Kings Somborne, Little Somborne, Up Somborne, Ashley

TOP BORDER: A Crusader with shield and banner, the crest of the Hervey-Bathurst family of Somborne Park; a motte and bailey castle built about 1100 at Ashley, then part of the Royal Forest of Bere: a Roman centurion; the monument at Farley Mount; a German Junkers 88 fighter/bomber. John of Gaunt's archery butt; representation of local organisations including uniformed groups and the WI; the 'Sprat and Winkle' line which opened in 1865, running from Southampton to Andover along the line of the old canal. The crest of Sir Thomas Sopwith, the aviation pioneer, who lived at Compton Manor for more than 40 years; a World War I Sopwith Camel and Sir Thomas' yacht Endeavour in which he competed for the Americas' Cup.

MIDDLE SECTION:Prominent in the centre of the panel is the elegant War Memorial designed by Lutyens. Behind it is the parish church of St Peter and St Paul. To the right of the church is the Revd Richard Dawes' school of 1842. To the left of the church are the 18th century thatched Crown Inn and the adjacent Crown Cottage with fine topiary work. Above the War Memorial is the 15th century Cruck Cottage. Between Cruck Cottage and tower of the church is a field of oil-seed rape. In the bottom left hand corner is Marsh Court. Above Marsh Court is the restored Saxon Church at Little Somborne, and Somborne Park, seat of the Hervey Bathursts. Up Somborne, a small farming village, is in the top left hand corner of the panel. A combine harvester is at work in a cornfield and a tractor ploughing in another. To the right of Up Somborne is Ashley with the little church of St Mary. To the right of the church is Ashley Manor. The thatched cottage is 'Little Thatches' which also has internal cruck beams. The memorial on Farley Mount can just be seen on the skyline. To the right of Ashley is Hoplands, an equestrian area, and, below it, the retirement cottages in Humber View. The small farming hamlet of Eldon is seen in the top right hand corner. The small, redundant chapel is in the farm complex. Flying over Compton Manor is a red Wessex helicopter of the Royal Flight used by Prince Charles who often enjoyed the excellent shooting on the estate. The chalk pits at Brook are a local landmark. In the lower right hand corner is Horsebridge Mill. Behind the mill is part of John of Gaunt's deer park. Two long distance footpaths cross in the village and the walkers in the bottom left hand corner represent the many ramblers who pass through the village. At the other side of the panel the late Mike Simms is seen fishing in the John of Gaunt lake which he established. Two local children by the stream watch the swans while Ian Wilson's bull terrier, Puckeridge, waits patiently.

LOWER BORDER: Increasingly rare barn owls; snowdrop and poppy; butterflies including the rare Chalk Blue; Kingfisher and heron; lilies of the valley pheasants; the parish names, panel date and fruit; pedigree cow and bull; cowslips; foxes; the rare green fritillary; sheep, pig and deer; rare varieties of orchid.