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The Princes Gardens had been the site of the first temporary military encampment in November 1853 when a detachment of Royal Engineers began assessing the locality's suitability for the

The village probably dates from Saxon times, and it was a royal manor of King Athelstan, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.

Frith's photographer was standing outside No 6 Royal Road, where Vincent Van Gogh had stayed.

The stucco Royal Hotel at the right, on Cornfield Road corner, was replaced by the present NatWest bank in about 1930.

Caroline, Princess of Wales, bathed in the sea here while staying at Emsworth in 1805, and the town had thoughts of becoming a royal watering place.

The front offices of the Romford Royal Steam Laundry are situated in quaint cottages on the left.

In the 1890s, the Crown was the venue for meetings of the Ancient Order of Foresters, the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows and the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes.

During the reign of King John, Knaresborough served as a royal arsenal for the manufacture of crossbow quarrels.

It was originally the site of a chapel in the medieval Royal Forest of the Peak, where kings and princes hunted deer, wolf and wild boar.

The shot is southwards from Bay Cottage and the Royal Standard to the Cobb Warehouses (centre right).

It is also the home of Wakehurst Place, which is administered and maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens. The garden is often described as one of the most beautiful in England.

Beyond is the four square mile expanse of the Royal Navy's Victorian Harbour of Refuge, and its 20th-century oil tanks (centre left) beside the Mere.

This ancient fortress has served as arsenal, prison and royal residence, and is comprised of an irregular mass of buildings erected at various periods down the centuries.

Further along the street, and almost a decade later, an early motor car is parked outside the entrance of the Royal Lion Hotel, which was rebuilt in blue lias ashlar after a devastating fire

At Kinver a royal hunting lodge was in existence before 1100, though one was later built at Stourton. Around 1223 Stourton Lodge was fortified and later became known as Stourton Castle.

Dartmouth is still very much a sailing town, and the Royal Regatta, which is held annually in August, still attracts huge crowds.

A famous resident was Gerald de Barri, born here in 1146; he is better known to us as Giraldus Cambrensis, chronicler, Archdeacon of St David's, and royal chaplain.

For 500 years it was used as a royal residence and hunting lodge. Charles Dickens stayed at Rockingham Castle, and wrote part of 'Bleak House' here.

The zoo opened at the north end of Regent's Park in 1828, and two years later the Royal Menagerie was added, to be joined by the animals which had formerly been kept at the Tower of London.

However in the way of such things, it is now an art gallery, and the Royal Oak pub beyond is now a house.

The notable Victorian artist Hamilton Macallum settled in Beer, and exhibited many local scenes at the Royal Academy in London. It was also a noted centre for lace-making.

The building next to the Grand Hotel, a victim of the Luftwaffe in the blitz, became the home of the Royal Western Yacht Club in 1880.

The Royal Crescent looks out over a field which drops away to Victoria Park beyond, also fields when the Crescent was built.

Below the memorial inscription over the main arch, the Royal Engineers' motto 'Ubique' ('Everywhere'), flanks the Latin inscription 'Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducant' ('Whither Right and Glory Lead').