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The main village was moved west and south of the Tilling Bourne and out of the park in the early 19th century, but the best buildings date from the 1850s.

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

Once a cornfield, this open space on the east side of the Sutton bypass was bequeathed in perpetuity to the people of the borough by Mr and Mrs John Sears, who had lived in nearby Quarry Park Rise.

Today, Kippax tends to be a commuter town to Leeds, but three centuries ago it was home to the beautiful Kippax Hall and Park.

Over the years, the Parks Department has been responsible for many fine floral displays commemorating special events.

This young man looks out from between these famous rocks towards the magnificent estate of Denton Park.

A natural stream passes through the park, and this was made into a very pleasant feature.

This building is now the Park Hotel. In front is one of the many bicycles and tricycles that flooded the town.

Amongst the greatest changes has been the redevelopment of the top end of Park Street and the Crown Wharf Retail Park.

An evocative view of the town, showing remarkably little traffic or parked cars.

This picturesque park was presented to the townspeople by William Mathieson of Wilson and Mathieson of Armley.

This picturesque park was presented to the townspeople by William Mathieson of Wilson and Mathieson of Armley.

Wednesbury grew rapidly between 1851 and 1861 with the opening of firms like the Old Park Works and Lloyds, Foster & Co.

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

In 1955, the agitated ghost of Penn Assheton Curzon probably hovered over the site of Gopsal Park, the splendid house he inherited in 1773, unforgivably demolished in 1951.

The site chosen for the swimming pool was a natural suntrap on the western side of Monkton Park.

In the mid 1950s car owners could park outside the shops and cyclists could leave their bicycles outside the library.

The ornamental lake in Lower Castle Park. The profusion of lily pads suggests that its role as a boating lake has not yet been realised.

Extending to Charlton and beyond, the Park was owned by the Delmé-Radcliffe family for 400 years.

since photograph 72307 (page 38-39) have left the Callis unchanged, but the area on the right of the photograph, which included the remains of the castle mound, has been levelled and developed into a car park

By the time of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, when this picture was taken, fashionable Allington Park had been established cheek by jowl with artisan terraces.

An open-topped bus trundles along the Ewell Road towards the crossroads of the village, passing the petrol pump of the small garage near the entrance to Park Lane, and with the trees on the edge of Nonsuch

Out of view to the left is Master Park, a public park established by Charles Master in 1923.

The Duke of Clarence opened the Technical and Art College on the site of the old Thornes House in 1891, and this adjacent park (29 acres), once grazing land, was opened to the public on 6 July