England

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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.


Capital - London

Patron Saint - St George

Currency - Pound sterling


Places of Worship


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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



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



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