Saint Mary's Church - Great Bentley, Essex County, England The village of Great Bentley is situated about nine miles east south east of Colchester in the county of Essex. Built between 1130 and 1140 in the time of William the Conqueror, by Alberic de Vere. In 1323 the church came under the control of the Bishop of London. It was here that Matthew Marvin (1600-1678) was baptized and lived before settling in the Connecticut colony in 1635. Photograph from the official Great Bentley website: http://www.greatbentley.info/

Castle Home - near Stichill village, Berwickshire County, Scotland Build originally in the early 13th century, and possibly earlier, this is the ancestral home to Clan Home, also known as Clan Hume. After serving as a border defense keep for several centuries, it was abandoned in the late 1600s. It was resurrected for use as a folly in the mid 18th century. In modern times it is seen as the spiritual home for members of Clan Home. Available for public tour since 1992, it was handed to the Clan Home Association in the year 2006, and is administered under the Historic Scotland project. Photographer unknown.