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 Regional Projects Forum

English Towns and Villages

Mainland

• Historic Counties of England

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

• The Federation of Family History Societies

• UK Genealogy Archives

• GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy

• GenoGold

• Local History Online

• UK Libraries Index

• Victoria County History

• Victorian England New

• Workhouses, Hospitals and Asylums

• Joiner Marriage Index Marriage index for the North of England and Hertfordshire, pre 1837.

• Medieval English Towns

• A selection of on line Parish Records

• English Trade Directories of the 19th Century

• Surrey Plus Wills Index Surrey plus 9 other counties.

• England's Past for Everyone

The British Isles

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