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It is possible that this lake, along with the one in Cranbury Park and the site of Merdon School, were once monks' fish ponds.

The parking arrangements would appear interesting today.

Oulton Park was once the setting for a beautiful house, built in 1716.

This view looks north from above the Memorial Park, with the huge Facit New Mill on the right. Built of Accrington brick, it replaced a mill demolished in 1904.

They were formerly at Cole Park, which had connections with the abbots of Malmesbury. They were purchased and presented to the abbey by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire in 1914.

The island is now laid out as a private park, and much better managed that in the period when this view was taken.

Very rarely are they to be found in use, but nevertheless they seem to generate vivid images of Victorian England at peace with itself, nannies with prams exercising in the park, and lovers sitting

Eventually the Earl of Dudley gave the priory ruins to the people of Dudley, and the council laid out the grounds to form a public park, where people can still sit in contemplation, much as their

The horse chestnut was grown from a chestnut from Verdun, collected by Mrs Lomax of Grove Park.

The photograph was taken at the war memorial on the edge of the park. The shop on the left is now a house, and the Co-op to its right no longer trades either.

Situated in the Aldershot Park estate (bought by the council in 1920 for £21,000), it was originally a lake; it was drained, and dressing rooms and lawns were added, costing £20,000.

There is little to distinguish this scene from one at the turn of the century, except for the installation of the tall lamp standards, the pedestrian crossing and the parking restriction signs.

There is now a fountain by the library entrance, and opposite there are parks. Southampton did not become a city until 1964, after a royal charter was granted.

This charming study shows the lower part of the High Street on a breezy summer's day.

As part of providing civic local facilities, the council erected a large open- air swimming pool in the town centre in the 1930s on the site of Richmond House, between King Street and the river

Handcross Park house is now a school. The buildings in the photograph are little changed today. The village was by-passed in 1959.

Following the move of the gaol and assizes to Bodmin in 1842, the grounds were landscaped and turned into a pleasure park by the Duke of Northumberland.

Through the famous Cow and Calf Rocks high up on Ilkley Moor, we can see the estate of Denton Park, once the home of the Fairfax family.

Built in St Mary`s churchyard in the late 17th century with an endowment from Thomas Deane de Parke, this building educated the village boys until early last century.

The New Inn is a welcome haven in the centre of the small village, with its own car park at the side allowing calling motorists to leave the narrow street.

Its 18th-century picturesque naturalistic park, designed by Bridgeman, Kent and Capability Brown, is dotted with Georgian temples, columns and garden buildings.

Until the 1960s, Charlton Kings railway station stood half a mile up the hill from this spot - its site is now an industrial park.

The Commer van, 'Say it with Flowers' (left), is rather close to the zebra crossing and has been parked there for some time - it appears in the same position in the photograph of Barclay's Bank!

The site is now merely a car park for the somewhat less distinguished Regis Centre. Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye