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Right in the far north-eastern corner of the county, Disley straddles the busy A6.

Like the St Anne's hotel, the County Hotel near Lytham's railway station had golf rooms HQ.

It housed the county and assize courts and the meetings of the magistrates, and from 1972 until 1991, the Crown Court. It is now occupied by the Art Gallery and the Library.

They are the seaward end of a ridge extending across the whole county.

By the early 18th century, enclosed Cloth Halls in other parts of the county were stealing business from Leeds.

By the early 18th century, enclosed Cloth Halls in other parts of the county were stealing business from Leeds.

The south side of the square is dominated by the Georgian County Hall, whcihwas designed by Thomas Harris.

The Lickeys attract 500,000 visitors a year, some of whom climb Beacon Hill (975ft) to enjoy a view said to encompass 10 counties.

This section takes a tour from east of Stamford into the fenland of Lincolnshire, mostly in the former administrative county of Holland, very much the flat country.

Situated in one of the most picturesque valleys in this part of the county, and spelled as Cidihoc in the Domesday Book, this peaceful view of the village street lined with well-built cob and

Built in 1813 by Oxley of Alford, it is a five-sailer owned by the County Council and often open to the public.

The Bellgate Lodge with its leaded windows, battlements and ornamented chimney was demolished in 1938, around the time of the opening of the Nonsuch County School, when this gateway became the rear entrance

Through this area runs the River Stort, which also forms one of the boundary lines for the county.

With the east and west wings added in 1891 and 1903, the building housed a post office, the county court and the headquarters of various societies, with the market in fields behind.

It is a stone town, with one of the finest 15th-century churches in the county, largely built from the wool wealth of the town.

By the early 1920s Bishop Auckland was one of only a handful of 18-hole courses in County Durham; many, such as Barnard Castle, Felling, Ravensworth, Fence Houses (Lambton Collieries), and Durham City

The building also housed the offices of the London and County Bank. The porch on the immediate right is the entrance to the Urban District Council offices.

Eastern Counties ran the bus services from 1913 when they took over the trams; here, they are supplying transport home for loaded shoppers without access to a car.

The first is possibly medieval; the second was built in 1753, but improved in 1814; and the last was built by the County Council in 1901.

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.