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At Parkmill we can see the earth bank or pale, with its wall and inside ditch, which marks the boundary of the deer park known as Park le Breos.

The tall chimney rises from Park Mill, whose mules still operated in the early 1980s.

Kipling's literary work 'Puck of Pook's Hill' (1906) is set in the area.

This view looks north from above the Memorial Park, with the huge Facit New Mill on the right.

This is an excellent view of Botley Mills, which produced cattle fodder and seed for farmers.

In the 19th century this area of the town was prone to flooding, and the mill dam was blamed.

In the 19th century this area of the town was prone to flooding, and the mill dam was blamed.

Here we see the old corn mill deep in the valley at Crumplehorn in working order, with its overshot waterwheel fed by the trough of a launder.

This ancient mill was working up to the 1930s, when it was bought by the National Trust and run as a youth hostel.

The village of Quernmore is three miles south-east of Lancaster.

It was the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in south Yorkshire.

Golden Cap rises at the centre, with tree-coverd Langdon Hill (top right) to landward.

Formerly one of the few eight-sailed windmills in the country, the tower is all that remains of the complex of granaries, bakery and mill house.

Turning north into the upper Exe valley, we enter the Exmoor National Park at Dulverton, on the Exford Road in the tributary valley of the River Barle.

Congleton lies in the valley of the River Dane - we have already caught a glimpse of the river in the park.

His model village provided all the essential living amenities, and for recreation he provided a spacious park on the opposite side of the river and canal.

His model village provided all the essential living amenities, and for recreation he provided a spacious park on the opposite side of the river and canal.

This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond.We can make out quite a few of the mill chimneys, but not the most famous of them all, the square 300ft India Mill

In this view the mill had only a couple of years left as a corn mill; the buildings on the right were cleared away in the 1960s, along with the carpet factory (originally a Victorian hemp and twine

Adjoining Clarence Park is the slightly smaller (14- acre) park surrounding Holmefield House.

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.

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

Beyond the boating pool and outside the park was Middle Mill, demolished in the careless 1950s.

The 5th Company of the London Brigade was based in Gadebridge Park, with its headquarters in the Town Hall.