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Two traditional occupations - straw plaiting and watercress cultivation - provided an income for the inhabitants. Stagenhoe Park to the north-east of the villages was the home of Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Langford was entirely agricultural until the arrival of a water-pumping and treatment plant in the 1920s. It employed around 50 local men.

A new tree had been planted next to it in 1863, to commemorate the Prince of Wales's wedding.

There are two old yew trees here, and in 2000, to mark the Millennium, numerous cuttings were taken and planted throughout the village.

The famous avenue of beech trees, planted in 1835, extends over two miles of undulating countryside to form an imposing approach to the northern entrance to Kingston Lacy Park.

Built on the site of the Old Rectory, the Basildon tractor plant was finally completed on 20 February 1964. It covered 60 acres of the 100-acre site, and had 1,360,000 square feet of buildings.

The hotel grounds are impressive too, with woodland and the large mill pond which the Websters created to increase the power supply of Plants Brook.

The plane tree with the shelter around it in the centre of the photograph was planted in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII. The pond no longer exists.

View 49180 looks west from the junction with Langley Park Road along Christchurch Park, with the well-known copper beech trees newly planted in the verges.

The terraces and buildings in front of the Royal Pier Hotel have been demolished, and rockeries and shrubs planted. There is also a new extension on to the Claremont Hotel.

He assembled a vast collection of rock plants from all over the world.At the time of the picture, the Five Ashes public house was offering customers ales from Tamplins, Brighton Brewery.

One of the benches records that 18 lime trees were planted in memory of the men who died in the First World War. The former forge has become Gallery Cottage, now with a raised central gable.

There were bleaching works, flax mills, leather factories and chemical plants. Leeds also became the leading centre for the manufacture of ready-to-wear clothes.

The Hall is surrounded by beautiful gardens with a maze and many rare and exotic plants, specially imported.

The Hall was the home of the Holland family, who filled the grounds with many of the fine trees, shrubs and plants that were collected during their extensive world travels.

It shows newly-planted bushes and trees, which can be seen in a more mature state in view 85084.

Cokeler women wore black straw bonnets over their plaited buns.

This cheerful scene shows the old town, little of which still stands, with awnings and pot plants and an intriguing advertisement for Tit-Bits.

Today, no other city in England has such a large area of public common, and within its boundaries more than 350 species of flowering plants and over 100 species of birds have been identified.

Today, no other city in England has such a large area of public common, and within its boundaries more than 350 species of flowering plants and over 100 species of birds have been identified.

This square, newly raised and planted with trees, was financed by the sale of part of the common to the Barry Docks & Railway Company – the shortfall was met by General Lee.

The opening of the steelworks was followed by the building of a chemical plant at Baglan Bay by British Petroleum.

The Winter Garden for the patients contained tropical plants and trees.

Pavements have been re- laid, and parking bays have enabled tree planting designed to soften the streetscape. The chemist moved from No 49 High Street to the shop on the left in 1967.