TURNING right off the B1022 at Heybridge Triangle (where we used to buy our good old British Rovers from Houlding’s garage) I joined the B1026 Goldhanger Road – the highway that links central Heybridge with the little saltwater village of the same name. That long and relatively straight stretch between the aforementioned junction and the way to the Basin and beyond is absolutely packed with history. Even when driving the route, I manage to glance left and right at the many landmarks from the past that characterise this special area of the district. Our first site is all that is left of the concrete-screeded boundary wall of the long-gone Bentall residence – The Towers.