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According to the Archaeological and Historic Buildings Record of Hampshire County Council, some of these flints date from the Palaeolithic period (500,000 BC to 10,000 BC).

The River Lagan flows within a few miles of the huge Lough Neagh, which is bordered by four Ulster counties; a lot of work was done to make the river able to take barges, with a link to the lough.

Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex, holder of the castle at the time, was the founder of the church, one of the largest in the county.

Most of the Cotswolds, the UK's largest designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, rests within the county bound- ary.

In Great Oaks, a new fire station was officially opened in 1962 by Alderman G F Chaplin, CBE, JP, Chairman of Essex County Council; it took two years to build and cost about £62,000.

In 1897 the commissioners were landlords to a yard employing nearly 9,000 on the County Down side.

In 1890, a newly appointed County Council public health inspector reported on 'the rush of offensive liquid and solid matter from Rea's tannery', and 'liquid filth of Godalming's slaughterhouses'

Billericay UDC and Essex County Council made a unique petition to the government to be designated a New Town, and Basildon was born.

The bill - 'An Act for the Good Order and Government of the Makers of Knives, Sickles, Shears, Scissors and other Cutlery Wares, in Hallamshire, in the County of York, and the parts near adjoining

And fair enough - the road signs to Chelmsford do not shout 'Historic Cathedral City' - they say things like 'County town since 1250', or 'The birthplace of radio'.

It was not a good size for the church of a county town, and a complete rebuilding began in the first half of the 15th century.

They bought some of the land themselves and persuaded the County Council to buy more.

He was Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, and became the first Vice Chancellor of Queens University. Their regular visits were ended by the First World War.

During 2005 Lincolnshire Development, part of Lincolnshire County Council, prepared a bid for European funding under Objective 2 for the Boston Southern Enterprise Zone in the Marsh Lane area south

southern half south of the Solway, including Carlisle, would be regarded by the kings (and queens) of England as a permanent part of their kingdom, and was eventually divided into the new English counties

The reason for this was that the money would come from the metropolitan counties. Just before the enforcement of this Act, a connection was finally made to Chingford.

With a good eye and on a clear day all the surrounding counties are visible.

Marlon Brando stars in 'Mutiny on the Bounty' on the advertising board (left).

the shore of Restronguet Creek off the Carrick Roads, the old thatched inn was once owned by the captain of the 'Pandora', which sailed to the South Pacific to bring back the mutineers from HMS 'Bounty

Three children, who have possibly been out gathering some of the autumnal hedgerow harvest in this bountiful part of the country, stand at one side of the sunken lane.

Behind it stands the Market Hall, which was built in 1869, its façade embellished with reliefs depicting bountiful plenty.

Captain Bligh (of mutiny on the 'Bounty' fame) is buried in the churchyard.

There are dangerous currents for swimmers and boats, and there have been many shipwrecks here, which provided bounty for local inhabitants.

The portico has a central medallion with Queen Victoria's head, flanked by figures representing bounty and agriculture. In 1969-70 a floor was inserted and shops were created on the ground floor.