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It was the home of the Chamberlain family, who had an impact on both the development of Birmingham and the history of Britain; the headquarters of Warwickshire County Cricket Club; and the site of

chapel is one of a series of very similar Dissenter chapels built in North East Cheshire soon after the 1688 Toleration Act, testimony to the strong Nonconformist tradition that had developed in the county

Separated from the old town of Warrington by the Mersey and also (since the 1890s) by the Manchester Ship Canal, with Thelwall we are now back in that part of the county that was always Cheshire.

The Broads have been called the pleasure grounds of Norfolk; they are the remains of a huge estuary that once spread over much of the eastern part of the county.

In 1890 they joined forces with the Capital and Counties Bank.

The Twyn itself was threatened by Glamorgan County Council's plans for road widening – a project that would have resulted in the loss of a large section of the square.

remains from the early 14th-century; the remainder was rebuilt using some original materials by Henry Stevens of Derby in 1848, who also restored a number of churches on the west side of the county

The County Lunatic Asylum was built at Stone, three miles west of Aylesbury, in the early 1850s by the architects Thomas Wyatt and David Brandon.

In this view, looking downhill towards County Hall, there is a sheep market under way.

PLB Architects of Winchester extended East Street School in 2000 for Hampshire County Council, creating a pleasant polychromatic construction popularised by William Butterfield in the 1850s.

remains from the early 14th-century; the remainder was rebuilt using some original materials by Henry Stevens of Derby in 1848, who also restored a number of churches on the west side of the county

Much has changed in this area of Hampshire, but little Eling, at the head of Southampton Water, is one tiny corner of the county that seems delightfully timeless.

The largest producer in the county was Croxden Abbey with at least 7,000 sheep. Burton Abbey had around 6,000 and Dieulacres Abbey about 5,000.

Of Seaham, Byron wrote: 'Upon this dreary coast we have nothing but county meetings and shipwrecks; and I have this day dined upon fish, which probably dined upon the crews of several colliers lost in

Castle Street is 'the finest Georgian street in Cornwall', according to Sir John Betjeman, who knew a thing or two about the county.

Apart from an attempt by Edmund Ironside to restore the royal writ, the three counties enjoyed their autonomous status until the eve of the Norman Conquest.

There was a public outcry, however, and the County Council bought the land as Open Space in 1932. Westley, or West Lee, was once a parish in its own right (Lee Chapel being 'East Lee').

Advertisements for Carter's Seeds give a clue to the shop on the immediate left, it was the Southern Counties Agricultural Trading Society (SCATS).

Chelmsford has been the county town of Essex since at least the 13th century. Here we see the busy High Street in the days long before it was pedestrianised.

But it may be that the final element of the name comes from the Norse word 'akr', indicating Viking settlement here – the Vikings certainly inhabited the county around Chester, but we will never know

It was the home of the Chamberlain family, who had an impact on both the development of Birmingham and the history of Britain; the headquarters of Warwickshire County Cricket Club; and the site of

At the centre of the junction is the fine war memorial cenotaph designed by Gilbert Ledward in October 1921 and unveiled by Lord Treowen, Lord Lieutenant of the county.

As we look at this view from Birdlip across the Vale to the Malverns, the Severn Estuary and the Brecon beacons beyond, it is easy to understand how the county's landscape influenced the writer.

It is perhaps understandable that Monmouthshire is so well known for its castles, monastic buildings and churches, but there is another side to the county -its industrial heritage.