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In the mid-19th century Scotsman John Laurie came to Romford with plans to create Laurie Town, the country's first garden city.

Central areas of the city and old industrial districts are being repopulated. There could be as many as 5,000 new apartment homes in and around the city centre in the very near future.

The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

Wellington Gardens is styled in the classical manner, with a domed bandstand reminiscent of St Paul's. Here the fashionable promenaded.

With not an ancient building in sight, we would be forgiven for believing that this is the centre of one of Hertfordshire's 20th-century garden cities. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The Lutyens war memorial was moved in 1938 to new memorial gardens in front of the new City Hall.

The Lutyens war memorial was moved in 1938 to new memorial gardens in front of the new City Hall.

Spanish City was built in ferro-concrete between 1908 and 1910 as a theatre and amusement arcade for Whitley Pleasure Gardens Ltd.

The gardens and the railway occupy what was the Nor' Loch, an expanse of water that formed part of the old city's defences.

Wellington Gardens is styled in the classical manner, with a domed bandstand reminiscent of St Paul's. Here the fashionable promenaded.

Towards the edge of the village are former Rural District Council houses, now with lusher gardens, and opposite is a former Nonconformist chapel dated 1898.

One of the city's lesser-known buildings, St Peter's in the East is a wonderful old church which lies hidden in the shadow of St Edmund Hall.

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort for

This is how the River Avon looked alongside Churchill Gardens, just south of the city centre in 1923.The bridge in the distance is the old Harnham Bridge—the photograph was taken before the building

The chair of Botany was instituted in 1818, and the first professor was Sir William Hooker, later Director of Kew Gardens.

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort

The delightful Temple Gardens once extended right the way down to the river.

The gatehouse was where the Warden used to monitor the comings and goings of his students. The college gardens are bordered on two sides by the ancient city wall.

The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

Cheltenham owes a great deal to its team of municipal gardeners for they way they manage to keep the city colourful with flowers and shrubs during all the seasons of the year.

The delightful Temple Gardens once extended right the way down to the river.

The garden at the bottom left was designed by Sir Alfred Richardson and laid out in 1959 as part of the City's contribution to the Festival of Britain.

The waters of Nor' Loch once flowed over the area now occupied by Princes Gardens, the railway, and Princes Street, and together with an area of marshland formed a part of the castle and the old city's

The biggest change which took place, however, was in the number of people living in the city. By 1939, the population had risen to just over a quarter of a million.