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Though this appears as a timeless rural backwater, it was a re- settlement area after the original village was cleared to make room for Lulworth Park.

Brampton Park covers about 100 acres and in 1898 it was the property of the Duke of Manchester. There had been a grand house on the site since the 12th century.

By far the most impressive building in the parish, the Tudor mansion, with its octagonal wing turrets and a 50 acre park landscaped by Humphrey Repton in 1790, was the result of the redevelopment of

None of them now exhibit the smart appearance they had in the 1950s, and it would not be wise to park bicycles en masse without providing some form of additional security.

The car park has gone, and many of the buildings have also disappeared.

It began a new life as Wat Tyler Country Park in 1984.

Members of the Royal Family still drive through Windsor Great Park to attend race meetings at Ascot.

Parking restrictions were yet to descend upon Surbiton, and the few drivers after the Second World War have the roads to themselves.

Parking restrictions were yet to descend upon Surbiton, and the few drivers after the Second World War have the roads to themselves.

It is ironic that the statue was itself removed in 1946 and re-erected in Trendell's garden, by then Abbey Grounds and a public park.

At the north end of the park the focus is a statue of Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, who had died in 1861 and in whose honour the estate had been named.

The isolated boathouse in the middle distance has gone, and the area is now a promenade and park, Margaret Brown Garden.

The signs were hinged in half moons so that they could be tipped over to show which side of the road was available for parking.

West Cliff - Khyber Pass, the Royal Hotel, the Metropole, the Spa, Royal Crescent, the Park, the Museum

The wall and trees on the right went for an access road to a public car park and library in the 1960s.

Sad to say, the wonderful trees on the older picture have gone, replaced with new shops and a parking bay for the ever-growing army of motorists using their cars to pop to the shops.

The white Unicorn public house shows in the distance with a tractor and trailer parked outside.

It was renovated in 1982-83 when the gents' loos were removed from the car park. The roof of the former vicarage can be seen between the pub and the bus shelter of c1953.

Traffic control measures mean that there is almost no legal parking in the area.

The arrival of modern motor-traffic over subsequent decades means this generous space is now more often used as a crowded car park, and on the Spring Bank Holiday as the setting for an annual Pilgrims

St Mary's Church is on rising ground west of the town, with Lowndes Park to its north and east and The Bury to its west. The large cruciform church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

From market place to bus terminus, centre for further education and declining shopping area; by 1955 Park Square was ripe for the redevelopment that did not actually happen for another 25 years.

The building to its left has been demolished to create a car parking area, and the ornate clock on the wall of W Sumpter's stationer's shop (left) is also, unfortunately, a thing of the past.

Manufactured by Walter Mcfarlane & Company of Possil Park, Glasgow, it cost the princely sum of £1,000.