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Leafy Hyde Road, otherwise known as Walditch Road, cuts south-eastwards through the parkland of The Hyde. This sylvan setting is only half a mile from the bustle of East Street.

The 'hide' or 'hyde' probably derives either from Hyde Abbey or perhaps from 'hide' - a measure of land.

Hyde Hall was probably given to Geoffrey de Mandeville after the Norman Conquest. It passed down through the Jocelyn family, whose monuments can be seen in the church of St Mary the Great.

The pines of Hyde Plantation are on the hill behind and Hyde Hill rises eastwards (right).

Looking north-east, from Hyde Hill, we can see Hyde in the foreground (left) and Berry Farm and Walditch hamlet in the middle distance (centre).

Looking north-east, from Hyde Hill, we can see Hyde in the foreground (left) and Berry Farm and Walditch hamlet in the middle distance (centre).

The owner and lord of the manor in 1893 was the Rev Sir William Hyde. The house now belongs to the National Trust, although the Hyde-Parker family continue to live there.

Robert Louis Stevenson thought that life in Bournemouth was 'as monotonous as a weevil's in a biscuit', and spent much of his time here writing 'Kidnapped' and 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'.

Marble Arch, in the corner of the picture, was placed in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in 1851. It had been built in 1827, when it stood outside Buckingham Palace.

Before William's invasion this land was held by Earl Tostig, but four hydes of land from the original ten were seized for the creation of the Norman hunting forest.

The children's writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter spent many happy holidays here with her cousin, Lady Hyde Parker.

Domesday Book describes Fawley as Falalie or Falegia and says that Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester, held as abbey lands 'one hyde and three yardlands'.

This imposing statue of the Duke of Wellington seated on his horse, Copenhagen, has been situated on Round Hill since 1885, when it was brought from Hyde Park Corner in London where it had dwarfed the

The Iron Duke, depicted here in bronze, originally stood at Hyde Park Corner in London before being dismantled piece by piece and transported to Aldershot by horses.

Here, winter riders are seen on the ride which extends from Rotten Row in Hyde Park.

Take away the trees, update the shop frontages and turn the road into a dual carriageway, and you see Mutley as it is today, except that the Hyde Park Hotel (from where this view was taken) is now on

Soon it had expanded east to meet the sea: marshy land behind the beach had been reclaimed, and the wealthy barrister Hyde Dendy had opened this pier in 1879.

Church Cottages, or Hyde Park Corner Cottages, are five almshouses run by the George Savage Trust. In 1971 they were severely damaged by fire, and were rebuilt and reopened in 1972.

Hyde Park has been called London’s park ‘par excellence’. Rotten Row, a corruption of route du roi, was a ride set aside for equestrians and fashionable promenaders.

Park Lane, running from the western ends of Oxford Street and Piccadilly, was a narrow road down the side of Hyde Park.

Crowds and some cars gather by the eastern end of Rotten Row in Hyde Park.

Only a century and a half ago Hyde Park was bordered by mire and wilderness. Londoners tended market gardens close by which are now smothered by the buildings of Kensington.

The manor was granted to New Minster, later Hyde Abbey, at Winchester in 901, and the village subsequently became known as Abbotts Ann.

Only a century and a half ago Hyde Park was bordered by mire and wilderness. Londoners tended market gardens close by which are now smothered by the buildings of Kensington.