Difference between revisions of "England"

Latest revision as of 07:57, 16 May 2023

From towns steeped in history to new towns created for the people, England has a diverse range of cultural attractions, landscapes and industries. As well as busy towns and cities England has acre after acre of open common land, woodland and agricultural land.

Capital - London

Patron Saint - St George

Currency - Pound sterling

Places of Worship

Regional Projects Forum

English Towns and Villages

Mainland

Historic Counties of England

The administrative boundaries of England have changed several times over the years. This article from Wikipedia explains it all from the 9th Century until today.


Bedfordshire	Berkshire	Buckinghamshire	Cambridgeshire
Cheshire	Cornwall	Cumberland	Derbyshire
Devon	Dorset	Durham	Essex
Gloucestershire	Hampshire	Herefordshire	Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire	Kent	Lancashire	Leicestershire
Lincolnshire	LONDON (Middlesex)	Norfolk	Northamptonshire
Northumberland	Nottinghamshire	Oxfordshire	Rutland
Shropshire	Somerset	Staffordshire	Suffolk
Surrey	Sussex	Warwickshire	Westmorland
Wiltshire	Worcestershire	Yorkshire

Islands


Isles of Scilly	Isle of Wight

National Links

The Federation of Family History Societies

UK Genealogy Archives

GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy

GenoGold

Local History Online

UK Libraries Index

Victoria County History

Victorian England

Workhouses, Hospitals and Asylums

Joiner Marriage Index

Medieval English Towns

A selection of on line Parish Records

English Trade Directories of the 19th Century

Surrey Plus Wills Index

England's Past for Everyone

The British Isles

World Index Page

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+|[[Huntingdonshire]]||[[Kent]]||[[Lancashire]]||[[Leicestershire]]
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-|[[Leicestershire]]||[[Lincolnshire]]||[[London And Middlesex|LONDON (Middlesex)]]||[[Norfolk]]
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-|[[Northamptonshire]]||[[Northumberland]]||[[Nottinghamshire]]||[[Oxfordshire]]
+|[[Lincolnshire]]||[[London And Middlesex|LONDON (Middlesex)]]||[[Norfolk]]||[[Northamptonshire]]
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-|[[Rutland]]||[[Shropshire]]||[[Somerset]]||[[Staffordshire]]
+|[[Northumberland]]||[[Nottinghamshire]]||[[Oxfordshire]]||[[Rutland]]
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-|[[Suffolk]]||[[Surrey]]||[[Sussex]]||[[Warwickshire]]
+|[[Shropshire]]||[[Somerset]]||[[Staffordshire]]||[[Suffolk]]
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-|[[Westmorland]]||[[Wiltshire]]||[[Worcestershire]]||[[Yorkshire]]
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-==Metropolitan Counties==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_county Metropolitan County] More information about the creation of these administrative areas from Wikipedia.
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 ==National Links==
+*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ The Federation of Family History Societies]
 *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/  UK Genealogy Archives]
 *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy]
+*[http://www.genogold.com GenoGold]
 *[http://www.local-history.co.uk/ Local History Online]
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 *[http://www.familia.org.uk/libraries.html UK Libraries Index]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/ Workhouses]
+*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History]
+*[http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html Victorian England]
-*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joinermarriageindex.co.uk%2Findex.php Joiner Marriage Index] Marriage index for the North of England and Hertfordshire, pre 1837, with over 1,000,000 marriages.
+*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/ Workhouses, Hospitals and Asylums]
+*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joinermarriageindex.co.uk%2Findex.php Joiner Marriage Index]
 *[http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/towns.html#menu Medieval English Towns]
+*[http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=parish%20registers A selection of on line Parish Records]
 *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/tradedir/engtrade.htm English Trade Directories of the 19th Century]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/index.shtml Surrey Plus Wills Index]
+*[http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/ England's Past for Everyone]
-*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ The Federation of Family History Societies]