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The chapel houses a memorial to one of its more famous alumni, John Addenbrooke, whose bequest founded the county hospital.

The chapel houses a memorial to one of its more famous alumni, John Addenbrooke, whose bequest founded the county hospital.

A local labourer and his dog obligingly pose for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

Like so many little Kent villages, with its cottages and houses clustered around a small green, Saltwood epitomises the rural atmosphere of the county at the turn of the last century.

A motorcyclist loads his sidecar outside the County Hotel, renamed from the London Hotel.

A walk down High West Street from Thomas Hardy's statue will bring the visitor to the County Museum, where the novelist's study has been faithfully recreated, complete with the pens used to write each

The New County Hotel, with RAC and AA signs outside, is prominent in this photograph. This used to be called the Ram Hotel. Again Raikes' house, 38 Southgate Street, stands out.

In this picture, the impressive County Hotel and Barclays Bank (built originally as a wine and spirit warehouse) can be seen on the corner, with the clock tower and the old Infirmary beyond.

At this time, views such as these could be replicated a hundred times throughout the county of Devon. Thatch, unsurfaced road and total absence of traffic was the norm.

The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.

Market Drayton's weekly market (every Wednesday) is still famous in Shropshire, drawing people from all over the county. I

Inside the downstream parapet, an 1827 plaque threatens transportation for life to 'anyone wilfully injuring this county bridge'.

The Salutation Hotel pictured centre left is now the County Hotel. Some of the trees, newly-planted in this picture, still survive today.

This view of Raikes' house also shows the New County hotel and grill room. Note the man outside the hotel in trench-coat and hat - a typical fifties outfit.

Though probably the least spoilt of all the English county towns, little survives of pre-1694 Warwick. In that year much of the town centre was destroyed by fire.

In this picture, the impressive County Hotel and Barclays Bank (built originally as a wine and spirit warehouse) can be seen on the corner, with the clock tower and the old Infirmary beyond.

In 1864 it was decided to form a County Club, and Lancashire County Cricket Club was born. The stand we see here was built in 1884 of red brick at a cost of £9,033 (£2,000 more than the estimate).

The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells. These cells now house the museum within the Town Hall.

The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells. These cells now house the museum within the Town Hall.

At one time straddling the county boundary with Huntingdonshire, Everton was listed as Euretone in the Domesday Book.

Seen from the road bridge, its balustrades recently brutalised by the Oxfordshire County Engineer, the lock, rebuilt in 1922, is little changed, although the Victorian former lock-keeper's cottage is

The village lies in the far west of the county, close to the Wiltshire border.

The County Hotel is in the background.

The Edge is not the highest point in the county; at the eastern border with Derbyshire the land rises to nearly 1800ft, and to over 1900ft at Black Hill in Longdendale.