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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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*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History]
 
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History]
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*[http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html Victorian England]
  
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/ Workhouses, Hospitals and Asylums]
 
*[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] Marriage index for the North of England and Hertfordshire, pre 1837.
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*[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.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/towns.html#menu Medieval English Towns]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/tradedir/engtrade.htm English Trade Directories of the 19th Century]
 
*[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] Surrey plus 9 other counties.
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/index.shtml Surrey Plus Wills Index]  
  
 
*[http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/ England's Past for Everyone]
 
*[http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/ England's Past for Everyone]

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

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 British Isles

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