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The Royal Medical Benevolent College was founded in 1855 to take care of doctors who had fallen on hard times, together with their widows and orphans.

The initiative shown by this local society led to the formation of the Royal Veterinary Society.

Designed by Capt John Kitson, Royal Engineers, Fort Perch Rock was built between 1826 and 1829 at a cost of £27,000 to defend the seaward approach to Liverpool and the Mersey.

Shefford is a small market town with Royal Charters dating back to the 13th century.

Kirby's Hotel was at the other end of the Royal Hotel, beyond that we can just see South Terrace.

The emblems over the door are the Tudor Rose and the Tudor Royal Arms.

Packets for Dublin, Falmouth, Plymouth, Glasgow, Liverpool and Cork used the Town Pier, as did the ferry for Hythe, while those for the Isle of Wight, Southsea and Portsmouth left from the Royal

It became a royal palace in 1539 when Henry VIII persuaded its then owner, the Earl of Rutland, to swap the house for other properties.

This was the Royal Small Arms Factory.

A month later the Queen's Secretary wrote to say that the Queen had graciously granted that the Exchange be known as 'The Manchester Royal Exchange'.

Beyond the Midland Bank other businesses included Shee & Kennedy's, Burnley's principal tailors, the Café Royal and Restaurant, and Kate Barnes, which was well known for its ladies' gowns.

The Royal Hotel (left) vied with the George in attracting a superior local clientele. Next door, the drapers, Pritchard's, has a sun awning to prevent the window display fading.

Before this, it had been the site of the Greenwich Royal Observatory (from 1957 to 1979), and the observatory buildings are now a public museum, the Herstmonceux Science Centre.

Royal visitors were met on the bridge to be escorted to York between 1212 to 1836.

Wren removed the original King's Beasts and repaired the roof and vaults after 1682; Emlyn repaired stonework and added a screen, stalls, and staircase to the Royal Pew from 1782-92.

Chapman's the shoe repairer's (left) is now Rutland Fishing; next is now a book shop, and then comes the Royal Restaurant. Sidney Hudson the baker has been replaced by Simpole Clark, fine foods.

The early 16th-century Queen's Armes is described by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments as 'an unusually complete example of a small late medieval house'.

Remodelled and rebuilt, the theatre opened as a smaller venue named the Theatre Royal until 1909, when it too closed (see 49815, right); it re-opened as the Tivoli Theatre in 1912.

He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1719, received the prestigious Copley Medal in 1739, and was elected to the French Academy in 1753.

On the left is the fine front of the Post Office - the words can be seen below the window box on the first floor, and above is a royal coat of arms (both still remain today, though WH Smith use the premises

Locally named the Pepperpot, it was erected in 1850 on Hoad Hill to commemorate Ulverston-born Sir John Barrow, a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society.

In 1905 the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth was opened, and both 'Britannia' and 'Hindostan' were paid off.

This was the name the Royal Bank of Scotland were trading under from 1920; it became Williams & Glyns Bank before returning to its original name in 1985. The bank itself was founded in 1727.

The Royal Lion Hotel and New Inn are followed by Middle Row (centre). The Toby Jug, Fudge Kitchen and Mulberry Manor front the next pavement, in a row of shops uphill to the Three Cups Hotel.