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A residential school, it was established in 1894 on Brockholes Brow at Farringdon Park, and remained on the site for over 100 years before moving to new premises in Ashton in Ribble.

Created around 1860 and overlooking the River Ribble, Miller Park is one of several in the town, a welcome contrast to the close-packed housing developments that accompanied Preston's industrial expansion

The famous avenue of beech trees, planted in 1835, extends over two miles of undulating countryside to form an imposing approach to the northern entrance to Kingston Lacy Park.

More rooftops, a passing steam train (they were being replaced by diesel- powered locomotives at this time) and the sweep of the park express progress. The bandstand has arrived.

Kendal Castle, originally a 13th-century structure, was owned by the family of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, in the 16th century.

The opening in 1912 of the County Hall in Cathays Park provided a much-needed centrally contained administrative centre for Glamorgan.

A Rover 80 is parked to the left of the yellow brick Grosvenor Hotel, the headquarters of the Houghton Club, a fishermen's club controlling fishing on the River Test.

The stone-built, pantile-roofed cottages still cluster around the white-railed green with its series of footbridges over the beck, in what is now a Conservation Area in the North York Moors National Park

The caravan park beyond the millpond is still popular, with access to the Ouse Valley way via the white footbridge.

The post office and general store were essential parts of village life, so not surprisingly they feature on many of Frith's postcards; these were later sold at the post office counter and the village store

These views (below and pages 40-41) up and down Church Street would have been familiar to Dylan Thomas, who lived near New Quay in 1944, and to many visitors, who have to park their cars at the top of

North of Grantham, set in its seven hundred acre landscaped deer park, Belton House was begun in 1685; it is architecturally conservative for that date with its cupola and balustraded flat roof.

Today the mill has been turned into an inn, and the fields below the steep road have been laid out as a car park for visitors to Polperro village that lies down to the right.

The next three Edwardian views show Christchurch Park, which was the southern limit of development at that date.

The west-bound traffic, overtaking a parked vehicle and cyclist, is rather hogging the middle of the road.

Thames Side Road is on the right with a mobile home park beyond, while on the left in the distance is now the blue steel bridge that carries the M3 over the river.

The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.

College Street Public Hall (on the right) fell into disuse, became a motor-body repair shop and is now a car park.

Notice the old Whieldon's green bus parked outside.

roads leading to Hitchin, Wheathampstead and London was large enough to support the open-air market, which stretched the 100 yards through the middle of the picture from the Corn Exchange through to Park

The Kingsbury pool was large by municipal standards, and it was situated on the edge of Roe Green Park.

Since its official opening in Coronation year (1953) by Sir Noel Arkell, this area in the centre of the town has been known as Queens Park.

The trees in the park have all been chamfered up to a certain height to prevent them being grazed by the Bankes family's famous herd of Red Devon cattle.

Taken from Coronation Park, this view looks north, away from the town centre.