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A cannonball fired from here struck the north wall of Christ Church, where Charles I and his court were staying at the time.

Lord Zetland had given the town six acres of land, which was developed and opened in 1924; it originally also included tennis courts and gardens, a lake and an aviary.

A view across the Promenade, tennis courts, and King's Gardens to Pleasureland. The Gardens were part of a scheme to enhance Southport's image as a garden city.

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court. In the distance is Richman's and St Mary's Street.

The bowling green and tennis courts are beyond the café building (centre). The line of skiffs and rowing boats indicates the popularity of such a holiday pastime.

Raglan was not divided into wards but into two courts, the Stone and the Fountain.

The house was built in 1595 by Ninien Boord (his father had been court jester to King Henry VIII). The extensive estate was used by Canadian troops during World War II.

This is a very fine 16th-century house which appears to have had non-domestic use, perhaps as a manorial court-house, before its conversion to a dwelling.

The famous Grand Hotel stands on the right - famed for its Palm Court Orchestra.

Among the facilities at places like the Norbeck Hall Hydro were tennis courts and an indoor swimming pool.

Not far away, bowling greens and tennis courts were laid out, and a 600-seat theatre was built.

The designer Harvey Longsdale Elmes was only 23 when he won the design competition, firstly for the Music Hall and then for new Law Courts for Liverpool; he put the two buildings into one.

To the left are the Law Courts, which had been opened a few years earlier in 1882 by Queen Victoria. The architect, G E Street, died just before the building's completion.

Some of the trees remain, while there is new housing, Saffrons Park and Court, behind the left hand flint walls, which also survive.

An earlier Market House collapsed in 1618, killing ten people who were attending the Stannary Court.

More survives on the left: the former Courts department store, Neo-Georgian of 1922, and beyond the faience-fronted Pierre-Victoire.

The mansion to the right amid the trees is Caversham Court, which was demolished in 1933; its 17th-century stable block remains, and the grounds are a most attractive public park.

It is claimed that for four days in 1305 the court of Edward I met at the inn.

An early motoring pioneer, Chaplin Court Treatt, also lived there. It has since become a pub and restaurant and for a while was named Bentleys, after the motor car.

By 1972 the fires had become electric fires, and the tennis courts had gone; now bungalows occupy their site.

The site was redeveloped and Redvers Court was completed in May 1989.

At the heart of Southampton lies the Civic Centre, with its council offices, law courts and art gallery.The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower

In the background a match is in progress on the tennis courts. The large wooded area behind the Grove (to the right in photograph 62549) is gradually getting smaller.

The boat is just starting out from the north end of the Waterway, with the Figure 8 Switchback, the tennis courts, and the 1930s concrete 'castle ruins' in the background.