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Rufus Castle, or Bow and Arrow Castle as the locals usually call it, was probably named after William Rufus, the second Norman king.

Bognor's is a delight, with stucco cottages of varying heights and designs, many with balconied bow and bay windows, fronting an elongated square.

Another view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the lake

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England’s largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness

The building is known to locals as Bow and Arrow Castle; Portland's old parish church, ruined by landslides, is within its grounds.

Peeking over the roof of the bow-fronted pharmacy is the castellated tower of St Mary's church, a building that dates from the 12th century, and largely rebuilt in the 15th century.

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort

Both gentlemen wear suits and bow ties, and everyone wears a hat. The four iron bollards replaced the earlier turnstile which charged a small entry fee to the gardens.

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness.

The calm reaches of the southern end of the lake create a quiet backwater compared to the busy shores around Bowness.

This slightly later view looks across what has become the motor launch area of the Bowness boat station.

The church was enlarged to its present form in 1870, and it watches over the older part of Bowness, which is known as Lowside.

A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.

Note the cross-shaped ends to the tie-bars which help prevent the walls from bowing out on the house next to the telegraph pole, and on the next but one along.

A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.

Hadrian's Wall stretched from Wallsend to Bowness, a distance of 73 miles.

No longer shops, they have been decked out with modern leaded casements and bow windows. To the right behind the tree (now gone) is the wall to the churchyard.

With a little imagination, it is almost possible to smell the uncovered weed drying in the sun, as a lonely figure tramps with bowed back along the lower part of the slipway towards the boat trolley,

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

Repton remodelled it in 1805 and added the bow-windows. The church is still in service and stands in the park, although the nave and tower have been ruinous since the 1600s.

The white bow-fronted house is Mizpah of 1877, and beyond is High House of 1879.