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The town was of some significance in the Middle Ages with a castle, a borough charter, a fine parish church and an Augustinian priory.

Rhuddlan is most famous for its castle and its historic association with Edward I. There are remnants of medieval buildings in the town.

The Teifi begins its journey to the sea 70 miles away; it provided an inland route for the Normans to service the castles of Cardigan and Cilgerran.

Seen here from beyond the River Parrett, it once had a castle; now it is crowned by the altered medieval tower of St Michael's church, another example of this dedication on a hill site.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

The east side begins with the projecting porch of the 16th-century building known as the Old Castle (far left), which is now Bridport Museum.

As well as excursions up the Fal, ferries operated to Flushing and St Mawes Castle. Larger excursion steamers were employed on runs to the Lizard and Penzance.

Most of the nave and aisles and the porch were paid for by John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, of Castle Hedingham and Lavenham.

The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle. The church with the tower is St John's. Stamford is classed as the best stone-built town in England.

In 1865 the railway entrepreneur Savin began to build the Castle Hotel around it, but he became bankrupt in the process.

Kilton Castle, seat of the de Thweng family, lies in the immediate neighbourhood. The population of Brotton grew from 330 in 1861 to 2672 in 1871 as a result of the discovery of local ironstone.

diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the Bertie family of nearby Grimsthorpe Castle

For an all-in price, tourists travelled from Derby Castle to Laxey, where they boarded a Snaefell Mountain Railway car to the Bungalow.

As for the beach, the fifties were the days of sand castle building. Sand yachting has recently been prohibited because of a tragic accident.

The drainage mill was erected over a magnificent gateway to the abbey, which looked more like a castle than a cloister.

Totternhoe Knolls is the name given to the remains of Totternhoe Castle, a motte and bailey over Saxon remains, of which only the groundworks remain.

Later, Bourne became a market town with a (now largely vanished) castle and a Norman priory founded in 1138, now the parish church.

This small village sits astride the road from Ayr to Castle Douglas.

By the time the castle was finished in around 1200, Richmond had grown in size; a market has been held here since 1155.

This romanticised version of life at the Castle in medieval times can be seen in the Town Hall. It was painted by James Waylen, born in Devizes in 1810, the son of a clothier, Robert Waylen.

On 24 and 25 May 1986, twelve Morris teams, along with the Clitheroe Morris Men, danced at Downham to mark the 800th anniversary of Clitheroe Castle.

The Tower of London is probably England's most complete and historically-important castle, and fully deserves its immense popularity with tourists.

Roger de Berkeley, the first tenant after the Conquest, was probably responsible for the construction of the first castle on the site, and we know that Henry II was entertained here over Easter in 1121