Forest of the Peak, a hunting preserve of Norman monarchs.

The toll house is the brick building on the left - a sign lists the charges, stating that because the bridge is privately owned, even soldiers on duty AND the Royal Family are obliged to pay to cross over

Peveril Castle was originally built by William Peveril, illegitimate son of the Conqueror, to administer the Royal Hunting Forest of the Peak.

A group of gunners from the Royal Field Artillery pause in their task of servicing their heavy artillery outside the ordnance depot at Deepcut Camp, which had been built in 1901.