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The Welshmen were avenged by friends and allies who burnt the castle and captured its garrison.

Situated six miles north-west of Barnard Castle, Romaldkirk in 1898 was not in fact in County Durham but in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Also in the village is the very grand Fountaine Hospital, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, the architect of Castle Howard.

It has a ruined castle, old stone walls, a bustling harbour, and just offshore, the romantic Caldy Island.

The present castle dates from c1275 when it was begun by Payn de Charworth and completed by Henry of Lancaster.

Lying peacefully on the banks of the Ure, the land was given to the monks by Conan, son of Alan the Red, who built Richmond Castle.

The curtain wall was added when the castle was used as a garrison for government troops.

The curtain wall was added when the castle was used as a garrison for government troops.

The dominating centrepiece of the early Norman settlement, the castle with its three moats was built by Robert, Count of Mortain, the half-brother of William the Conqueror.

Castle Hill is virtually hidden by residential buildings, at the top right-hand side, whilst St Catherine's statue on the hillock dominates the sky line.

It hangs on eight chains in two sets over two piers, with adjustment at one end into the rock under the castle, and at the other end into solid rock.

The A50 bypass now divides the village from its castle, of which only the motte survives; the remainder was demolished in the later 12th century.

The princess and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, sailed across the bay from Norris Castle on the Isle of Wight, in the royal yacht 'Emerald', towed by a Royal Navy steamer.

Here we see the interior of the castle, built by Edward I between 1277 and 1289.

When it became a hazard to traffic, it was moved to Castle Gardens. In 1913, the shop on the right sold R White's lemonade, which was manufactured in Walkern.

The Dudley Zoological Society was founded in 1935 to develop a zoo in the environs of Dudley Castle, and the Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990) was engaged to design the buildings

A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.

The A50 bypass now divides the village from its castle, of which only the motte survives; the remainder was demolished in the later 12th century.

Oliver Cromwell once came to spend the night at Ripley Castle, home of Sir William and Lady Ingilby.

Between the ships is The Castle, built in 1850 for the inventor Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. The railway did not arrive until 1898.

In 1462 he was created a Knight of the Garter, and in 1468 he was created earl of Pembroke as reward for taking Harlech Castle and capturing both Jasper Twdwr and Prince Henry (later Henry VII).

The finished design is similar to Mellerstain Castle, Scotland. Our picture was taken eleven years before Wenvoe was so badly damaged by fire that the owners could not afford to restore it.

The Castle and Ball Hotel, an old established commercial hotel and posting house on the north side of the High Street, has a distinctive tile-hung front with pierced barge-boards decorating

The prosperous Georgian feel of the town originates with the presence of the castle and with its role as a market town and agricultural centre.