“Historic Counties of the United Kingdom - origins, confusions, solutions.”
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“What are the Yorkshire Ridings?”
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The County of #Worcester is a shire in the Midlands.
#Worcester shire is a mixture of the very rural and the very urban.
In the centre of the shire is the fine cathedral city of Worcester, which sits on the banks of the River Severn.
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Today is Historic County Flag Day. I'm flying the flag of Wiltshire for today. What are you most proud of your home county?
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To maintain the union, one thing we can do is getting into the habit of picturing our country as 92 #historiccounties (different from #localgovernment areas), not just the usual over‑simplified #UK map of ‘ #England + #Scotland + #Wales + #NorthernIreland ’.
#Sundayvibes #Sundaythoughts
Today is #Staffordshire Day !
This county day falls on the anniversary of #JosiahWedgwood setting up his pottery company in 1759.
The first official #Staffordshire Day took place in 2016, the year the county turned 1,000 years old.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Wiltshire is a county of the West Country.
Wholly landlocked, it has borders with five other counties.
#Wiltshire is characterised by its high downland and wide valleys.
Salisbury Plain lies in the heart of Wiltshire.
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The #Wiltshire flag features a Great Bustard (Otis tarda) at its centre.
A bird native to the county, it had been extinct since 1832.
However, it was recently returned as part of an intensive 10-year breeding programme on Salisbury Plain.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyFlags 🏴
The County of #Wigtown is a shire in the south-western corner of Scotland.
#Wigtown shire is also known as West Galloway.
(Galloway being formed by Wigtownshire and neighbouring Kirkcudbrightshire together.)
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The County of #Westmorland is a mountainous shire, with some of the grandest scenery of the land.
Almost entirely rural, it is dotted with small villages and modest towns in the dales, each looking up at the fells.
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To celebrate #Middlesex Day today we thought we would share a few pieces from our archive collection!
1. Road and railway map of Middlesex
2. Middlesex County Handbook
3. Harrow’s entry in the Handbook
#Middlesex #Harrow #HistoricCounties
River Lea at Horseshoe Point/Springfield Park. Historic boundary of Walthamstow (Becontree hundred, county of Essex) and Hackney (Ossulstone hundred, county of Middlesex) #historiccounties Lee Valley Park #riverlee #riverlea
It's been FIFTY years since part of Berkshire controversially became part of Oxfordshire and some people still aren't happy. But does a line on a map really matter? #berkshire #oxfordshire #HistoricCounties
Find out more: bbc.in/3TxKjCe
Today is #Huntingdonshire Day !
Celebrated on the birth date of Oliver Cromwell, #Huntingdonshire ’s most famous son.
A museum dedicated to Cromwell is located in the former grammar school attended by both Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #bedfordshireday
It also happens to be the birthday of John Bunyan, one of the county's most famous sons.
Let us come together to celebrate the county today, whether it be the Bedfordshire clanger or the wonderful natural beauty at our doorsteps.
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The #Westmorland flag was registered in 2011.
The two red bars on white are from the arms of the de Lancaster family, Barons of #Kendal .
The heraldically-stylised gold apple tree is from the 13th century seal of the borough of #Appleby .
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The flag of #Worcestershire was registered in 2013.
The flag features three of the county’s famed black pears.
The seventeenth century poet Michael Drayton asserted was the emblem borne by men from the county at the Battle of Agincourt.
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