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Along here could be found the imposing edifice of the York City & County Bank, the Yorkshire Penny Bank and the 18th-century Reindeer Hotel.

Along here could be found the imposing edifice of the York City & County Bank, the Yorkshire Penny Bank and the 18th-century Reindeer Hotel.

This is an excellent example of the seemingly inexorable tide of uniform London County Council housing which swept northwards to engulf this former hamlet of Elstree after the Second World War.

The sign to the left of the picture advertises 'Cycles for Hire' - why anyone would want to ride up the Burway I do not know - it is the steepest road in the county.

The Shire Hall was built in 1789-91 by John Johnson, the County Surveyor. It is Chelmsford's most imposing public building.

Ormesby was once an important market town whose inhabitants were privileged to be exempt from county service, and from contributing funds towards the maintenance of the Shire Knights.

The school, which is still in use today, is one of the oldest active schools in the county. Behind the school are some almshouses that were built during the same period.

Tram wires and tracks are evident in this view of the county town. With five important roads making this junction, it proved to be one of the most complicated tramway configurations in the world.

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, chosen in 1888 for reasons of communication.

The Romford County High School for Girls was opened in Heath Park Road in 1910. During the First World War the Army occupied the school's extensive grounds.

There was a time when Cannock had pretensions to being a spa town, as did many others; Robert Plot, in 'The Natural History of Staffordshire '(1686), records nineteen mineral springs in the county.

Today the Lassington mummers perform traditional plays from their Highnam base around the county; they revitalised the custom - the plays were last performed in Gloucester at the start of the 20th century

The large County Hotel was built in 1874 to cater for the increase in tourism after the railway had arrived.The hotel was recently refurbished and changed its name, but its Victorian elevations

Pre-war Green Belt laws enabled Essex County Council to block planning permission, and they acquired the site in 1937 and demolished the house in 1940.

The Capital and Counties Bank is still very much to the fore, while the premises of Mellor's jewellers shop are somewhat overshadowed next door.

Brynmawr was once the largest town in the rural county of Breconshire, but in 1974 it became part of industrial Gwent. The Red and White bus is probably a Bristol make.

Mayfield stands on the summit of a hill, and has one of the most picturesque long streets in the county.

The Gardens have two more claims to fame: they became the home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club, and much earlier, in September 1891, they had staged Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Its close proximity to the Dorset border makes it an ideal place to stay for anyone exploring both counties.

The first monastic house in the county was founded at Burton, endowed by the Saxon thegn, Wulfric Spot.

Something of its former village quality remains, and it is still bordered by open countryside - something that not many towns in this county can claim.

Council offices and a civic suite were built alongside it after Solihull became a county borough in 1964.

With 2,500 acres of heathland, ancient woodland and wetland, Sutton Park constitutes the finest countryside in the county.

However, many of the county's hamlets and smaller villages were heavily dependent upon visits from retailers operating mobile shops.