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The old house here was restored and rebuilt in 1840 by Lord Howden to the designs of Decimus Burton, a London architect, who was also responsible for Hyde Park Corner.

She still managed to upset strait-laced locals by her antics at her house, Barrells Park, which lies in ruins after a fire in 1933 and is said to be haunted by her ghost.

Sculpted in Portland stone to the designs of Carlo Magnoni, it commemorates the Waggoners' Reserve Corps of 1,127 local farm workers who joined Sir Mark Sykes' private army as wagon drivers in the First

He succeeded Alderman Thomas Miller as lord of the manor in 1865, and lived at Singleton Park. He had a great interest in land drainage, and he owned valuable antiques.

Built to link the Promenade to the attractions of Princes Park, the doubly-named bridge rests on two artificial islands in the Marine Lake.

The war memorial and car park occupy land on which Coleford's Market House once stood. When the English Civil War began in 1642, Parliamentary troops were garrisoned in Coleford.

Parking problems did not exist here in these days in the High Street.

The driver climbing out of his Morris 8 Series E is parked outside one of the many cafes in Baldock Street (centre right) - this one used to be the Golden Boot public house and sported a giant hanging

The lines of parked vehicles on both sides of the road tend to detract from the architectural riches of the fine Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings that adorn this spacious street; they are evidence

The main road (A272) ran through Cuckfield, and turns right at the junction beyond the parked car, whilst the minor northbound road to Whitemans Green continues into the distance up the hill.

Around the tower is parked a group of typical 1960s cars - two Morris Minors (a Traveller and a saloon), a Mini- van, a Morris Oxford Farina and a Standard Pennant.

There is a substantial amount of Victorian development seen in this view of the town from the west, looking across Brooklands Park and the new cemetery on Queens Road with its chapel.

The spoil was used to extend neighbouring Luton Airport by 12 acres and to reclaim 32 acres of Luton Hoo Park.

on the left, dates from 1842; its imposing stone portico faces onto the High Street rather than the Market Square - which, as has become common in the modern age, is being used as a car park

Weighing machines like this one were once common, and an example can be seen in Hitchin Museum in Paynes Park.

A hundred years or so before this picture was taken Park Street was already a street of shops.

But because of the enormous growth in London traffic during the Victorian era, it was dismantled in 1878, and acquired by Sir Henry Meux as the entrance to the family estate at Theobald's Park.

Along with the substantial numbers of parked cars along the verges, a laden lorry and a coach are advancing down the High Street, representative of the immense numbers of similar heavy vehicles which

Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

His finest work in Leicestershire was Beaumanor Park (1845), but his best known work is Nelson's Column. St Paul's was enlarged in 1870 and 1880, and the tower was rebuilt in 1904.

They are not there now - housing or car parks have taken their place. The road is still the A158 Lincoln to Skegness road. Remember Green Shield Stamps? The garage on the right offered them!

Towards the southern end of London Road, the 'tip-up' cart is parked waiting for its horse to be harnessed, whilst a milk cart (left) winds slowly up the hill towards the Congregational church close to

His finest work in Leicestershire was Beaumanor Park (1845), but his best known work is Nelson's Column. St Paul's was enlarged in 1870 and 1880, and the tower was rebuilt in 1904.

The parkland was first enclosed as a deer park in 1604, and has subsequently provided peace and tranquillity for National Trust visitors since 1953.