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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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| − | '''Currency''' - Pound sterling
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| − | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| − | | [[Image:counties.jpg|frame|English Towns and Villages]]
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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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| − | |[[Cheshire]]||[[Cornwall/Kernow|Cornwall]]||[[Cumberland]]||[[Derbyshire]]
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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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| − | |[[Westmorland]]||[[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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| − | |[[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.ffhs.org.uk/ The Federation of Family History Societies]
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| − | *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/ UK Genealogy Archives]
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| − | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.genogold.com GenoGold]
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| − | *[http://www.local-history.co.uk/ Local History Online]
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| − | *[http://www.familia.org.uk/libraries.html UK Libraries Index]
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| − | *[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History]
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| − | *[http://www.institutions.org.uk/ Workhouses, Hospitals and Asylums]
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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.
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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.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/index.shtml Surrey Plus Wills Index] Surrey plus 9 other counties.
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| − | '''[[The British Isles]]'''
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