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Revision as of 14:02, 25 October 2008


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 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 British Isles

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