Search Results

Designed in Grecian style and proportions by Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament, it was built as a home for the Royal Institution of Manchester.

Dolgellau was the county town of the old county of Merioneth, and is set amid the mountains which are famous for Welsh gold - the mines here provided gold for Royal wedding rings.

The Drill Hall (left), which was then the HQ of the 4th Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, has recently had a complete restoration; it reopened on 20 March 2004 to resume its place in the entertainment

The Royal Hotel on the right, half-way up Main Street, is still there; like the village, it seems to have resisted change and modernisation.

Up to the 1970s, the Royal Oak public house offered a welcome break to travellers before they moved on to London or Thrapston.

Chapman's the shoe repairer's (left) is now Rutland Fishing; next is now a book shop, and then comes the Royal Restaurant. Sidney Hudson the baker has been replaced by Simpole Clark, fine foods.

William the Conqueror's original royal fortress was a wooden tower on the motte, which in later generations would form the upper bailey.

Here we see the Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, just three years after it was opened in 1886 by Philip Goldschmidt, Mayor of Manchester. The road to the left is the aptly named Nelson Street.

A royal commission was appointed to investigate the killing, and it ended with Manners having to go to Newcastle and submit.

It was demolished in 1966, and lines to the north thereafter operated out of Queen Street; its site is now occupied by the Royal Concert Hall.

Down the slope the sgn of the Royal Oak Hotel hangs above the hand-cart; it was named for King Charles II, who was nearly captured on his escape into exile along this very street in 1651.

It was Royal Forest for a time, but it was confirmed as common land by Edward I.

The second of the Pier Head buildings was the Royal Liver Building. This must be one of the most recognisable buildings in Great Britain.

We are outside the Swan & Royal. The sign seems to say it all: a garage is provided for the modern motor car, bait for those who come for the fishing, and stables for the horses.

In September 1941 a landmine landed in the park, and was examined by the Royal Navy bomb disposal team.

The Royal Hotel (left) vied with the George in attracting a superior local clientele. Next door, the drapers, Pritchard's, has a sun awning to prevent the window display fading.

The bandstand was the original feature at the end of the pier, and the Royal Italian Band (advertised on one of the kiosks on the landward end) were one of the first visiting bands to have

Frederick Barnes of Ipswich was appointed architect and it was hoped to open the new hotel, to be called the Royal Hotel, in time for the 1872 season.

Opposite are the bay windows of Royal Lion Hotel and the flat frontage of the New Inn, where landlady Mrs Sarah Spencer was followed by William G Cornish.

North of Westham Road bridge, at the northern end of the Backwater, it carried its last passengers in a special service on 29 April 1959 when Queen Elizabeth II crossed in the royal train.

In 1880 the 5th Royal Irish Hussars arrived, and we see them here at sword practice. In 1877 the barracks became part of the much larger Infantry Barracks housing 1350 men.

Its buildings range from Bay Cottage (near left), the Royal Standard, Sunnyholme, the Bonded Store, and the Coastguard Station to the old Cobb Arms (right).

The Boot, the Royal George, the Rose and Crown, the Unicorn, the Bull's Head, the Griffin and the Black Horse were all a part of the Hastings' extensive grip on the town.

The tower was also used as an observatory during World War II by the Royal Observer Corps.