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The outdoor market on Duke Street was selected as the appropriate location, and an open competition was declared, inviting architects to propose designs.

After Neville was killed in battle, another Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, lived here before becoming King Richard III.

The castle, much enlarged by the Dukes of Norfolk, along with their Roman Catholic cathedral, dominates this picturesque hill town, giving it a distinctly French character in distant views.The bridge over

Cromwell briefly used it as his headquarters during late July and early August 1648 when his forces and those of Major-General John Lambert were operating in the area against the Royalists led by the Duke

Lord George Cavendish rebuilt the house in 1840 to a design by the then Earl of Burlington, later Duke of Devonshire; this design closely resembled the original building.

The battery of six 18-pounders was presented to the town in 1745 by the Duke of Cumberland. Queen's Street is in the middle distance, and the lighthouse to the right.

Lord Francis Villiers, younger brother of the Duke of Buckingham, was killed in the skirmish. Villiers Road and King Charles Road were named after this battle.

The left-hand side of Duke Street has not changed much since the 1950s, but the opposite side has. The building nearest to the camera, Rainsford House, was built around the turn of the century.

He was later to die in 1712 as a result of a duel with the Duke of Hamilton.

the River Stour is the Bell Hotel; the town records report that the mayor 'presented King Charles II with a glass of sack at the Bell tavern door' when his Majesty rode in with the Duke

This is the classic view of the Duke of Devonshire's mainly 17th-century Derbyshire home of Chatsworth, seen from James Paine's entrance bridge over the River Derwent.

Founded in 1488 by King James III, this port was for many years a strong centre of Scottish ship building; also, up until the time of our photograph, it experienced a phenomenally

Now owned by the National Trust for Scotland, Brodick Castle, once the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, dates from the 14th century.

Apparently transplanted from Romanesque Italy, this remarkable church in yellow and red brick was funded by the great-niece of the Duke of Wellington, Lady Victoria Wellesley.

This imposing statue of the Duke of Wellington seated on his horse, Copenhagen, has been situated on Round Hill since 1885, when it was brought from Hyde Park Corner in London where it had dwarfed the

It was once the home of the Duke of Connaught, before being used by the Royal Army Chaplains Department.

Now owned by the National Trust for Scotland, Brodick Castle, once the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, dates from the 14th century.

One theory is that it comes from the Cornish for 'Market Jew', the Jews in question having arrived with the Romans or been brought by King John to work local mines.

In earlier days, during his visit to the Highlands, Dr Johnson was entertained at Inverary by the 5th Duke. It was to Inverary that MacIan of Glencoe was sent to swear allegiance to William III.

A short distance from Staines is the site of an earlier and very important event in English history, Runnymede: here Magna Carta was signed by King John in 1215.

On 26 June 1685 the village was the scene of a skirmish between 350 royalist troops and rebel forces of the Duke of Monmouth. Monmouth lost his nerve and turned away from Bristol.

In November 1711 Lord Mohun fought a duel in Hyde Park against the Duke of Hamilton, in which both men were killed. It was not Mohun's first duel.

Kiveton Park was once an estate belonging to Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and later First Duke of Leeds; the house, designed by William Talman, has long since been demolished.

The Cambridge Hotel, on the corner of the High Street, was built in 1862 by Charles Raleigh Knight, and was named after the second Duke of Cambridge.