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Revision as of 13:00, 26 April 2008

English Towns and Villages


Capital - London

Patron Saint - St George

Currency - Pound sterling

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.

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

  • Joiner Marriage Index Marriage index for the North of England and Hertfordshire, pre 1837, with over 1,000,000 marriages.



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