The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires...
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The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There...
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Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. They...
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This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1831 census. Note that Monmouthshire was considered to be part of England at the time....
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county council for each area. Some geographically large historic counties were divided into several administrative counties, each with its own county...
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The historic counties of Wales (Welsh: siroedd hynafol) were the thirteen sub-divisions used in Wales from either 1282 and 1535, up to their abolishment...
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Today, in addition to local government counties, every part of the United Kingdom lies within the historic counties which have formed geographic and cultural...
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Inter-county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and...
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The home counties are the counties of England that surround London. The counties are not precisely defined but Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire...
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Norfolk (redirect from Norfolk (historic county of England))
Norfolk (/ˈnɔːrfək/ NOR-fək) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the...
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This is a list of the counties of the United Kingdom. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, Northern Ireland,...
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Historic counties may refer to: Historic counties of England, subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans Historic counties...
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Cumberland (redirect from Cumberland (county, England))
an area of Northern England which was historically a county. It is bordered by the historic counties of Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham...
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The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status....
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List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point. In 1964 they are more or less the ancient counties, with the addition of the County of London...
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conquered England, they brought the term with them. The Saxons had already established the districts that became the historic counties of England, calling...
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Middlesex (redirect from Middlesex, England)
until 1965. The county was the second smallest of the historic counties of England, after Rutland. The City of London became a county corporate in the...
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Shire (category Types of administrative division)
and Yorkshire. These counties, on their historical boundaries, cover a little more than half the area of England. The counties that do not use "-shire"...
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Sheriffdoms of 16 towns/cities. Historically a High Sheriff was appointed by the Crown to each of the historic counties of England and Wales and those of Ireland...
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Yorkshire (redirect from Counties of Yorkshire)
Air Ambulance Historic counties of England Some areas at the edges of the historic county are not within the four modern ceremonial counties named after...
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Chapman code (section Historic counties)
Wicklow Historic counties of England Historic counties of Scotland Historic counties of Wales Counties of Northern Ireland The Chapman County Code for...
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The historic counties of the United Kingdom are ancient geographical divisions of the United Kingdom. Although not defined by any one function, over many...
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believe that counties corporate enjoy county status "in the ordinary sense of the term" and includes them within the historic county or counties in which...
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in 1668 with the creation of Albemarle County and ending with the 1911 creation of Avery and Hoke counties. Five counties have been divided or abolished...
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The county was aligned to other historic counties of England from 1836 until 1889; multiple acts were passed removing exclaves, splitting the county from...
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one of the historic counties of England. Cumberland may also refer to: Cumberland, Queensland, a ghost town west of Georgetown Cumberland County, New...
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top of 91 historic counties. Cicerone. ISBN 9781849655538. Edwardes, Simon (2001). "County and Unitary Authority Tops". The Mountains of England and Wales...
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This is a list of the earliest known references to cricket being played in each of the historic counties of England. Surrey – c.1550 re John Derrick and...
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The shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established...
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Metropolitan counties are a subdivision of England which were originally used for local government. There are six metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester...
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