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The barn on the left of the photograph has since been removed, and this area beside the river is now a car park for visitors to the nearby castle.

At this time traffic was still allowed in one direction up Regent Street, with parking varying from one side to the other depending on the day of the week.

The baths were situated just to the north of the Boat House, where Gayton Sands Nature Reserve car park now stands. The Boat House is now an inn and restaurant.

She still managed to upset strait-laced locals by her antics at her house, Barrells Park, which lies in ruins after a fire in 1933 and is said to be haunted by her ghost.

Stewart Park was originally the grounds of Marton Hall, the magnificent residence of Henry Bolckow which he built in the 1850s, and filled with valuable works of art.

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

The black wooden shed beyond has been demolished to make way for a car park.

The Lookout at the summit of Box Hill is due to the generosity of Mr Leopold Salomons of Norbury Park.

The Swan pub on the right, built in the 1880s, now has a car park replacing the outbuilding by the sign.

There is a good range of timber-framed houses on both sides, and in the distance are the walled grounds, more of a small park, of Mill House on the Appleford Road.

The car and charabanc parked on the opposite bank show that Acle was an attraction for trippers between the wars.

The lower buildings in front of the Metropole flank Regency Square which was laid out in 1818 and is now host to an underground car park. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

Behind the houses was Raby Park, an imposing housing development stimulated by the arrival of the railway.

At the top of the glen a pioneer amusement park was established from 1887 when the switchback railway from the Saltaire Exhibition was moved up the hill.

This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond.

Here we see two horse-drawn narrow boats, the 'Linnet' and the 'Evelyn', belonging to George Garside, at the attractively sited lock in Cassiobury Park, Watford.

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

This is in essence the same building today; it is now painted white and green, with bigger windows and no veranda, surrounded by the car park.

The white Unicorn public house shows in the distance with a tractor and trailer parked outside.

The wall and trees on the right went for an access road to a public car park and library in the 1960s.

Sad to say, the wonderful trees on the older picture have gone, replaced with new shops and a parking bay for the ever-growing army of motorists using their cars to pop to the shops.

The arrival of modern motor-traffic over subsequent decades means this generous space is now more often used as a crowded car park, and on the Spring Bank Holiday as the setting for an annual Pilgrims

It was renovated in 1982-83 when the gents' loos were removed from the car park. The roof of the former vicarage can be seen between the pub and the bus shelter of c1953.