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This structure, and the surrounding curtain wall, was built by Henry II in the 12th century at a cost of £7000, but the first fortifications were constructed by King Harold in 1064.

This is London Road, showing the Duke of York Hotel, now minus its covered porch, at the junction with the Frimley Road.

In 1106 Robert Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, waged an unsuccessful war with Henry I; the defeated duke was taken to Cardiff Castle.

It was largely financed by the Duke of Buccleuch and the Duke of Devonshire. In 1866 the churchwardens, headed by James Ramsden, organised the town's voluntary fire brigade.

It was probably in these rooms that the Duke of Newcastle lavished thousands of pounds on entertaining Charles I.

In 1215 it was occupied by French troops and besieged by King John in person; the French withdrew on the accession of Henry III.

The Duke of Wellington stands high and mighty in the town's main square (centre), known as 'The Bulwark'.

This statue of one of Bedforshire's famous sons was made by the noted sculptor, Boehm, in 1873, and presented to the town by the then Duke of Bedford in June 1874.

It was to this western corner of Sidmouth that the Duke of Kent brought his baby daughter Alexandrina Victoria in 1819.

The Russells became earls and later dukes of Bedford and, although they had moved their seat to Woburn Abbey by the 18th century, the dukes continued to be buried in St Peter's Church in

Rochester was besieged by King John in 1215 after Archbishop Langton had refused to surrender the fortress to the bishop of Winchester.

After the Dissolution it eventually passed in 1597 to William Cavendish, grandson of the famous Bess of Hardwick, and then by marriage to the Dukes of Portland in 1734.

The town clock has been given a number of nicknames, including `the Iron Duke of Tredegar`, because of the small profile of the Duke of Wellington on the base.

It was later used by the infamous Judge Jeffreys when he was trying support- ers of the Duke of Monmouth after the failure of the Duke's rebellion.

However, the present horse replaced an even earlier one reputedly cut by King Arthur!

On it stands Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general, statesman and Prime Minister.

This photograph shows Eccleston church about ten years before it was rebuilt in the style of the 14th century by G F Bodley; the work was paid for by the first Duke of Westminster.

Disciplined soldiers stand to attention on the enclosed parade ground of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry barracks, off the Lostwithiel Road.

The youthful trees on the left are in the centre of the square, where the inn sign for the old-established Duke of York Hotel is just visible.

The Vernons acquired the Haddon Hall estate in around 1170 and, along with the dukes of Devonshire, were one of the principal families hereabouts.

On our way back to Camberley we arrive at the Dukes Head public house. Notice the telegraph poles supplying the new telephone system to those who could afford it.

The electorate consisted of those men who had a hearth in Newport and St Stephens, and they voted as they were ordered to by the Duke of Northumberland; this effectively meant that the Duke decided who

But most visitors come to see the old Abbey, founded by King John in 1204 and ransacked by Henry VIII in 1539.

The Tudors were descendants of the House of Lancaster, and the Duke of Lancaster was part of the Tudor dynasty.