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The traffic in the Square increased accordingly, with private motor cars competing with the charabanc for parking spaces.

The shops are in the short parade on the left- hand side leading to St Wilfrid`s churchyard, whilst offices occupy most of those buildings on the right - they adjoin Victoria Park,

Silecroft, near Millom, stands at the southernmost extremity of the Lake District National Park, at the foot of Black Combe (1,970 ft).

Holiday caravans are parked on land where 'footpaths, meadows, pastures, waters, mills' were once willed to the Benedictine monks.

This was obviously a time when cars were allowed to park with little restriction.

We are taking a detour out of Buckden to the Offords; the Offord & Buckden Anglers Club now have a car park and hut here.

The delightful rampant lion sign (right) has now been replaced by a beer garden, and the enlarged car park is controlled by an automatic barrier.

The road from the village leads to Lodge Park, some two miles away from the spot photographed here.

The path extends south right to the recreation park, and to the north, by crossing the bridge to the right hand bank, into the area known as Scot's Garden at the foot of Castle Hill.

The Regent petrol station has been swept away to make more room for the Top o'Town car park.

Fading into the distance is the high ground of Thorndon Park.

Here engine No 12501 steams along the front, past the town's park, where the conical-roofed bandstand is prominent.

One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973.

This view of the main street of Hawes looks towards the Market Place, where cars and buses are parked haphazardly on the cobbles.

A touring bus is parked in the background outside the whitewashed pub, where perhaps the passengers were taking some liquid refreshment. Malham, with its famous Cove, is still a major Dales honeypot.

The south-west corner of the proposed Gloucester Park was therefore set aside for the Ghyllgrove neighbourhood.

Here engine 12501 steams along the front, past the town's park, where the conical-roofed bandstand is prominent.

As can be seen, cars are still painted black and parking meters (being trialed in London in 1955) and 'No Waiting' yellow lines are still a few years away.

Located just across the road from the train station, the park is named after the Courtenays, who were responsible for much of the building in town (they owned most of the land).

Near to the Promenade is Pittville Park, where Joseph Pitt established a classically-designed pump room in the 19th century—the last to be built in the spa town.

Off the west side of Sheep Street, a plaque informs us that the Zoo Park was opened in the grounds of the historic Croyland Abbey in 1943.

Beside the drive leading to Stonyhurst park stands the Bayley Arms Hotel, whose name is a reminder of the original holder of the manor, Otto de Bailey.

There is a group of carriages parked to the left. In the foreground horses and ponies are tethered for sale. Do the tiers of boxes contain haberdashery items, seeds or corn samples?

At the time the park opened, Oak Hill Mansion was empty, having been tenanted from the time Jonathan Hargreaves left in 1856 until about 1880.