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[[Image:counties.jpg|250px|thumb|English Towns and Villages]]
 
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'''Capital City''' - London
 
  
'''Patron Saint''' - St George
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'''Currency''' - Pound sterling
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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.
 
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==Mainland==
 
  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England Historic counties of England]
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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.
 
 
 
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! width="25%"|[[Bedfordshire]]
 
! width="25%"|[[Berkshire]]
 
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|[[Cheshire]]||[[Cornwall/Kernow|Cornwall]]||[[Cumberland]]||[[Derbyshire]]
 
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|[[Devon]]||[[Dorset]]||[[County Durham|Durham]]||[[Essex]]
 
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|[[Gloucestershire]]||[[Hampshire]]||[[Herefordshire]]||[[Hertfordshire]]
 
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|[[Huntingdonshire]]||[[Kent]]||[[Lancashire]]||[[Leicestershire]]
 
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|[[Lincolnshire]]||[[London And Middlesex|LONDON (Middlesex)]] ||[[Norfolk]]||[[Northamptonshire]]
 
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|[[Northumberland]]||[[Nottinghamshire]]||[[Oxfordshire]]||[[Rutland]]
 
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|[[Shropshire]]||[[Somerset]]||[[Staffordshire]]||[[Suffolk]]
 
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|[[Surrey]]||[[Sussex]]||[[Warwickshire]]||[[Westmoreland]]
 
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|[[Wiltshire]]||[[Worcestershire]]||[[Yorkshire]]
 
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==Metropolitan Counties==
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_county Metropolitan County] More information about the creation of these administrative areas from Wikipedia.
 
 
 
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! width="25%"|[[Greater Manchester]]
 
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|[[Tyne and Wear]]||[[West Midlands2|West Midlands]]||[[West Yorkshire]]
 
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==Islands==
 
 
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==National Links==
 
 
*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joinermarriageindex.co.uk%2Findex.php Joiner Marriage Index] Marriage index for the North of England and Hertfordshire, pre 1837, with over 1,000,000 marriages.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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