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Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park.

The shadowy side of the street rises from Chapel Cottage and Chideock Court (with the vintage car parked beside the railings) to Alice Cottage and what is now the Old Post Office.

Across the street next to Roper & Son is Taylor's drapery store in its pre-gilt sign days.

On the right is Freeman, Hardy & Willis Ltd with their 'boot warehouse' at 33 High Street. Between them and the Swan is Drury's - 'the shop for men'.

As early as 1876 the tramway company was seeking an alternative form of traction; it even considered using traction engines to tow the cars along the streets.

As early as 1876 the tramway company was seeking an alternative form of traction; it even considered using traction engines to tow the cars along the streets.

A view of Datchet High Street from The Green.

The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast with the scene today in this busy little village in the south-west Lakes.

This view of Castle Street was taken in the summer sunlight, with a couple of parked cars and a few pedestrians.

The church was located along Bear Street and had a quite brief lifespan.

Edward I made Helston an important regional stannary town, and its official Coinage Hall stood in this street until the early 1800s.

Here we see the lower end of the High Street with the 17th-century Clock House on the opposite side of the T junction, with its mullions, quoins and quaint weather-boarded bell turret.

We are looking down this attractive street to the St Thomas and Newport part of Launceston, where the old church tower is just visible.

There were, however, many unofficial operators,who 'infested the streets and annoyed the passenger'.

The slightly overlarge Italianate Town Hall, along with the French Renaissance bank building of 1891, dominate an otherwise well-ordered street scene.

Beyond Anchor Hill the high street passes the churchyard with its gatepiers and gates presented by Eliza Howard in 1901.

The White Hart Hotel and garage can be seen along the street.

Note the old bus stop sign on the right, and how quiet the street seems compared with today's heavy traffic.

The tall cluster of stacks to its right belongs to No 45, The Mansion House, a Georgian house set back from the street front, in which Sir Norman Angell was born, the winner of the 1933 Nobel Peace Prize

The remaining southern portion is today Upper Beeding, and its main street and houses lie along a causeway leading westwards towards Bramber.

A carved wooden Indian holding a cigar still stands silent guard above one of the shop fronts in this street; it was once used to symbolise to the illiterate that the shop was a tobacconist.

We are in Heathcote Road, looking down the High Street, with the grounds of the Staff College visible in the background.

London Road and the High Street were the main shopping areas in the early 1900s. The roads were still made of compressed dirt, and motor vehicles were uncommon.

A less widely used path is that below the castle walls on the right, which winds around from the main entrance to Mill Street.