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The floor of the Royal Exchange was the scene of frantic activity on Tuesdays and Fridays, when at the hour of High Exchange anything up to 6000 men would gather here and shout at one another.

It was built in the 1440s after Sir Roger Fiennes was granted a royal licence to crenellate (that is, build a battlemented house) using locally- made brick, and it is now a beautiful mellow red.

On the left edge is the Royal Norfolk Hotel, rebuilt here in 1826 after the earlier one burnt down.

The Royal Lancaster Infirmary is pictured in the year this building was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, later to be George V and Queen Mary.

The Royal Arms of James I above a ground-floor fireplace may indicate its continuing official use into the 17th century.

Perhaps the most unusual ships to ply the 16 miles from the Severn Estuary to Britain's most inland port were two Royal Navy submarines that arrived in Gloucester as part of a recruitment drive

Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road.

Royal and noble ladies favoured the priory in the 13th and 14th centuries, when about 100 nuns and a few chaplains and clerks inhabited the priory.

Its name is rather apt, as the village is just a couple of miles south of Wakehurst, an extensive estate under the care of the National Trust, and also the outpost of the Royal Botanical Gardens

Buildings opposite include No 52, Ye Olde Tobacco Shoppe, and what is now Turles Bistro uphill from the Royal Lion Hotel.

An ancient royal burgh, Perth was once capital of Scotland.

The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged. On the right the Victorian Corn Exchange has become the Variety cinema.

The low building extending from the left is the Colonnade, which was demolished by a storm in 1897 and replaced by the Royal Pavilion in 1904.

The first royal visitors were George III and his court on their summer vacations to Weymouth.

Just a memory, too, is the nearby old Theatre Royal, which offered a variety of entertainment from 1873 to 1955.

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree and originally a posting and coaching house, The Royal Anchor Hotel (centre) dates from the time of Samuel Pepys, who found 'good, honest people' here.

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree and originally a posting and coaching house, The Royal Anchor Hotel (centre) dates from the time of Samuel Pepys, who found 'good, honest people' here.

The other two pubs, the Royal Oak and the Hare and Hounds, are still open. Here we look across the green towards the village school of 1815.

Further on is the Rickmansworth branch of the National Provincial Bank, which replaced Eastman's butcher shop and the Royal Herts Laundry.

It is known to history students as a royal residence and the setting for King Alfred's meeting in 878 with Guthrum, the leader of the all- conquering Danish armies.

Now in the care of the National Trust and run by the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, it is open to visitors. The South of England agricultural showground is in the locality.

Doune was used as a royal residence until 1528 when it was returned to a descendant of Albany.

It is now the headquarters of the Royal School of Church Music. Five archbishops are buried in the church or the churchyard, where they are commemorated by a cross erected in 1911.

The Royal Automobile Club acquired the house, along with its 300 acres of parkland, in 1913, when some of the historic interior fittings were dismantled and sold.