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There were also two brick mounting blocks about 15 inches high for the less agile people to mount their horses: one outside Burgesses the bakers (opposite the present car park) and one by the entrance

The Market Place is now mainly a car park and pathway.

In 1938 the Regal cinema opened in Mengham Road, but it was demolished in the 1960s, and in its place is Mengham car park. In 1959 Hayling's population was 6,000; today it has tripled.

late 18th century, built in the form of a neo-classical villa by Samuel Pole; a short distance along the Bourne is Grovelands, a beautiful house designed by John Nash in 1797, and still within its own park

The Market Place is now mainly a car park and pathway.

Springs bubble up through the underlying sandstone, just as they do at Spring Grove House (now the Safari and Leisure Park).

The grand edifice was gutted and used as a car-park before its demolition in 1977 to make way for the St Enoch Centre constructed in 1981-89, a vast shopping complex which looks more like a railway

In 1580 Elizabeth had leased Carey the Manor of Berkhamsted, which included the ruined castle and the deer park, at the nominal rent of one red rose.

In this view of the park we can see the helter-skelter, the water chute and the big dipper.

Car parking was also problematical, and when the former market site became available the wheels of progress began to move.

From 1959, the 450-acre site was slowly developed as a pioneer shopping park.

The Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, which is laid out in the north- west angle of the park, was one of the largest in England of the Augustinian Order.

Harold G Turner Born in nearby Ardingly in 1885, Harold Turner became a well-known architect, particularly after his successful Gidea Park project in Essex in 1910.

At the same time, it provides the modern units sought by retailers and the secure town centre car parking demanded by shoppers.

A bus is parked outside the Cross Keys, maybe delivering passengers from the railway station - the inn advertised `meeting every train` in the mid 19th century when the coaching business

Further down the park, Sir Joseph built a school for the children on the estate, and this establishment, which had an excellent reputation, was also patronised by Guisborough parents.

The road at this junction has traffic going in both directions, unlike today, when as part of the High Street one-way system the traffic now flows towards the market cross.

After the completion of Hutton Hall, Sir Joseph set about landscaping the park surrounding the Hall and the nearby village, introducing specimen trees from many parts of the world, many of which

Built in the late 18th century as the residence of Dr Bird, the house, like Sunnyfield House, had grounds stretching back to the North Bank Lane, now known as Bolckow Street/Park Lane (it was on

hen travelling south from Leatherhead, we pass on our right the fine house in Norbury Park; it is said to be one of the loveliest estates in Surrey.

The canal meets the River Gade at Heath Park, to the south of Marlowes.

both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of Charles Dickens and Captain Marryat…in the new, smart, red-bricked Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park

both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of Charles Dickens and Captain Marryat…in the new, smart, red-bricked Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park

Today the square has regrettably taken on a more regimented appearance, with a regularised car park behind concrete bollards, but it is, in its essentials, little changed.