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Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee statue of 1887 replaced a market cross, and it emphasises the 'company town' nature of Royal Windsor – the castle has been a royal residence sine 1075.

We are looking down onto the old bridge with the castle in the centre left of the picture. This bridge has now been superseded by a modern version, although this one is still in use.

King Henry VII spent some of his childhood at Raglan, where the two Williams had transformed a fortified rural manor into a castle fit for a future king.

Highcliffe Castle, near Christchurch, once one of the grandest stately homes in Hampshire, has been under- going major restoration in recent years to bring it back to its former glory.

The Cotswold stone tower of St Andrews Church stands fittingly adjacent to the Market Cross, the scene of Castle Combe's once famous sheep market.

Overlooking this view are the remains of Knaresborough Castle, destroyed by orders of Parliament in 1644. Houses at the top of this picture date from 1721.

Today, Knowle End Wood, Edge Hill Wood, Castle Wood and Edgehill Covert grace the top of the escarpment, forming a continuous band of woodland nearly two miles long.

Today, Knowle End Wood, Edge Hill Wood, Castle Wood and Edgehill Covert grace the top of the escarpment, forming a continuous band of woodland nearly two miles long.

This wooded hill in the town centre is topped by the ruins of a Norman castle, whose builders might not be entirely surprised to find that the outer bailey now houses a zoo: after all, exotic animals were

He was presented with the manors of Fenstanton and Hilton by the Earl of Northampton in payment for work at Castle Ashby.

A Victorian guidebook noted that 'the coach excursionist will be saved the trouble of choosing his quarters, as the coaches usually set him down at the Carisbrooke Castle or the Eight Bells'.

The top of the church tower fell in 1829, which gave it a castle-like appearance. It was not restored until the 1960s. The absence of cars in the square might indicate a Sunday morning.

The Lion Enclosure was one of those specifically accommodated into a natural feature of Castle Hill. Here two of its occupants sun themselves.

The Castle, in 1955 the Ravenscroft School, a boys' prep school, is a late 16th-century house of three storeys with gabled attics and a three-storey porch and stair turret, both crowned with medieval-style

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

The pleasure of children playing contentedly around their sand castle, on the far side of the river, creates a charming picture often repeated with the passing years.

Subsequently there has been much thinning and opening-up to the benefit of the castle's setting.

Having dug their sand castle, the children in the foreground are now collecting seawater for its moat.

Hiding much of the castle keep is the Toll Booth.

Hiding much of the castle keep is the Toll Booth.

Powerstock is said to have been a favourite residence of King Athelstan, who probably resided in the nearby earthwork called the Castle.

Nearby is Crayke Castle, one of the most romantic houses in Yorkshire, which was also largely built in the 15th century.

It is best known for its ruined castle, which once belonged to the Hungerford family, but it has also been popular for moto-cross and swimming in the River Frome.

This prospect of the castle from the Gloucestershire side of the bridge clearly illustrates how commanding the Great Tower appears, and why the young J M W Turner was so inspired to paint