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Christchurch Park was laid out as a road in 1888, converting a track through fields into a prosperous residential area.

The Victorian commercial heart of this cul-de-sac village, strung out along the back lane into Melbury Park, was represented by the Melbury Osmond shop.

The creator of the Queens Park concept was Maurice Williams, in his role as General Superintendent of Parks in Swindon.

This park was the third in Belfast. It opened in 1885, with ten more acres being added later.

The greengrocer's shop is still trading, although under another name, but the most surprising aspect to modern eyes will be the evident lack of parking restrictions as evidenced by the line of parked

You can also see the National Benzole filling station in the hotel car park. The first garage in Weedon was opposite the Globe Hotel in the Wheatsheaf car park.

At the divide, under the clock tower, the left-hand fork heads for Pinner village, while the right-hand one will cut through the mediaeval deer park at Pinner Park to Hatch End.

Kiveton Park was once an estate belonging to Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and later First Duke of Leeds; the house, designed by William Talman, has long since been demolished.

The village is the gateway to Bradgate Park, a very large medieval deer park, which was donated to the people of Leicester for recreation in 1928.

The park would not officially belong to the people until September 1947.

Cars and buses are no longer allowed to park among the weird and wonderful gritstone formations of Brimham Rocks, near Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, as they were when this photograph was taken.

To the north of Pitminster is Poundisford Park, once a hunting ground for the Bishops of Winchester.

Notice the sign for the car park for the Bell Hotel (left) - the car park sits on what was once advertised as 'the finest and best kept bowling green in the Midlands'.

HRH Princess Marie Louise opened the park in April 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V - the plaque stating this information is on the side of the cafeteria.

Crowghyll Park was opened to the residents on 31 May 1890 following a civic ceremony led by Mrs Titus Salt.

This park was the first open space secured for public recreation in Belfast.

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

It is nostalgic to see the cars parked in the street - the Morris Minor and mini- vans for example - and no yellow lines and no parking meters. Those were halcyon days.

The park is the home of Abergavenny Rugby Football Club, and their grandstand can be seen in the middle distance.

This view, looking along the Roath Brook, does not give much idea of the park's scale. But at a total of 102 acres, the park was a pretty immense area for a day out.

The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with

Vale Park was created in 1898 from the grounds of two previous estates, Liscard Vale Hall and The Woodlands.

In direct contrast to the Pavilion by James Tate in Abbey Park, here is a brick and render symmetrical watered-down vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the Council of the early 1960s in

The town of Bishop Auckland grew around the castle and the extensive bishops' deer park with its 18th-century deer house.