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Ropergate also had the County Court Office, right, and nearer town, the old post office.

In their place the Osborne Court apartments were built in Art Deco style just before the Second World War; they were used as a naval base during the war.

West Court is behind the hand-cart.

The enormous popularity of messing about on the River Thames during the Victorian era is demonstrated in this scene of the crowded lock at Molesey, just upstream from Hampton Court; it had been linked

Chertsey Abbey was founded in 666 AD and has now almost completely vanished; much of its stonework was used at Henry VIII's Hampton Court after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

On the right we see the famous Hark to Bounty Inn, which was used as an area court house.

Behind it is Beech Tree Court, houses formed out of old farmbuildings.

All three commanders were put on trial in London and the court decided that only one should suffer the death penalty. The story goes that they refused to draw lots, and so a child drew for them.

The Dinorban was first listed as a hotel in 1828 when it was called the Ty Mawr; it was used as a court house before that.

For three hundred years, the local magistrates' court was held here.

Those who come to Hampton Court Palace by way of Bushy Park or from Kingston enter through the Lion Gates, which face the end of the splendid avenue of chestnut trees.

For three hundred years, the local magistrates' court was held here.

For those who could not join the Belfast Boat Club, with its tennis court and long tea-room, there was still the canal to be discovered at Stranmillis.

The Magistrates' Court for Swindon was held here until the Old Town Hall was built in the Market Square in 1852.

The George and Dragon is first mentioned as a tavern in the court book of St Albans Abbey in 1279. The half-timbered building dates from the 17th century.

Tregaron is a small nucleated town, probably based on a Welsh maerdref where the lord held court. It grew rapidly during the early 19th century, when it became a popular meeting place for drovers.

Building started in 1865 to designs by G E Street, the architect of the Law Courts in London.

The right-hand side of the building at the end of the path was at one time the old Court House.

At one time the building was used as a court house; it has subsequently been used as a branch of the County Library and as a museum.

Most were demolished in the late 1950s, but part of Brookes Court survives.

In 1424 James returned to Scotland after spending eighteen years as the 'guest' of the English court. He was also angry; angry that Robert Stewart had done precious little to secure his freedom.

At the top of Sceptre Hill on the way to Tonbridge stands the Hand and Sceptre Hotel; built in 1663, it became an inn in 1728, serving during this time as a district court.

Next door, with the two gabled doorways, stands the post office, built in 1887 on the site of the Old Court House.

The tennis courts marked out in the foreground are now not in evidence!