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However, one concession was that being in a village you deserved a big garden at the back.

iron-making families brought much wealth to the parish.The church of St Margaret, with a shingled broach spire, stands above the houses.The neat topiary hedge-work seen on the left is in the garden

The Victoria Gardens, seen here soon after they were opened by Lord Derby in 1913, were built on the site of the infamous 'Ham and Egg Parade', which had gained a scandalous reputation for rowdiness, vulgarity

The small building in the garden was originally a boathouse.

The garden is being mown at the 15th- century Hall House (right), which has been restored and all its timber exposed.

In the background is the Moot Hall of c1540; in front is the war memorial, now surrounded by a garden.

By the time of this photograph, the old wharves along the river had been cleared away to create Victoria Embankment Garden, a more fitting context for the Mother of Parliaments, which was rebuilt in Gothic

By the time of this photograph, the old wharves along the river had been cleared away to create Victoria Embankment Garden, a more fitting context for the Mother of Parliaments, which was rebuilt in Gothic

The roads leading to the Pump Room were often chained off to allow drinkers the opportunity of enjoying a leisurely constitutional in and around the Crescent and Valley Gardens.

That Worthing has a milder climate than its neighbours is shown by the large quantities of fruit and vegetables which it sends to Covent Garden.

Presented with a fine bronze circular fountain adorned with four winged lions and set centrally within the square, it is surprising that the garden's designer could resist the temptation to continue

We have now moved upstream west of the bridge, with a view taken from St Mary's Embankment in St Mary's Gardens.

Draped on the garden hedge of the adjoining two-storey brick house is an item of laundry laid out to dry amid the surrounding hollyhocks.

On the left is the Literary and Scientific Institute (1888- 1937), next to which are three old cottages called Rock Gardens.

The vicarage in its spacious garden was built at about the same time as St Hilda's church, which was consecrated in 1927. Its peal of eight bells is well-known to campanologists.

The ladies beneath the umbrella are heading south-west towards Langmoor Gardens, Cobb Cliff and Wings, in Cobb hamlet (far left).

This view looks from the garden of the Old School House, built in about 1850, and once the village school, of course.

The picturesque village we see today with its carefully-tended gardens is the result of his quest for peace. Each cottage comprises two dwellings, with a central door and a tiny hall.

This view was taken north-eastwards along Marine Parade, below Langmoor Gardens (left), to the Bay Hotel, 1830-built Madeira Cottages and Cobb Gate Jetty (centre).

Pevsner describes the house thus: 'At once a fine sight … Early Georgian towards the bridge with a Palladian garden alcove to its right (with) four Tuscan columns carrying a pediment'.

of the Chamberlain family, who had an impact on both the development of Birmingham and the history of Britain; the headquarters of Warwickshire County Cricket Club; and the site of the Botanical Gardens

The gardens at Spring Head gained a reputation for watercress growing.

A promenade walk had been established along the street in the 1880s, when some of the gardens were removed.

Bricks from the house, demolished in 1974, now form a wall around a commemorative garden.