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This area of the town was redeveloped in the 1970s with the building of the multi-storey Queen's and King's Courts.

As we look east over Skeldergate Bridge and the River Ouse to the left we can see the Assize Court; to the centre, standing out against the skyline is the spire of what was the Debtors' Prison and is now

Incidentally, the cross from the prison grave of the former Laurel Court teacher, Edith Cavell, was recently presented to the Royal London Hospital Archives, along with the Union flag which draped

It is said that the abbot of St Albans held his local court in an upper room of the George Inn next to the parish church of St Katherine.

Arllington Court was owned by the Chichester family from the 13th century until 1947, when it was given to the National Trust.

The 1st Eastern General Hospital was set up in Nevile's Court in Trinity College at the beginning of World War 1, with beds placed around the cloisters.

The brick buildings at the far end, their six windows facing the camera, were demolished in the 1970s for the widening of Sutton Court Road.

The inevitable stress led to seven members of staff being required to resign, and one of them took the matter to court. The press reported the business in full.

On the far left the tall arched windows belong to the Presbyterian Church, now Princes Court apartments.

The stone houses on the left were built in the forecourt of the old gaol (out of view to the left); it had closed in 1868 after the assize courts finally went to Reading, and Abingdon's long battle

The post-war tennis courts on the left are no longer there, and the grounds are now the venue for events such as open-air dramas and historical re-enactments.

Looking west towards Court Haw, a horse and carriage wait patiently outside the little single-storey post office built on to the side of a large house, all now swept away.

Meanwhile horses, carts, children and dogs have given way to the motor car, while a higher fence has appeared around the Dean's Court fields.

It had 500 bedrooms and a palm court. It was replaced in 1990 by a building with a similar frontage.

The Duke of Montagu, who lived there, held the post of Ambassador to the Court of Louis XIV, and brought back with him an impressive collection of French furniture and china.

The Court House is a magnificent Tudor- style building, erected in 1881. Carved wooden panels decorate the corbelled windows and terracotta tiles adorn the façade.

The Fountain Court housed the castle's state apartments.

The Maple Leaf Court sign, swinging on the street corner, has gone.

Here we have a view looking into Longsmith Street, which leads down to Bearlands police station and the courts. In 1927 Longsmith Street was widened, and vitocrete was laid down as a surface.

At the heart of Southampton lies the Civic Centre, with its council offices, law courts and art gallery.

It featured a paddling pool, tennis courts, a pitch and putt course and a bowling green, where Lord Stanley bowled the first wood.

The Palladian-style building on the extreme left of the picture houses the Council offices; the town's court house was formerly here.

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.

The Council House is now called St John`s Court, and is occupied by the Somerset Redstone Trust.