ENGLAND: Carisbrooke Castle, a picteresque, romantic castle nestled in the Isle of Wight. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Kenilworth Castle, a remarkable 900-year-old fortification which has seen much conflict over the centuries. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Leeds Castle in Kent, it celebrates its 900th birthday this year. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Barnard Castle, a 12th century castle where Richard III once resisided. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Hampton Court Palace, a royal castle which is central too so much English history. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. The Queen frequently resides here. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Nottingham Castle, 1,00 years of history towering over the city. currently closed for a huge ?L26million restoration project. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Arundel Castle in West Sussex which dates back nearly 1,000 years. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Shrewsbury Castle, originally a NOrman build, it's now located directly over the town's train station. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Warwick Castle, originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068, this castle is now one of the most popular strongholds in the country. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Lulworth Castle is an early 17th-century mock castle built to entertain aristocracy. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain

ENGLAND: Newark Castle and Gardens are lovely, formal gardens bordered by the remaining walls of Newark Castle which was partly destroyed in 1646 at the end of the English Civil War. The Castle has stood proudly on the banks of the River Trent for nearly 900 years. STUNNING antique photochroms show some of England???s exquisitely kept castles at the turn of the 20th Century. Crenellations and crannies, nooks and naves, portcullises and privies. You don???t have to go far in any direction to find a castle in this green and pleasant land. Glorious colour images, dating from the 1890s, show a stately Windsor Castle in full splendour, an impressively red-tinged Shrewsbury Castle looming over the old town centre, and a vine-wrapped Warwick Castle with proud peacocks strutting about its lawn. As bank holiday looms, castles and fortified houses across England will be awash with visitors dreaming of jousting competitions, lavish feasts, bloody murder, and dragons as they walk around the historic heaps. Mediadrumimages/PublicDomain