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The cobblestones held listeners in their thousands, while the Royal Irish Constabulary watched for feelings becoming dangerous.

Once the site of a rambling royal palace largely burned down in the 1690s, the road gradually acquired government offices and the home of the prime minister in Downing Street - its entrance

The flag poles on the hill were used for gale warnings, signals for ships and flags for special occasions such as Royal birthdays.

Members of the Royal Family still drive through Windsor Great Park to attend race meetings at Ascot.

Church Street leads to the large parish church of St Mary Magdalene; its 15th-century tower is topped by a twisted spire, which was added in 1846.The Swan & Royal Hotel stands out on the right of

On the north side are the grounds of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, which are mostly in Berkshire; but its Greek Doric gate lodges front London Road.

The Grand was almost brand-new, and the Royal was rebuilding. Another recent pile was Pim's Stores, ready to cater for the same clients. The Stag's Head ranked as a public house, but took visitors.

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

Later, Mr Cramp received the Royal Appointment of Purveyor of Essence of Shrimps in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.

This was a former royal manor granted by Henry I to his cousin Richard de Redvers in 1100, who raised the first castle on the site, building a motte 27ft high.

Once a royal manor, until Henry II gave it to the Courtenays, the village of Sutton Courtenay has several notable buildings.

The Royal Hotel on the left was built in 1878, while the banks are among the grandest buildings of that confident era. These survive today.

The first clerk was John Noble, who was also clerk to the Gas Company, agent for the Royal Insurance Company for School Attendance, and partner in the coal merchants Noble & Alston.

The ruins make it hard to believe in its history of royal visits; on one of these, the mayor of Norwich arrived with a hundred citizens to present a petition to the king's mother in 1469.

The floor of the Royal Exchange was the scene of frantic activity on Tuesdays and Fridays, when at the hour of High Exchange anything up to 6000 men would gather here and shout at one another.

It was built in the 1440s after Sir Roger Fiennes was granted a royal licence to crenellate (that is, build a battlemented house) using locally- made brick, and it is now a beautiful mellow red.

On the left edge is the Royal Norfolk Hotel, rebuilt here in 1826 after the earlier one burnt down.

The Royal Lancaster Infirmary is pictured in the year this building was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, later to be George V and Queen Mary.

The Royal Arms of James I above a ground-floor fireplace may indicate its continuing official use into the 17th century.

Perhaps the most unusual ships to ply the 16 miles from the Severn Estuary to Britain's most inland port were two Royal Navy submarines that arrived in Gloucester as part of a recruitment drive

Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road.

Royal and noble ladies favoured the priory in the 13th and 14th centuries, when about 100 nuns and a few chaplains and clerks inhabited the priory.

Its name is rather apt, as the village is just a couple of miles south of Wakehurst, an extensive estate under the care of the National Trust, and also the outpost of the Royal Botanical Gardens

Buildings opposite include No 52, Ye Olde Tobacco Shoppe, and what is now Turles Bistro uphill from the Royal Lion Hotel.