England My family and ancestral connections to England, my time spent there as a student, and the fact that my husband works there ensure that I return regularly. The Porters came to New England directly from Dorchester in Dorset in the 17th century. The counties of my heritage are Somerset, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Worcestersire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth riding in her State Coach, on her way to open Parliament. Monuments in London's Highgate Cemetery. Magnificent Bath Abbey. Tree-hugging during a photo shoot in the formal gardens of Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire. The church in Langton Herring, a Dorset village. A sailboat entering Lulworth Cove, on the Dorset Coast-- a favourite haunt of smugglers! Admiral Lord Nelson's ship Victory, at Portsmouth. Feeding greedy sheep at the roadside in Shropshire. Wild ponies on Dartmoor. With a laid-back cow beside Lake Windermere. Next Location > > > < < < Travel Menu Copyright © 2006 by Web Lizard. All Rights Reserved.