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Perhaps this cottage still survives but I am sure there will no longer be calves, pigs and chickens in the yard.

The Marconi works had sprung up in 1912 opposite the goods yard and cattle pens belonging to the railway. Guglielmo Marconi had first established his firm in Chelmsford in 1899.

The Village 1909 A handsome farm cart stands in the yard of a timber-framed two-storey building, in this small hamlet on the road between Tenterden and Hythe.

The new site was about 80 yards from the old castle. Work began in 1743 and ended in 1770. The old castle was demolished in 1773.

Here is a clutter of ramshackle warehouses, timber-yards and wharves.

Three hundred yards further north is Rennie's 1805 Dundas Aqueduct carrying the canal across the River Avon.

In the yard behind is a blacksmith's shop. The barn on the corner has just been thatched.

Downstream (right) from the bridge is the Cremyll Ferry and Royal Willam Yard. The toll- house was the white building on the left; the toll, as the name suggested, was a halfpenny.

The doors at the back of the sentry boxes have already been opened, and the new guard is in the yard. The buildiing, the oldest purpose-built barracks in England, was completed in 1759.

In the 1960s, the Sun Hotel's yard did not include fire escapes from the upstairs rooms, as it does now. Otherwise, there is little but the parked cars to give a clue to the date of this photograph.

One of the New Forest's most famous landmarks, Bucklers Hard was an important naval shipbuilding yard during the 18th century.

These long timber-framed ranges remain, the space between now filled with pub tables and benches, while the rear of the yard is now the hotel car park.

These long timber-framed ranges remain, the space between now filled with pub tables and benches, while the rear of the yard is now the hotel car park.

This photograph encapsulates farming old-style, with hens running free in the yard by the house.

Whenever the Chester Road and Northwich Road swing-bridges are opened to allow ships to pass along the Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington grinds to a halt; traffic tails back for hundreds of yards either

Situated about 50 yards below the ferry bridge, the riverside gardens, laid out in 1933, are still well-maintained and attractively stocked.

On the site of the old Woolmington Brewery now stands a new development of apartments known as Woolmington's Yard.

This area was once noted for its shipbuilding, but only one yard survives today, with a sizeable dry dock. Out of sight round a bend in the river is Bideford.

It is preserved complete, and open to visitors; a building in the mill yard is now converted into a restaurant.

To people living in cramped terraced houses with small back yards, these parks offered a breath of fresh air and the prospect of relaxation with the family.

The Crook and Shears on the left is still trading, but the shop and coal yard on either side of it have closed.

Over on the Westside you can see Cripplegate Park, created in 1930 on the site of the long-established Wilesmith's timber yard.

Here is a clutter of ramshackle warehouses, timber-yards and wharves.

The new road takes the land to the right of centre, and is only a few yards away from the apex of the obvious bend. The old road still marks the boundary of Dartmoor National Park.