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A quiet day in the Market Place when it reverts to its more usual function of bus station and car park.

The geometric criss-crossing roads, the older buildings and the park with its bandstand give the town a separate identity from other towns in the region.

The old war-time nissen hut, at one time such a familiar sight in the British countryside, has gone, replaced by a car park and children's playground, and the thatched cottages have been renovated

The Mooragh Park, Lake, and Golf Links were part of a major development begun in 1887 that also included Mooragh Promenade with its fine late-Victorian terraced properties.

This picture shows the No 2 Industrial Estate, with Gloucester Park to the right.

In recent times, the pier has housed a car park.

Here we see the bare central beach of a century ago, with no Embassy Centre, fairground car park, Marine Walk and Esplanade, shops, arcades or cafés.

Much to the satisfaction of shopkeepers, car parking, as shown here, is still allowed.

Plenty of stone-built houses and cottages stand in the shadow of Wytham Great Wood, and just to the south lies 700-acre Wytham Park.

Bradgate Park, only a stone's throw away, where Lady Jane Grey, the ill-fated nine-day queen, lived in the now ruined house, is a favourite beauty spot away from the city.

A variety of impressive cars have parked, possibly marking the advent of day trippers, which Ogilvie did not really want.

Parked here, outside the Crown, is that epitome of 1960s social history, the Mk I Cortina.

This picture shows the No 2 Industrial Estate, with Gloucester Park to the right.

A forge was located next to the present Hart until 1958, when it made way for Swans Green Close and the pub's car-park.

Where the ships are tied up there is now an extended car park.

A charming village scene that has scarcely changed at all in over 30 years.The old war-time nissen hut, at one time such a familiar sight in the British countryside, has gone, replaced by a car park

No doubt the veteran motor-cycle parked on its stand outside would certainly fetch a considerable sum these days, if offered for sale.

The David Smith factory (corrugated packaging) in the distance has now moved to Newmarket, and the old malthouse with the rounded roof (centre) is now an office building with a car park alongside.

The car is parked outside the Tudor Snack Bar (ahead, left of centre).

This picture was taken in early June 1897 as preparations were made for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession to pass up the park-side road from Piccadilly.

Boar Lane bissects Briggate and runs along the southern edge of the commercial heart of the city between Kirkgate and Park Row.

Swans have long been a feature of the park, including appearances, as here in the Thirties and also after the Second World War, of a black swan.

A parked motor bike and sidecar is the only traffic.

In this picture the 15th- century spire of St Nicholas's church overlooks the park, which incorporates the tree-lined drive to the former vicarage, demolished in 1970.