Caption For Virginia Water, The Cascade 1907
Fed by the artificial 120-acre lake behind it, this picturesque cascade was created in 1746-68 as part of the extensive landscaping carried out by the artist brothers Thomas and Paul Sandby for the Duke
Caption For Reigate, Church Street 1909
The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.
Caption For Castleford, Queens Park C1955
Of Queen's Park's 43 acres,
thirteen came from the two
landowners, and a further
parcel was purchased from
the Earl of Crewe in 1904
to provided a park keepers'
cottage, a bandstand and a
Caption For Bramshott, Quince Farm 1917
It was rural, bucolic scenes like this one at 600-acre Quince Farm that inspired Tennyson to write a poem of 47
words while visiting the area one summer's day in the 1860s.
Caption For Diss, Market Hill C1960
Early closing day gives a peaceful air to this normally busy market town, built around a six-acre lake known as Diss Mere: local tradition says that it is bottomless.