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Trippers could take lunch or afternoon tea at the Holt Fleet or the Warfe hotels, and perhaps make a visit to nearby Holt Castle, a 19th-century battlemented country house incorporating parts of a 14th-century

It was not until 1920 that Lord and Lady Cowdray bought the castle and grounds, and donated them to the town.

Since this photograph was taken, the aptly named Castle Inn has closed and been converted into houses. It still retains its characteristic frontage.

These old houses are to be found in the shadow of Tattershall Castle and next to the collegiate church of the Holy Trinity.

It is dominated by its cobbled Market Square, which leads down to the castle, home to the Ingilby family for more than 600 years.

The village became well known for several popular coaching inns, the Georgian Castle, the White Hart and the Crown, which is seen on the right.

Still a major port in the 1530s, defences consisted of a chain link boom and a shore battery mounted at St Catherine's Castle.

A castle was built here after the Conquest. A 'chipping' (market) soon grew up outside the gates. This view shows the King's Head, which bears the date 1697.

The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower.The site of the old gate is now a car park.

The keep was built three storeys high with nine-foot-thick walls, perhaps after 1293, when the castle passed to William de Montacute, later Earl of Salisbury.

This castle, since demolished, sits on Queen Eleanor's Bower. Legend says that she watched her husband win the Battle of Shrewsbury from here in 1403. Henry IV won that battle.

It boasts a Norman castle, a wealth of historic houses and a spacious square. The south gate with its twin arches is a remnant of the walls which once enclosed the town.

The Castle Hotel, with its imposing castellated frontage, dominates the waterfront. Dartmouth was once one of England's greatest ports, exporting wool and cloth.

At this time, close to the end of the Victorian era, staying fully clothed on the beach was very much the norm, with sand castles and donkey rides the prime amusements for the children; the adults relax

Turvey village owes its character to estate building, much of it by the Higgins family, whose Castle Ashby-style mausoleum of about 1847 is in the churchyard.

Inside is a splendid Jacobean oak staircase; according to some sources, it comes from nearby Fotheringhay Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded in 1587.

English Heritage have assumed responsibility for looking after Berry Pomeroy Castle, which is mainly 14th-century.

The Castle was bought from the Duke of Manchester by the Grammar School and Huntingdonshire County Council for £12,500 in 1950.

Visitors could find accommodation at the Berkeley Arms (rooms 3s; dinner 2s 6d), and those fancying a look round the castle could buy admission tickets from the railway station or Miss Smith's stationers

This view looks across the railway and the western Cleddau river onto Quay Street and the town and castle beyond.

Despite its slighting, Newark Castle is still imposing. To the left is the splendid three-storey gatehouse built by the cathedral masons of Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln.

Notice the paths around the castle – walks were first laid out here in the 18th century for the gentry to enjoy.

It has a large Norman Castle, and extensive remains of a medieval Cluniac priory. There was a medieval planned town running between the two: this early 13th-century gate is its northern entrance.

The rustic walkway presented visitors with ample opportunities to sit and admire the view, and its width is a reminder, if one was needed, of the thickness of the castle's walls.