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Much more pedestrian in style is St Luke's, at the junction of St Luke's Road and Norfolk Road to the north of the town centre, built to serve the new suburb beyond what became Kidwell's Park.

Hairgrip fencing, that universal symbol of municipal parks, adds a slightly discordant, keep-off-the-grass note to the scene.

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 to the parish church and the entrance to Bradgate Park

The village shop (right) was run by Pamela and Peter Mills, and his green Standard van is parked outside. Cross Farm is on the opposite corner (left), and the school is straight ahead.

The development of Castle Bromwich really got under way in the 1930s with the Hodgehill Common housing estate.After the second world war, in which Castle Bromwich played a major part with its Spitfire

Described as 'Robin Hood's village', Edwinstowe lies south of the Sherwood Forest Country Park.

Half a century after photograph M116301, the Market place is much tidier, with kerbs, grass and flower beds, and it has parked cars in the centre.

A popular attraction during the 1950s were the annual lights along the front and in Roker Park.

Bruce Castle Park can be seen just beyond the trees. This is an interesting shot, taken at that moment when the area was being transformed from the semi-rural into a full-blown Edwardian suburb.

Pleasington Priory, a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Mary and John the Baptist and built in 1819, is set on a hill on Pleasington Lane, close to the River Dunsop and Witton Park, Blackburn.

Tin Ghaut was demolished in 1959 to make way for a car park.

The Pepperpot, on the right, is made of beams and tiles from Wonersh Park mansion. Struck by passing vehicles on a number of occasions, it now stands on a solid plinth to protect it.

The Swan Hotel can be seen in the distance and the shop, outside which is a parked car, is now a private house, once owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The town is considered the gateway to the moors and forests of the Northumberland National Park, and the Pennine Way also passes through the town.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

To the right are the trees of Thompson Park — it was fortunately among them that Burnley's only Second World War bomb fell.

The Palm Court was well named, and the Parks Department were rightly proud of their showpiece.

The council paid £139,000 for the park in 1872, it being one of a number of acquisitions by the authority over the previous 20 years.

Almost all these fields, except those with the car-park and caravans, are now owned by the National Trust.

Since then it has become a full blooded tourist attraction, set in its 500 acre park. This view shows the Courtyard and the main entrance to the Castle.

This is another viewpoint on the Edge, from which it is usually possible to see the Cage in Lyme Park.

It opened in 1884, and Dormans Park was laid out with houses in treed plots - the roads are still gravelled.

Upstream, this more rural view was taken by Frith's photographer from opposite Abbey Meadows (now a park), looking east to Abingdon Lock on the far right and the Thames weir between it and

The car park is still on the left, and the gallows sign is still over the road. Between the sign and St Mary's Church is the Town Bridge over the river Welland.