Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others. ^[1]

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Counties of England
Counties of England established in antiquity
Vernacular geography

Administration of justice

The administration of justice is the process by which the legal system of a government is executed.

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Administrative counties of England

Administrative counties were subnational divisions of England used for local government from 1889 to 1974. Historic counties of England and Administrative counties of England are counties of England.

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Administrative county

An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until 1973 in Northern Ireland, 2002 in the Republic of Ireland.

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Ainsty

The Ainsty or the Ainsty of York was a historic district of Yorkshire, England, west of the city of York.

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Ancient borough

An ancient borough was a historic unit of lower-tier local government in England and Wales.

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Assizes

The assizes, or courts of assize, were periodic courts held around England and Wales until 1972, when together with the quarter sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court.

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Association of British Counties

The Association of British Counties (ABC) is a non-party-political society formed in 1989 by television personality Russell Grant to promote the historic counties of the United Kingdom.

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Avon (county)

Avon was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England that existed between 1974 and 1996.

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Æthelstan

Æthelstan or Athelstan (– 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939.

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Banbury

Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England.

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Barony of Kendal

The Barony of Kendal is a subdivision of the English historic county of Westmorland.

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Barony of Westmorland

The Barony of Westmorland (medieval Westmarieland or Westmaringaland) also known as North Westmorland, the Barony of Appleby, Appleshire or the Bottom of Westmorland, was one of two baronies making up the English historical county of Westmorland, the other being the Barony of Kendal.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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Bedlington

Bedlington is a town and former civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 18,470 measured at the 2011 Census.

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Berkshire

The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England. Historic counties of England and Berkshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Bernicia

Bernicia (Bernice, Beornice) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed, sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Bishop of Durham

The bishop of Durham is responsible for the diocese of Durham in the province of York.

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Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.

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Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.

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Bridges Act 1530

The Bridges Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 5), sometimes called the Statute of Bridges, was an act of the Parliament of England.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Iron Age

The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.

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Brixton

Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England.

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Bromley

Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. Historic counties of England and Buckinghamshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Burh

A burh or burg was an Anglo-Saxon fortification or fortified settlement.

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Burton upon Trent

Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

Butterworth–Heinemann is a British publishing company specialised in professional information and learning materials for higher education and professional training, in printed and electronic forms.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. Historic counties of England and Cambridgeshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Cardwell Reforms

The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.

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Celtic Britons

The Britons (*Pritanī, Britanni), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were an indigenous Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others).

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Central Office of Information

The Central Office of Information (COI) was the UK government's marketing and communications agency.

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Ceremonial counties of England

Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. Historic counties of England and Ceremonial counties of England are counties of England.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Historic counties of England and Cheshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Chester

Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border.

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Childers Reforms

The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army.

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Christchurch, Dorset

Christchurch is a town and civil parish on the south coast of Dorset, England.

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City of London

The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world. Historic counties of England and city of London are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Cleveland (county)

Cleveland was a non-metropolitan county located in North East England which existed between 1974 and 1996.

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Cnut

Cnut (Knútr; c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035.

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Cornovii (Cornwall)

The Cornovii is a name for a tribe presumed to have been part of the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe inhabiting the south-west peninsula of Great Britain, during some part of the Iron Age, Roman and post-Roman periods.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Historic counties of England and Cornwall are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844

The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 61), which came into effect on 20 October 1844, was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which eliminated many outliers or exclaves of counties in England and Wales for civil purposes. Historic counties of England and counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Counties of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is divided into six counties, namely: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. Historic counties of England and counties of Northern Ireland are Vernacular geography.

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County

A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL.

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County and Borough Police Act 1856

The County and Borough Police Act 1856The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

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County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s.

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County corporate

A county corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Wales, and Ireland.

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County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county.

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County cricket

Inter-county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England. Historic counties of England and county Durham are counties of England established in antiquity.

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County of London

The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.

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County of the City of Coventry

The County of the City of Coventry was a county corporate of England which existed between 1451 and 1842.

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County palatine

In England, Wales and Ireland a county palatine or palatinate was an area ruled by a hereditary nobleman enjoying special authority and autonomy from the rest of a kingdom. Historic counties of England and county palatine are counties of England.

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County Palatine of Durham

The County Palatine of Durham was a jurisdiction in the North of England, within which the bishop of Durham had rights usually exclusive to the monarch.

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County Police Act 1839

The County Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 93) (also known as the Rural Police Act or the Rural Constabularies Act) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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County town

In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.

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CountyWatch

CountyWatch is a direct action group in the United Kingdom that was set up in 2004 to remove what they consider to be wrongly placed county boundary signs – i.e. signs that do not mark the historic or ancient county boundaries of England and Wales.

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Court of quarter sessions

The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts that were traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388; they were extended to Wales following the Laws in Wales Act 1535.

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Craven in the Domesday Book

The extent of the medieval district of Craven, in the north of England is a matter of debate.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Cross-reference

The term cross-reference (abbreviation: xref) can refer to either.

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Culvert

A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is an area of Northern England which was historically a county and is now fully part of Cumbria. Historic counties of England and Cumberland are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Custos rotulorum

Custos rotulorum (plural: custodes rotulorum; Latin for "keeper of the rolls") is a civic post that is recognised in the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and in Jamaica.

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Dagenham

Dagenham is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

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Danelaw

The Danelaw (also known as the Danelagh; Danelagen; Dena lagu) was the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Deira

Deira (Old Welsh/Deywr or Deifr; Derenrice or Dere) was an area of Post-Roman Britain, and a later Anglian kingdom.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Derbyshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Historic counties of England and Devon are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Diocese

In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

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Direct action

Direct action is a term for economic and political behavior in which participants use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Donisthorpe

Donisthorpe is a village in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire.

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Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Historic counties of England and Dorset are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Duchy of Cornwall

The Duchy of Cornwall (Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Dudley

Dudley is a large market town in the West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham.

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Duke of Devonshire

Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.

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Dumnonia

Dumnonia is the Latinised name for a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the late 4th and late 8th centuries CE in the more westerly parts of present-day South West England.

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Dumnonii

The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a British tribe who inhabited Dumnonia, the area now known as Cornwall and Devon (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset) in the further parts of the South West peninsula of Britain, from at least the Iron Age up to the early Saxon period.

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Ealdorman

Ealdorman was an office in the government of Anglo-Saxon England.

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Earl

Earl is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom.

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Earl of Devonshire

The title of Earl of Devonshire has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1603 for the Blount family and then recreated in 1618 for the Cavendish family, in whose possession the earldom remains.

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Earl of Northumberland

The title of Earl of Northumberland has been created several times in the Peerage of England and of Great Britain, succeeding the title Earl of Northumbria.

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Earl of Northumbria

Earl of Northumbria or Ealdorman of Northumbria was a title in the late Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Scandinavian and early Anglo-Norman period in England.

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East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

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East Suffolk (county)

East Suffolk, along with West Suffolk, was created in 1888 as an administrative county of England.

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East Sussex

East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377.

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Elmet

Elmet (Elfed), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was an independent Brittonic Celtic Cumbric speaking kingdom between about the 4th century and mid 7th century.

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Enclave and exclave

An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English county histories

English county histories, in other words historical and topographical (or "chorographical") works concerned with individual ancient counties of England, were produced by antiquarians from the late 16th century onwards.

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English Democrats

The English Democrats are a right-wing to far-right, English nationalist political party active in England.

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Eric Pickles

Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles, (born 20 April 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar from 1992 to 2017.

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. Historic counties of England and Essex are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844

The administrative boundaries of Worcestershire, England have been fluid for over 150 years since the first major changes in 1844.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Flag Institute

The Flag Institute is a membership organisation and UK-registered educational charity devoted to the study and promotion of flags and flag flying.

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Flag of County Durham

The Flag of County Durham is the flag of the historic county of Durham.

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Flag of Lancashire

A flag consisting of a red rose on a gold field is currently used to represent the historic county of Lancashire.

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Flintshire (historic)

Until 1974, Flintshire (Sir y Fflint), also known as the County of Flint, was an administrative county in the north-east of Wales, later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Friends of Real Lancashire

Friends of Real Lancashire (FORL) is an apolitical pressure group affiliated to the Association of British Counties calling for the wider recognition of the historic boundaries of Lancashire in England.

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Furness

Furness is a peninsula and region of Cumbria, England.

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General Register Office

General Register Office or General Registry Office (GRO) is the name given to the civil registry in the United Kingdom, many other Commonwealth nations and Ireland.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Historic counties of England and Gloucestershire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)

Grampound in Cornwall was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1826.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Greater London

Greater London is the administrative area of London, which is coterminous with the London region.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Greenwich

Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London.

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Halesowen (medieval parish)

Halesowen (originally called Hale Manor) was a medieval parish in the West Midlands of England.

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Hallamshire

Hallamshire (or Hallam) is the historical name for an area of South Yorkshire, England, approximating to the current City of Sheffield local government area.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England. Historic counties of England and Hampshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Harmondsworth

Harmondsworth is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon in the county of Greater London with a short border to the south onto London Heathrow Airport and close to the Berkshire county border.

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Harrying of the North

The Harrying of the North was a series of military campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–1070 to subjugate Northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Ætheling, had encouraged Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian, Anglo-Scandinavian and Danish rebellions.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.

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Henry II of England

Henry II, also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.

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Heptarchy

The Heptarchy were the seven petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England that flourished from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century until they were consolidated in the 8th century into the four kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, and Wessex.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. Historic counties of England and Herefordshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. Historic counties of England and Hertfordshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Hexhamshire

Hexhamshire is a former county and current civil parish in Northern England. Historic counties of England and Hexhamshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Hide (unit)

The hide was an English unit of land measurement originally intended to represent the amount of land sufficient to support a household.

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High sheriff

A high sheriff is a ceremonial officer for each shrieval county of England and Wales and Northern Ireland or the chief sheriff of a number of paid sheriffs in U.S. states who outranks and commands the others in their court-related functions.

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Historic counties of Wales

The historic counties of Wales (siroedd hynafol) were the thirteen sub-divisions used in Wales from either 1282 and 1535, up to their abolishment in 1974, being replaced by eight counties. Historic counties of England and historic counties of Wales are Vernacular geography.

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History of Cornwall

The history of Cornwall goes back to the Paleolithic, but in this period Cornwall only had sporadic visits by groups of humans. Historic counties of England and history of Cornwall are history of England by county.

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History of Kent

Kent is a traditional county in South East England with long-established human occupation. Historic counties of England and History of Kent are history of England by county.

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Home counties

The home counties are the counties of England that surround London. Historic counties of England and home counties are counties of England and Vernacular geography.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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House of correction

The house of correction was a type of establishment built after the passing of the Poor Relief Act 1601, places where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

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Hullshire

Hullshire, or the County of the Town of Kingston upon Hull, was a county corporate in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was created in 1440.

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Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Hundreds of Cheshire

The Hundreds of Cheshire, as with other Hundreds in England, were the geographic divisions of Cheshire for administrative, military and judicial purposes.

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Huntingdon and Peterborough

Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

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Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England, which was historically a county in its own right. Historic counties of England and Huntingdonshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Hwicce

Hwicce was a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England.

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Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales

The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson.

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Index of Place Names

The Index of Place Names (IPN) in Great Britain is published by the Office for National Statistics.

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Ine of Wessex

Ine or Ini, (died in or after 726) was King of Wessex from 689 to 726.

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Islandshire

Islandshire was an area of Northumberland, England, comprising Lindisfarne or Holy Island, plus five parishes on the mainland.

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Isle of Ely

The Isle of Ely is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Jutes

The Jutes were one of the Germanic tribes who settled in Great Britain after the departure of the Romans.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe. Historic counties of England and Kent are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Kesteven

The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England.

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Kingdom of East Anglia

The Kingdom of the East Angles (Ēastengla Rīċe; Regnum Orientalium Anglorum), informally known as the Kingdom of East Anglia, was a small independent kingdom of the Angles during the Anglo-Saxon period comprising what are now the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of the Fens, the area still known as East Anglia.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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Kingdom of Essex

The Kingdom of the East Saxons (Ēastseaxna rīce; Regnum Orientalium Saxonum), referred to as the Kingdom of Essex, was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.

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Kingdom of Kent

The Kingdom of the Kentish (Cantwara rīce; Regnum Cantuariorum), today referred to as the Kingdom of Kent, was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England.

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Kingdom of Lindsey

The Kingdom of Lindsey or Linnuis (Lindesege) was a lesser Anglo-Saxon kingdom, which was absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century.

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Kingdom of Powys

The Kingdom of Powys (Regnum Poysiae) was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain.

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Kingdom of Sussex

The Kingdom of the South Saxons, today referred to as the Kingdom of Sussex (from Suth-sæxe, in turn from Suth-Seaxe or Sūþseaxna rīce, meaning "(land or people of/Kingdom of) the South Saxons"), was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England.

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Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Knight of the shire

Knight of the shire (milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ended the practice of each county (or shire) forming a single constituency.

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Kogan Page

Kogan Page is an independent publishing company founded in 1967 and headquartered in London, with branches in New York and New Delhi.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England.

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Lathe (county subdivision)

A lathe (Old English: lǽð; Latin: lestus) formed an administrative country subdivision of the county of Kent, England, from the Anglo-Saxon period, until it fell out of general practical use in the early twentieth century.

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Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542

The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 (Y Deddfau Cyfreithiau yng Nghymru 1535 a 1542) or the Acts of Union (Y Deddfau Uno), were Acts of the Parliament of England under King Henry VIII of England, causing Wales to be incorporated into the realm of the Kingdom of England.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Leicestershire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Liberty (division)

A liberty was an English unit originating in the Middle Ages, traditionally defined as an area in which regalian right was revoked and where the land was held by a mesne lord (i.e., an area in which rights reserved to the king had been devolved into private hands).

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Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.

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Lincoln, England

Lincoln is a cathedral city and district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. Historic counties of England and Lincolnshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1735–1739

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1735–1739.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1802

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1802.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1833

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1833.

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List of ancient counties of England by area in 1891

This is a list of the ancient counties of England (excluding Monmouthshire) as recorded by the 1891 census, ordered by their area.

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List of counties of England by area in 1831

This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1831 census.

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List of county days in the United Kingdom

County days in the United Kingdom are relatively recent observances, formed to celebrate the cultural heritage of a particular British county.

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List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974

Until 1844, many of the counties in England and Wales had exclaves (detached parts) entirely surrounded by other counties. Historic counties of England and List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974 are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Local government

Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.

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Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1933

The Local Government Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and revised existing legislation that regulated local government in England (except the County of London) and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Local Government Commission for England (1992)

The Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of local government in England from 1992 to 2002.

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Local government in England

Local government in England broadly consists of three layers: civil parishes, local authorities, and regional authorities.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London postal district

The London postal district is the area in England of to which mail addressed to the London post town is delivered.

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Longitudinal study

A longitudinal study (or longitudinal survey, or panel study) is a research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over long periods of time (i.e., uses longitudinal data).

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Longman

Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.

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Lord-lieutenant

A lord-lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom.

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M postcode area

The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in the North West of England.

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Maelor Saesneg

italic, also known as English Maelor, comprises one half of the Maelor region on the Welsh side of the Wales-England border, being the area of the Maelor east of the River Dee.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Manorialism

Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.

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Marcher lord

A marcher lord was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.

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Mercia

Mercia (Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the border people"; Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy.

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Merseyside

Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England.

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Metropolitan county

Metropolitan counties are a subdivision of England which were originally used for local government.

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Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.

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Middle Saxons

The Middle Saxons or Middel Seaxe were a people whose territory later became, with somewhat contracted boundaries, the county of Middlesex, England.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Historic counties of England and Middlesex are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Monmouth

Monmouth (Trefynwy; meaning "town on the Monnow") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south east of Wales.

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Monmouthshire (historic)

Until 1974, Monmouthshire, also formerly known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy), was an administrative county in the south-east of Wales, on the border with England, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Morecambe Bay

Morecambe Bay is an estuary in north-west England, just to the south of the Lake District National Park.

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Mudflat

Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers.

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National Library of Scotland

The National Library of Scotland (NLS; Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba; Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is one of the country's National Collections.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Newmarket, Suffolk

Newmarket is a market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, located 14 miles west of Bury St Edmunds and 14 miles northeast of Cambridge.

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Non-metropolitan county

A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a subdivision of England used for local government.

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Norhamshire

Norhamshire was an exclave of County Durham in England.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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North Riding of Lindsey

The North Riding of Lindsey was a division of the Lindsey part of Lincolnshire in England.

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North Riding of Yorkshire

The North Riding of Yorkshire was a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding.

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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Northamptonshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Northumberland

Northumberland is a ceremonial county in North East England, bordering Scotland. Historic counties of England and Northumberland are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Northumbria

Northumbria (Norþanhymbra rīċe; Regnum Northanhymbrorum) was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now Northern England and south-east Scotland.

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Norwich

Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England of which it is the county town.

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Nottingham

Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.

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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Nottinghamshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

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Ossulstone

Ossulstone is an obsolete subdivision (hundred) covering 26.4% of – and the most metropolitan part – of the historic county of Middlesex, England.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England. Historic counties of England and Oxfordshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Parish (administrative division)

A parish is an administrative division used by several countries.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Parts of Holland

The Parts of Holland is a historical division of Lincolnshire, England, encompassing the southeast of the county.

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Parts of Lincolnshire

The three parts of the English county of Lincolnshire are or were divisions of the second-largest county in England.

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Parts of Lindsey

The Parts of Lindsey are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Poole

Poole is a coastal town and seaport on the south coast of England in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England.

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Postal counties of the United Kingdom

The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known as former postal counties, were postal subdivisions in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996. Historic counties of England and postal counties of the United Kingdom are Vernacular geography.

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Postal Services Commission

The Postal Services Commission, known as Postcomm, was a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom charged with overseeing the quality and universal service of post in the United Kingdom.

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Postcode Address File

The Postcode Address File (PAF) is a database that contains all known "delivery points" and postcodes in the United Kingdom.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Prison Act 1877

The Prison Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that aimed to alter the way in which British prisons were operated.

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Prison reform

Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, reduce recidivism or implement alternatives to incarceration.

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Rape (county subdivision)

A rape is a traditional territorial sub-division of the county of Sussex in England, formerly used for various administrative purposes.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, England.

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Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.

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Representation of the People Act 1918

The Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland.

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Representation of the People Act 1948

The Representation of the People Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections.

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Riding (division)

A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries.

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River Avon, Bristol

The River Avon is a river in the southwest of England.

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River Mersey

The River Mersey is a major river in North West England.

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River Ribble

The River Ribble runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England.

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River Tees

The River Tees, in England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea in the North East of England.

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Robert of Gloucester (historian)

Robert of Gloucester (1260 – c. 1300) wrote a chronicle of British, English and Norman history sometime in the mid- or late thirteenth century.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Royal Historical Society

The Royal Historical Society (RHS), founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history.

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Royal Mail

The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company.

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Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London.

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Royston, Hertfordshire

Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.

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Rutland

Rutland, sometimes archaically called Rutlandshire, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Rutland are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Scandinavian York

Scandinavian York or Viking York (Jórvík) is a term used by historians for what is now Yorkshire during the period of Scandinavian domination from late 9th century until it was annexed and integrated into England after the Norman Conquest; in particular, it is used to refer to York, the city controlled by these kings and earls.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The secretary of state for housing, communities and local government is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, and Cabinet minister, responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated.

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Sheriff of Middlesex

This is a list of sheriffs of Middlesex.

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Sheriff of the City of London

Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City livery companies.

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Shire

Shire (also) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia.

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Shire Books

Shire Books are published by Bloomsbury Publishing, a book publishing company based in London, England, and formerly by Shire Publications Ltd.

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Shire court

A shire court, or moot was an Anglo-Saxon government institution, used to maintain law and order at a local level, and perform various administrative functions, including the collection of taxes for the central government.

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Shires of Scotland

The shires of Scotland (Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots coonties), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages and used as administrative divisions until 1975. Historic counties of England and shires of Scotland are Vernacular geography.

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Shrewsbury

("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales. Historic counties of England and Shropshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Soke (legal)

The term soke (in Old English: soc, connected ultimately with secan, "to seek"), at the time of the Norman conquest of England, generally denoted "jurisdiction", but its vague usage makes it lack a single, precise definition.

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Soke of Peterborough

The Soke of Peterborough was a historic area of England associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Historic counties of England and Somerset are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Somerton, Somerset

Somerton is a town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset.

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South West England

South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.

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South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Staffordshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Stamford, Lincolnshire

Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Stockport

Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. Historic counties of England and Suffolk are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. Historic counties of England and Surrey are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Sussex

Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county. Historic counties of England and Sussex are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Sussex Police

Sussex Police are the territorial police force responsible for policing in the whole of Sussex.

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Tamworth, Staffordshire

Tamworth is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England, north-east of Birmingham.

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Teesdale

Teesdale is a dale, or valley, located principally in County Durham, North East England.

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Teesside

Teesside is a built-up area around the River Tees in North East England, split between County Durham and North Yorkshire.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Yorkshire Post

The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

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Tithing

A tithing or tything was a historic English legal, administrative or territorial unit, originally ten hides (and hence, one tenth of a hundred).

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Todmorden

Todmorden is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

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Todmorden Town Hall

Todmorden Town Hall is a municipal building in Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Tower Division

The Tower Division was a liberty in the ancient county of Middlesex, England.

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Township (England)

In England, a township (Latin: villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church.

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Tyneside

Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in Northern England.

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University of Toronto Press

The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press.

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Uxbridge

Uxbridge is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

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Vice-county

A vice-county (also spelled vice county) is a geographical division of the British Isles.

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Victoria County History

The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. Historic counties of England and Victoria County History are history of England by county.

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Volunteer Force

The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors.

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Warrington

Warrington is an industrial town in the borough of the same name in Cheshire, England.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Warwickshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Welsh Marches

The Welsh Marches (Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Wessex

The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until Alfred the Great declared himself as King of the Anglo-Saxons in 886.

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West Ham

West Ham is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Newham.

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West Midlands (county)

West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England.

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West Riding of Lindsey

The West Riding of Lindsey was a division of the Lindsey part of Lincolnshire in England, along with the North and South ridings.

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West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.

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West Suffolk (county)

West Suffolk was an administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk.

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West Sussex

West Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

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Westmorland

Westmorland (formerly also spelt WestmorelandR. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British Isles.) is an area of Northern England which was historically a county and is now fully part of Cumbria. Historic counties of England and Westmorland are counties of England established in antiquity.

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William of Malmesbury

William of Malmesbury (Willelmus Malmesbiriensis) was the foremost English historian of the 12th century.

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Winchcombeshire

Winchcombeshire was an ancient county in the South West of England, in the Anglo-Saxon period, with Winchcombe as its county town. Historic counties of England and Winchcombeshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Wisbech

Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Worcester, England

Worcester is a cathedral city in Worcestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. Historic counties of England and Worcestershire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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York

York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. Historic counties of England and Yorkshire are counties of England established in antiquity.

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Yorkshire Ridings Society

The Yorkshire Ridings Society is a group affiliated to the Association of British Counties calling for the wider recognition of the historic borders of Yorkshire, and its traditional subdivisions, the North, East and West Ridings.

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2009 structural changes to local government in England

On 1 April 2009 structural changes to local government in England took place which reformed the local government of seven non-metropolitan counties: Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Shropshire, Northumberland, and Wiltshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England

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