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Haddon Hall belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The hall's beginnings were in the 12th century.

Located on a spit overlooking Portsmouth Harbour, the castle was regularly used by kings when visiting Portsmouth. Henry VIII came here with Anne Boleyn.

Thomas Ken, who was rector of Brighstone before becoming Bishop of Winchester, ministered to Charles II as he lay dying; accompanied Charles' illegitimate son the Duke of Monmouth on his way to the block

Thorney was part of the Duke of Bedford's estate, and played a focal part in the construction of the Bedford Levels in the 17th century.

This later view shows that the gardens have been replaced by lawns and a central pathway; this leads to the 1939-45 War Memorial Library, opened by HRH Duke of Gloucester in 1955.

Situated on a hilltop in rolling countryside among hopfields, it has fine views.The Duke of York Inn is on the left-hand side of the square, and the church is nearby.

Note on the left Hartshorn the Butcher, purveyor to the Duke of Connaught. Note the fire station and post office also seen in picture 21343.

Duke Street 'rec' has lost its thatched maintenance building, and the surface underneath the swings now conforms to several health and safety regulations, none of which could possibly

A hundred years earlier in Eckington there were another five inns and taverns in the town: the Rose and Crown, the Duke of York, the Coach and Horses (whose landlord Jas Robinson was also a spring knife

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and friend of Charles II, was brought to Kirbymoorside after falling from his horse whilst out hunting.

Albert Park was opened by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in 1868, and the land was purchased for the town by Henry Bolckow.

The Beaulieu River, being a free harbour, attracted the attentions of John, Duke of Montagu in the 18th century as a trading centre for the sugar trade and shipbuilding.

The reservoir was opened in September, 1945 by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who unveiled a memorial tablet and opened the two overflow shafts, one of which is seen to the right

Inside is the Duke's Hall for concerts and fifty teaching rooms. The Royal Academy, the oldest institution for musical training, is consistently rated Britain's top musical college.

It was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth. On his retreat north in 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart held a council of war in Crieff at the Drummond Arms.

Perhaps its most famous occupant was Edward IV's brother, the Duke of Clarence, who drowned in a vat of malmsey. Somerton Court is now a hotel and reception venue.

The hotel takes its name from the Dukes of Norfolk, formerly the Earls of Arundel, whose principal ancestral home is Arundel Castle.

The Duke of Suffolk and his wife Alice, a granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, built the two-storey primary school in the mid 1400s.

The Ladybower Dam was constructed between 1935 and 1943; it was officially opened by King George VI at these gates on 25 September 1945, just 10 years before this photograph was taken.

The village is noted for its granite quarries, which furnished stone for the Duke of Wellington's sarcophagus in St Paul's Cathedral.

The Iron Duke, depicted here in bronze, originally stood at Hyde Park Corner in London before being dismantled piece by piece and transported to Aldershot by horses.

The three-arched structure was designed by George Rennie and opened by King William IV in the 1830s.

It is of Spencer Compton, 8th Duke of Devonshire, who was Mayor of Eastbourne in 1897-98, in effect leader of his own 'company town'. He died in 1908.

Nearby is the Conqueror's Stone, said to have been used as a table by Duke William of Normandy before he marched off to battle.