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Taking its name from the wife of Edward VII, the park was officially opened on 25 June 1902 – the date scheduled (but not kept) for his coronation.

The semi-detached houses on the left of this picture were the only buildings at that date. The district nurse and midwife Mrs Rowlandson lived in one of them for many years.

Top right: Ecclesall Church, an important landmark in this sprawling suburb, dates from 1788 and replaced an ancient chapel that was served by the monks of Beauchief Abbey.

Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure. In 1322 the Earl of Lancaster sought refuge in the local church following his defeat by Edward II.

The chancel arch and font date from this time, the tower is late 14th-century and the south aisle was added during a restoration of 1531.

Dating from around 1200, additions were made in the 1400s; a transept was demolished at that time. Restorations were made by John Colson in 1862.

Now Paul Richman, a clothes shop, the first floor window has been restored and the render removed from the stonework, setting off the 1656 date-stone.

Before this date, and even in medieval times, the village had at least two ale houses. The inn has beautiful gardens, and a putting green.

This church may have the oldest foundations of any in Lancashire, dating from Saxon times. Norman traces remain in the rounded doorway (right) with its massive oak door.

She married a Manchester Unitarian minister in 1832 and stayed at Lindeth Tower (dated 1816) in Silverdale. From here she described the sunsets and the views across the Kent estuary and the Irish Sea.

The adjoining Victoria Cottage with round-topped windows is dated 1839. Commerce House was Kingsbury's the builders, established in 1730.

The stucco house on the left, most recently Banstead Builders Merchants, dates from around that time, while the station building retains some of the 1865 work.

The major landmark is the windmill, a post mill dated 1665.

The plinth and the shaft of the cross date from the 15th century. The village shop (right) was run by Pamela and Peter Mills, and his green Standard van is parked outside.

The former school, now the village hall, is dated 1846. Jean Lovelock (née Dennis), who lived behind the playground, was at the school in the late 1930s.

The sea at this date had a milky colour, and one needed to go around to Polkerris to see clear water.

In 1832 it was replaced and here we see the knobbly spire of that date.

Situated at what is now the southern end of this expanded village, the church with its elegant recessed spire dates for the greater part from the earlier 15th century.

Ribbon development of local stone houses under thatched and slated roofs, while not overheating the blood, do present a well-ordered scene; their dates range from the pre-17th century to modern, close

West Horndon is a planned village dating only from the 1940s. Before that, it had been a sparsely-inhabited parish, whose medieval church had collapsed by the early 18th century.

The old building on the right, which still houses Lloyds bank, dates from the early 1900s.

The present brick and timber mill with tarred weatherboard cladding dates back to the 17th century.

Prior to 1582, documents referred to this village as 'Blechingley', meaning 'the ley (or clearing) of the Blaecci people', and its origins probably date back to the 7th or 8th century.

The buildings round the green date from the 18th to 19th centuries, with the exception of the 17th- century barn with a hipped and thatched roof to the right of the church.