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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.  
 
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.  
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*[http://uk-genealogy.org.uk/index.html UK Genealogy Archives This site is mainly UK genealogy, but especially the West Country (Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
  
  

Revision as of 16:11, 17 June 2007

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.

  • [http://uk-genealogy.org.uk/index.html UK Genealogy Archives This site is mainly UK genealogy, but especially the West Country (Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.


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 Westmoreland
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

  • Joiner Marriage Index Marriage index for the North of England and Hertfordshire, pre 1837, with over 1,000,000 marriages.



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