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The path through the park was supposed to follow the route of a Roman road.

His buildings survived the coming of the New Town, however, and his name is preserved in Howard Park and Howard Crescent.

Only a century and a half ago Hyde Park was bordered by mire and wilderness. Londoners tended market gardens close by which are now smothered by the buildings of Kensington.

On the left, two locals discuss the forthcoming Exhibition Club of Cark-in-Cartmel, which include sports in Holker Park, £25 in prizes and a dance.

The view from this side of the river includes the industrial gasworks, but further down river past the weir is the rather more pleasant Myrtle Park, which opened to the public in 1908.

The old deer park at Chatsworth contains some of the oldest oak trees still living in Britain.

If we drive through the village, before long we reach the entrance to the Royal Victoria Country Park, formerly the site of the old Netley Hospital.

The curtain wall, shown in this photograph, is all that remains of Strickland's castle, which is now a public park.

Stoke Park Wood lies to the east of Bishopstoke.

Some of the trees remain, while there is new housing, Saffrons Park and Court, behind the left hand flint walls, which also survive.

The town lies just inside the Dartmoor National Park alongside the main Exeter to Plymouth road. Once stage coaches thundered through, forcing bystanders onto the narrow pavements.

The view is still recognizable nearly a century later, although the houses on the left became a car park after a slum clearance programme in the early 1960s.

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda

The twin rowing boat in the distance is patently a pleasure trip, whereas the uniformed lone gentleman seems to be a park warden, albeit water-bourne.

Evans gave way to Boots, and Cousins ceased trading some years ago, after relocating to Park Street. St Georges Road is to the left, opposite Obelisk Street.

The street is here a little busier, with cars, a bus and several delivery vans parked by the kerb. Loading outside the Co-op is a mobile fish shop.

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.

The partly Tudor Manor House is at the crossroads in the centre of the village, but at the east end is an equally fine house, Missenden House.

Katherine's Cross in Ampthill Park gained a subsequent measure of recognition when it proved to be the burial site of the 'Golden Hare' - the subject of a national treasure hunt based on Kit Williams'

Horses and carts no longer park outside the Wheatsheaf public house, however; but the spire of the parish church can still be seen in the background at the end of Burlington Street, which like the High

It remains the finest medieval landmark in the Peak, and was formerly the symbol of the Peak District National Park.

Dovedale is probably the best known of the Derbyshire Dales; indeed, the parked wagons offering donkey rides, and the signs to the Izaak Walton Hotel, show that tourism was already well-established when

This lovely pastoral scene on the Nonsuch Park estate demonstrates that although the internal combustion engine was making rapid progress in the years following the First World War, most farming communities

South Park was renowned for its trees, a number of which were planted to mark special occasions: the sequoias, for instance, were planted in 1863 to commemorate the wedding of Prince Edward and Princess