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Beneath a clump of trees near Aylesford, Kent, is a confused group of sarsen stones, some twenty in number, which probably formed a Neolithic burial chamber 5,000 years ago.

The most numerous of the Z-plan designs, the Z3 castles had two square jambs echeloned at opposing angles from the main tower. The square shape allowed for better utilization of space.

Arts and Crafts-style buildings, and the churches of St Michael and All Angels and the Sacred Heart and St Mary Immaculate set the pace and quality at this new Mill Hill, away from the old centre but close

A view of Fore Hill, an attractive street which continues from the High Street, descending to the River Ouse.

The distance between the building lines on Lord Street is 88 yards, which makes it much wider than either Union Street, Aberdeen, or the Headrow, Leeds.

IN SPITE of the depression, the town's population grew to 36,404 in 1901, and the town grew richer.

When John Baliol was crowned King of Scotland in 1292, his English estates, including Barnard Castle, were declared forfeit to the English Crown.

Moving further downstream towards Marlow, we reach Bisham on the Berkshire side, seen here from the towpath just beyond Marlow's Higginson Park.

Along the Marlow Road at the west end of Kidwell's Park is the former Technical School, dated 1895.

Holyport, two miles south of Maidenhead was originally 'Horipod' or dirty market town.

The Church and War Memorial c1955 Dedicated to St Peter & St Paul, the church here is first mentioned in 1310, though there was almost certainly a place of worship on the site in late Saxon times

Five miles east of Sleaford, Heckington is a village widely known for its superb 14th-century Decorated Gothic parish church with its 185 foot high spire, rich carvings and sinuous window tracery.

Little has changed in this view of the brook running through the estate village. On the left, the old bakery is now augmented by a tea room.

The village has rows of sandstone cottages and a number of farms. It was self-sufficient in the 19th century.

At the bottom of Maidstone High Street both the Queen's Head public house, on the left, and the Rose and Crown Hotel across the road have gone; the trolleybuses also went in 1966.

The family, however, were forced to leave their home after suffering financially as a result of the First World War.

Caddell's Printing Office at number 1, King Street, just visible on the extreme left and next door to the Jackson Brothers' drapery store, was founded by John Samuel Caddell, a stationer, bookbinder,

We are looking south-eastwards from the Yetminster road towards the mediaeval Hamstone cross in a triangle of cobbles (centre), with roads at the junction signed to Sherborne (left) and Chetnole (right

Between West Deyne and School House on High Street West, this was once an academy for young ladies run by Miss Jemima Adams.

The posts have now gone, but there is still a bench; and the copper beech tree, just visible on the left, is now a fine, mature specimen that shades much of the Green.

One of the best-recognised beauty spots in Rickmansworth, the Splash (the town ditch), which is being crossed by the Austin A40, had originally been part of the drive to Bury Manor House, whose gates can

Godsmark's (second from left) have been in business and in the same shop for over 80 years, but most of the other businesses have changed. W M Kirk (left) is now Ambridge's Fish and Chip Restaurant.

On the left are the offices of the Herts and Essex Observer, where Harry Murdon printed the newspaper for 73 years until 1961. On the right are the arches of the council offices.

Car No 118 of the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co heads for St Augustine's Bridge.