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− | [[Image:counties.jpg|250px|thumb|English Towns and Villages]]
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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==
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− | *[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]]
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− | ! width="25%"|[[Berkshire]]
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− | ! width="25%"|[[Buckinghamshire]]
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− | ! width="25%"|[[Cambridgeshire]]
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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]]||[[Isle of Ely]]||[[Kent]]||[[Lancashire]]
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− | |[[Leicestershire]]||[[Lincolnshire]]||[[London And Middlesex|LONDON (Middlesex)]]||[[Norfolk]]
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− | |[[Northamptonshire]]||[[Northumberland]]||[[Nottinghamshire]]||[[Oxfordshire]]
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− | |[[Rutland]]||[[Shropshire]]||[[Somerset]]||[[Staffordshire]]
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− | |[[Suffolk]]||[[Surrey]]||[[Sussex]]||[[Warwickshire]]
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− | |[[Westmoreland]]||[[Wiltshire]]||[[Worcestershire]]||[[Yorkshire]]
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− | ==Metropolitan Counties==
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− | *[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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− | ! width="25%"|[[Merseyside]]
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− | |[[Tyne and Wear]]||[[West Midlands2|West Midlands]]||[[West Yorkshire]]
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− | ==Islands==
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− | ==National Links==
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− | *[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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− | *[http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/towns.html#menu Medieval English Towns]
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− | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/tradedir/engtrade.htm English Trade Directories of the 19th Century]
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− | *[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ The Federation of Family History Societies]
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