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|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.
  
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'''Capital''' - London
  
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'''Patron Saint''' - St George
  
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'''Currency''' - Pound sterling
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'''[[Places_of_Worship | Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image:counties.jpg|frame|English Towns and Villages]]
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==Mainland==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England Historic Counties of England]
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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.
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|[[Bedfordshire]]||[[Berkshire]]||[[Buckinghamshire]]||[[Cambridgeshire]]
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|[[Cheshire]]||[[Cornwall/Kernow|Cornwall]]||[[Cumberland]]||[[Derbyshire]]
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|[[Devon]]||[[Dorset]]||[[County Durham|Durham]]||[[Essex]]
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|[[Gloucestershire]]||[[Hampshire]]||[[Herefordshire]]||[[Hertfordshire]]
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|[[Huntingdonshire]]||[[Isle of Ely]]||[[Kent]]||[[Lancashire]]
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|[[Leicestershire]]||[[Lincolnshire]]||[[London And Middlesex|LONDON (Middlesex)]]||[[Norfolk]]
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|[[Northamptonshire]]||[[Northumberland]]||[[Nottinghamshire]]||[[Oxfordshire]]
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|[[Rutland]]||[[Shropshire]]||[[Somerset]]||[[Staffordshire]]
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|[[Suffolk]]||[[Surrey]]||[[Sussex]]||[[Warwickshire]]
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|[[Westmorland]]||[[Wiltshire]]||[[Worcestershire]]||[[Yorkshire]]
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==Metropolitan Counties==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_county Metropolitan County] More information about the creation of these administrative areas from Wikipedia.
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|[[Greater Manchester]]||[[Merseyside]]||[[South Yorkshire]]
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|[[Tyne and Wear]]||[[West Midlands2|West Midlands]]||[[West Yorkshire]]
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==National Links==
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*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ The Federation of Family History Societies]
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*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/  UK Genealogy Archives]
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy]
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*[http://www.genogold.com GenoGold]
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/ Local History Online]
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/libraries.html UK Libraries Index]
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*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History]
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*[http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html Victorian England]
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/ Workhouses, Hospitals and Asylums]
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*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joinermarriageindex.co.uk%2Findex.php Joiner Marriage Index]
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*[http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/towns.html#menu Medieval English Towns]
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*[http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=parish%20registers A selection of on line Parish Records]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/tradedir/engtrade.htm English Trade Directories of the 19th Century]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/index.shtml Surrey Plus Wills Index]
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*[http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/ England's Past for Everyone]
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'''[[The British Isles]]'''
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'''[[World Index Page]]'''

Revision as of 11:58, 10 September 2022

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

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 Isle of Ely Kent Lancashire
Leicestershire Lincolnshire LONDON (Middlesex) Norfolk
Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire
Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire
Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwickshire
Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire



Metropolitan Counties

  • Metropolitan County More information about the creation of these administrative areas from Wikipedia.


Greater Manchester Merseyside South Yorkshire
Tyne and Wear West Midlands West Yorkshire



Islands

Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight



National Links



The British Isles

World Index Page

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