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Unfortunately, the organ was removed when the County Council completed the purchase of the school in 1955.

The Cardiff and County Club, later to find a home here, is a new venture founded only three years previously.

G Sutton, Hosier & Glover is first on the left, then the County Hair Dressing Saloons.

Legend has it that it is possible to trace Pilgrim's journeying through various locations within the county, and the establishment of the 'John Bunyan Trail' attempts to add substance to the possibility

On the right is a branch of the London and County Bank, with Dorset's shop next door exhibiting a gleaming display of light fittings.

The Norfolk architect Thomas Jeckyll used contrasting materials, which the Victorians adored; the building made a huge impact in the county when it was opened in April 1863.

G Sutton, Hosier & Glover is first on the left, then the County Hair Dressing Saloons.

The mill was one of the two main Hertfordshire paper works (the other was at Nash and Apsley Mills in the west of the county), but it fell into decline and is now a private residence.

They stand in North Yorkshire, close to the A1: it is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the county.

'FX' were Dorset's first letters, starting with FX100, but 'BF' had been allocated to the county.

Another impressive residence, High Hall, was demolished in 1869, and was later rebuilt before passing to the ownership of the County Council in 1951.

The arrival of BBC Three Counties Radio in Luton meant that a daily paper was no longer feasible; covering Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Hertfordshire, it makes Luton a reference point for a wide area

Webbs had branches in ten other towns, so they could safely claim to be 'The Midland Counties Outfitter'. The Old White Horse (right) would become Burton Menswear in 1962.

As so often happens in the county, the quality of the village has gone unsung, with the brook, its major natural asset, now being forced between crazy-paved walls instead of gently enhanced - a pity

t was said by many that 'Dorking lime is undoubtedly one of the finest quality of limestone in the county, if not England', and it was claimed that the chalk burnt into lime at Dorking was sought

The village stands on the border with the neighbouring county of Sussex. It occupies rising ground and offers fine views across the Weald.

It was owned by Richardson Sons and Owens, whose extensive mills and factories were at Bessbrook in County Armagh.

So Essex can be seen as a county where the normal seems abnormal; where ordinariness rubs shoulders with surprises.

Preserved by Surrey County Council, it is most famous for its ancient yews. It was home to William Locke (1863-1930), born in Barbados, novelist, dramatist and architect.

The premises were next occupied by the Capital and Counties Bank Ltd until 1924.

In the 1950s, Middlesex County Council planners were asked to draw up a plan for renovation of the embankment and Church Street area by the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.

'Henley, a market town, and one of the neatest, cleanest, and most respectable in the County ... is exceedingly pleasantly situated on the west side of the river Thames'.

Five years later Glasgow was elevated to become the County of the City of Glasgow, and thereafter the Lord Provost became ex officio Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant, entitled from 1912 onwards to

In 1948 the building became Fulwood and Caldy Comprehensive School, which later merged with Ingol and Lightfoot Primary School to become the Harris County Primary School.