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Many small, enterprising landowners attempted to lay out 'zoos' and farm parks in the decades following the Second World War, and most vanished.

Downstream in the park there is a second bridge, balustraded in classical style, which is known as Wren Bridge.

Blundellsands beach forms part of the sixteen miles of sand stretching from Waterloo to Southport.

Through the famous Cow and Calf Rocks high up on Ilkley Moor, we can see the estate of Denton Park, once the home of the Fairfax family.

was taken, the roof appears to have fallen into disrepair, and it was only a few more years before the building, along with the cramped terraced housing alongside, was demolished to make way for a car park

Positioned alongside the old course of the Great North Road, the unusual and impressive 'Bottle Lodges' at the entrance to Burghley Park must have been a familiar sight to travellers approaching Stamford

The water in front of the mill has now been covered over and has become a car park. The mill is no longer in use, but has moved into a modern building not far away.

Today this hill is a wonderful place to walk as it is largely taken over by the Queen's Wood Country Park with an extensive collection of trees from all over the world.

The old Roundhay estate was then opened on 20 September 1872 as the country's first municipal park.

It was in this house on the left of the photograph that Jane Austen wrote 'Mansfield Park', 'Emma' and 'Persuasion'.

It was in this house on the left of the photograph that Jane Austen wrote 'Mansfield Park', 'Emma' and 'Persuasion'.

Judging by the number of cars parked outside, Blinkhorn & Son are having a good day. However, 1931 was a bad year for British motor manufacturers, with a combined output of just 159,000 cars.

The two buses parked on the left are outside the Bell Hotel, birthplace of the Leicester-Swannington railway, the first in the Midlands.

Traffic lights control the junction with the High Street, and the Hotel now boasts a car park.

The King's Head in The Street in Capel, a village now by-passed by the A24 London to Worthing road, is now a private house, and its once sterile car park is now an attractive front garden

St Ives is seen from Draycott Terrace, overlooking cottages in Primrose Valley below and the curving sweep of the railway station beyond, most of which is now a car park.

This is now a lost view because of the tree growth in the park. Selby Abbey is now regarded as a world heritage site.

Not every residential unit would have a garage, hence the need for designated parking spaces as well.

The houses are now surrounded by the new Croesonnen Park estate, which was begun in 1965. In 1955 the land to the left of the road was part of Chandler's market garden.

Note again that convenient car parking is permitted.

The outbuilding in front has been demolished for the enlargement of the pub car park. Beyond is the 14th-century tower of the parish church.

Here the street is seemingly deserted in the sunlight, save for a few parked cars; one is waiting outside the Plas Coch Hotel.

It served the Sutton New Town development to the east of Manor Park up to the Carshalton parish boundary. The road is now St Barnabas Road.

Here the photographer is looking east from the junction with Langley Park Road. There are substantial houses with large dormers on the right, some of which still remain.