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During the reign of Henry V (1413-22), several pools were constructed, probably for the Earl of Warwick, in what was later to become Sutton Park.

This is one of the classic views of the Lake District; it is now used by the modern National Park Authority as its logo.

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

To the front of the view is the lifeboat house and boat park.

This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park.

This monastic cell of St Mary’s Abbey in York, of which the chancel remains, is now in a municipal park and is surrounded by a bowling green and fenced football pitch.

This photograph was taken from St James's Park, and shows the Foreign Office building when it still also housed both the Commonwealth Office and the Home Office.

Excavation work was further hindered by floods arising from hillside springs on land east of the park.

This photograph shows Lordens Hill on a somewhat gloomy day.There are few cars parked along the street, but in those days private car ownership amid working families was still something of a novelty.The

Samuel Turner spent £2,300 on laying out and planting the grounds of Mount Falinge as a public park, which opened on 5 August 1905 amid great celebrations.

The site now houses a business park and a retail centre, but Brooklands Museum tells the story of its historic past.

Even in 1931, things appeared to be geared heavily towards tourists and trippers: hotels, inns, cafes, ice cream, Parkes fish and chip saloon, and perhaps a visit to the Chocolate Box for a gift.

The Bank Café lies on the right, and it is clearly a warm summer day in view of the number of parked cars at the bottom of the hill.

Note the pram parked by the spring.

Only a century and a half ago Hyde Park was bordered by mire and wilderness.

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda

The twin rowing boat in the distance is patently a pleasure trip, whereas the uniformed lone gentleman seems to be a park warden, albeit water-bourne.

On the left, two locals discuss the forthcoming Exhibition Club of Cark-in-Cartmel, which include sports in Holker Park, £25 in prizes and a dance.

The town lies just inside the Dartmoor National Park alongside the main Exeter to Plymouth road.

The view is still recognizable nearly a century later, although the houses on the left became a car park after a slum clearance programme in the early 1960s.

The view from this side of the river includes the industrial gasworks, but further down river past the weir is the rather more pleasant Myrtle Park, which opened to the public in 1908.

Evans gave way to Boots, and Cousins ceased trading some years ago, after relocating to Park Street.

The curtain wall, shown in this photograph, is all that remains of Strickland's castle, which is now a public park.

The old deer park at Chatsworth contains some of the oldest oak trees still living in Britain.