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Elms has developed in recent years, as a result of the spread of the railways into rural Kent and the growth of commuter travel.

The name of this Whitbread pub, the King Ethelbert, is in remembrance of the Saxon king who ruled Kent from AD560-616. Part of the pub is built on an old Roman fort. Nearby there is a caravan site.

The lovely ruins of the early 13th-century abbey - in the tranquil valley of the river Teiser on the Kent/Sussex bor- der - are shown in this picture in their Victorian ivy-clad state.

Miller Bridge, once known as Mill Bridge because it linked the mills on the east of the river with the town, is one of the chief bridges across the River Kent.

Kendal Grammar School sits alongside the banks of the River Kent.

Two East Kent coaches are bringing visitors to the Spa Hotel, once the home of Major Martin Yorke.

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around

This is a charming piece of old Kent. Note the typical Kentish architecture - hung tiles and a hipped roof - and the big conservatory and the round oast house to the right.

In February 1960 the church bells rang throughout the villages of Kent to herald the birth of Prince Andrew.

The museum houses outstanding collections, including the museum of the Queen's Own West Kent Regiment, archaeology, Egyptology, ceramics, costumes, Japanese artefacts, ethnography and natural history

It was at Catterick in AD 625 that Paulinus, first Bishop of York, baptised converts to Christianity, following the marriage of King Edwin of Northumbria to Ethelburga of Kent.

This charming and ancient market town, between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands, takes its name from Floki, the name of a Norse settler.

The hop fields of the Kent/Sussex border have decreased in recent years; modern oast houses are square boxes.

A late Elizabethan and 18th- century mansion described as one of the most important houses in Kent.

This lovely village is said to command one of the finest views in Kent across the Weald towards Ashdown Forest. It sits alongside the Surrey boundary, two miles north of Edenbridge.

Although many more homes have been built here since this picture was taken, it remains famous for its contribution to hop growing in Kent.

Ticehurst is an old Roman habitation near the Kent border.

One of these boats, the 'Kingswear Castle' (which entered service the year before), is preserved and operates in the River Medway area of Kent.

Kent is synonymous with the growing of hops. This labour-intensive work was done by poor London families coming down for their annual paid holiday.

Oast houses are common in the Weald of Sussex as well as in Kent, and indeed wherever hops are grown.

Would they be on the jukebox in this historic Kent alehouse?

This is one of the numerous 'dens', or forest clearings, in this part of Kent.

In the late Gothic style and built with rough-faced stone from a Kent quarry, it was erected by Prior Docwra in 1504. The Old Jerusalem Tavern occupies the ground floor.

Eastry was home to many miners who worked down the east Kent pits. The mother of the actress Susan Hampshire once lived here too.