Historic counties of England

2206:, summoned four times a year by the lord lieutenant. By the 19th century the county magistrates were exercising powers over the licensing of alehouses, the construction of bridges, prisons and asylums, the superintendence of main roads, public buildings and charitable institutions, and the regulation of weights and measures. The justices were empowered to levy local taxes to support these activities, and in 1739 these were unified as a single "county rate", under the control of a county treasurer. In order to build and maintain roads and bridges, a salaried county surveyor was to be appointed. 710: 2650: 365: 77: 1803: 3975:...the pattern of areas outside the conurbations has been based on the traditional counties. Some of the smallest counties have been amalgamated (e.g. Rutland and Leicestershire, Hereford and Worcester) and there have been boundary adjustments (e.g. between Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire) where the pattern of county boundaries no longer conforms to the pattern of life and administrative needs. But, otherwise, the geographical counties have remained substantially as before. 3274: 693:. Counties can be prefixed with "County of" in official contexts with any "-shire" suffix dropped, such as "County of Kent" or "County of York". There is similar usage in the single case of Berkshire, a county with a "-shire" suffix which is not named after a town and whose correct formation is "County of Berks". The "-shire" suffix was also appended for some counties, such as "Devonshire", "Dorsetshire" and "Somersetshire", despite their origin. For instance, there has been an 2901: 1514: 3307: 3935:: Counties are geographic entities whose origins reach back into the pre-Conquest period. They were derived either from Jutish, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon kingdoms whose size made them suitable administrative units when England was unified in the tenth century, or as artificial creations formed from larger kingdoms. The number of 'shires' (the Anglo-Saxon term) or 'counties' (Norman term) varied in the medieval period, particularly in the north of England. 3615: 3201: 2872: 2456: 2963: 3464: 3230: 3067: 1948: 2772: 371: 3551: 3643: 3579: 3336: 2548: 2515: 813: 3435: 3369: 3023: 3096: 2934: 2485: 1645:. The Act abolished administrative counties and county boroughs, and divided England (except Greater London and the Isles of Scilly) into counties. These were of two types: "metropolitan" and "non-metropolitan" counties. Apart from local government, the new counties were "substituted for counties of any other description" for judicial, shrievalty, lieutenancy and other purposes. Several counties, such as 1615: 2609: 2577: 3169: 3133: 2682: 1565:. In Newmarket and Tamworth the historic county boundary runs right up the middle of the high street; in Royal Tunbridge Wells the historic county boundary had a theatre (now the Corn Exchange) built right on it, with the actors playing in Sussex to an audience in Kent; and in Todmorden, the historically fractious border between Lancashire and Yorkshire (the river known as Walsden Water) had 2218: 3523: 3496: 2743: 3402: 2812: 2711: 3676: 2843: 1981:"...ABC contends that Britain needs a fixed popular geography, one divorced from the ever changing names and areas of local government...The ABC, therefore, seeks to fully re-establish the use of the historic counties as the standard popular geographical reference frame of Britain and to further encourage their use as a basis for social, sporting and cultural activities. 2007:

displayed on street and road signs. In August 2014, the first road sign was erected to mark the boundary of the historic county of Yorkshire. The Government is also publishing a new online interactive map of England's county boundaries. The Government has previously changed rules to allow local and county flags to be flown without planning permission, and supported the

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1086, when south Lancashire was surveyed together with Cheshire by the Domesday commissioners. Nevertheless, the two territories do seem to have been distinguished from one another in some way and it is not certain that the shire-moot and the reeves referred to in the south Lancashire section of Domesday were the Cheshire ones.

1898:. There are exceptions in that Rutland is integrated with Leicestershire; the Isle of Wight has its own board outside the Hampshire one; there is a board for the ceremonial county of Cumbria which is representative of both Cumberland and Westmorland. In addition, the ECB County Boards include one for the country of Wales. 3860: 3762:, used for biological recording since 1852, are largely based on historic county boundaries. They ignore all exclaves and are modified by subdividing large counties and merging smaller areas into neighbouring counties; such as Rutland with Leicestershire and Furness with Westmorland. The static boundaries make 1251:…that the said town of Bristol with its suburbs and their precinct, as the boundaries now exist, henceforward shall be separated and exempt in every way from the said counties of Gloucester and Somerset, on land and by water; that it shall be a county in itself and be called the county of Bristol for ever… 2011:

in encouraging a new wave of county and community flags to be designed and flown by local communities. The flags of England's historic counties have been flown from Government offices in support of these identities. All 39 counties have registered flags, with the flag of Leicestershire the last to be

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Certainly there were links between Cheshire and south Lancashire before 1000, when Wulfric Spot held lands in both territories. Wulfric's estates remained grouped together after his death, when they were left to his brother Ælfhelm, and indeed there still seems to have been some kind of connexion in

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tunnel, dividing the hall down the middle between the two counties – a division reflected in its architecture. The 1888 Act ensured that every urban sanitary district would be considered to be part of a single county. This principle was maintained in the 20th century: when county boroughs such

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which were created at the same time continued for non-administrative purposes to be part of the county which they geographically lay. These counties were to be used "for all purposes, whether sheriff, lieutenant, custos rotulorum, justices, militia, coroner, or other". The effect was that new county

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The name of a county often gives a clue to how it was formed, either as a division that took its name from a centre of administration, an ancient kingdom, or an area occupied by an ethnic group. The majority of English counties are in the first category, with the name formed by combining the central

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found that many respondents objected to the use of counties in the alias file. In May 2010 Postcomm announced that it was encouraging Royal Mail to discontinue the use of counties in its alias file at the earliest opportunity. However, because some existing software included the use of counties,

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In 1996, following further local government reform and the modernisation of its sorting equipment, the Royal Mail ceased to use counties at all in the direction of mail. Instead it now uses the outward code (first half) of the postcode. The former postal counties were removed in 2000 from its

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formally recognised and acknowledged the continued existence of England's 39 historic counties. On 23 April 2014 a new initiative was announced to support the 'tapestry' of traditional English counties, including the removal of a restriction preventing the names of traditional counties being

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Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of: Basildon & Thurrock, Blackburn & Blackpool, Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe, Dartford & Gravesham, Gillingham & Rochester upon Medway, Exeter, Gloucester, Halton & Warrington, Huntingdonshire & Peterborough,

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Crosby, A. (1996). writes on page 31: "The Domesday Survey (1086) included south Lancashire with Cheshire for convenience, but the Mersey, the name of which means 'boundary river' is known to have divided the kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia and there is no doubt that this was the real

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boroughs which were counties corporate retained their status as separate counties. In retrospect, these "statutory" counties can be identified as the predecessors of the ceremonial counties of England. The censuses of 1891, 1901 and 1911 provided figures for the "ancient counties".

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was first divided into administrative areas by the Romans, most likely following major geographical features such as rivers. Before their arrival there were distinct tribal areas, but they were in a constant state of flux as territory was gained and lost. After the demise of

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hundred of Middlesex was further divided into four divisions, which replaced the functions of the hundred. The borough and parish were the principal providers of local services throughout England until the creation of ad-hoc boards and, later, local government districts.

1939:), and Yorkshire and Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes in these areas. The case of Huntingdonshire was considered twice, but the Commission found that "there was no exceptional county allegiance to Huntingdonshire, as had been perceived in Rutland and Herefordshire". 1202:. The Sheriff of London also had jurisdiction over the county of Middlesex, so that "London and Middlesex were from that time regarded as one from an administrative point of view", although they retained their separate identities. This relationship continued until the 320:. In the centuries that followed their establishment, as well as their administrative function, the counties also helped define local culture and identity. This role continued even after the counties ceased to be used for administration after the creation of 2022:, both historic counties and long abandoned as units for administrative purposes, have continued to be widely recognised as cultural regions, significant in sport and used by many organisations as regional units. These counties, and several others, have a 3882: 5367: 1788:— and the London urban area sprawls into Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The Local Government Act 1972 sought generally to unite conurbations within a single county, while retaining the historic county boundaries as far as was practicable. 1826:. Greater London was not adopted in 1965, since, according to the Post Office at the time, it would have been too expensive to do so, while it gave as its reason for not adopting Greater Manchester the ambiguity of the name with the 331:

that covered urban areas, the counties of medieval England existed primarily as a means of enforcing central government power, enabling monarchs to exercise control over local areas through their chosen representatives – originally

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adopted. In July 2019 the UK Government published official guidance on Celebrating the Historic Counties of England, stating that "the tapestry of England's historic counties is one of the bonds which draws our nation together".

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as administrative areas in the 1990s; the abolition of Avon, Cleveland and Humberside within 25 years of their creation; and the restoration of the traditional borders between Somerset and Gloucestershire (except at

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Although all of England was divided into shires by the time of the Norman conquest, some counties were formed later, such as Lancashire in the 12th century. Perhaps because of their differing origins the counties

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was passed, the effect of which was to treat many of these exclaves as part of the county which surrounded them. This had already been done for Parliamentary purposes under the Great Reform Act 1832.

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areas in many parts of the country away from the main urban areas, although the newly created areas sometimes have considerably altered boundaries from the historic counties on which they are based.

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of 1832 reapportioned members throughout the counties, many of which were also split into parliamentary divisions. Constituencies based on the ancient county boundaries remained in use until 1918.

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was created, resulting in the abolition of the administrative counties of London and Middlesex, at the same time taking in areas from surrounding counties. On the same date the new counties of

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in the Domesday Book, was included in the returns for Cheshire. Whether this meant that this land was actually part of Cheshire is however not clear. The Northeast land that later became

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Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire, County Durham and Northumberland were established as counties in the 12th century. Lancashire can be firmly dated to 1182. Part of the domain of the

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There are customary abbreviations for many of the counties. In most cases, these consist of simple truncation, usually with an "s" at the end signifying "shire", such as "Berks" for

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The Campaign for Historic Counties is dedicated to campaigning, both in the public arena and among parliamentarians, for the restoration of historic counties. Their objectives are:

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During the Middle Ages a number of other large cities and towns were granted the status of self-governing counties separate from adjacent counties. Such a county became known as a

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expanded into neighbouring counties, the area added became associated with the county borough's geographic county. However, this principle was not applied to

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regained territory from the Scots in the far north-west in 1157, the County of Carliol was established. By 1177, Carliol had become known as Cumberland.

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was instituted. The lieutenants had a military role, previously exercised by the sheriffs, and were made responsible for raising and organising the

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largely independently of the English monarch, were incorporated into the English counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire in 1535.

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details that may be added by users but are no longer required, such as former street names or historic, administrative and former postal counties.

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empowered justices of the peace to form county constabularies outside boroughs. The formation of county police forces was made compulsory by the

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Although probably established early in the 10th century, its first mention in historical records occurs in 1016 when it was harried by Canute.

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Although established as an organised territory by 6th century, its first mention in historical records occurs in 1016 when it was harried by

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around 410 these first divisions of land were generally abandoned, although traditional divisions taking the form of petty kingdoms such as

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of the English Assizes. For legal purposes it was regarded as part of England, but Laws since the late 19th century were often applied to "

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By the 1880s it was being suggested that it would be more efficient if a wider variety of functions were provided on a county-wide basis.

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The only political party with a manifesto commitment to restore the boundaries and political functions of all ancient counties, including

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on behalf of the monarch. After the Norman conquest the powers of the earl were superseded by the sheriff and the shires became counties.

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This means that the map given in this article which depicts the counties at the time of the Domesday Book is misleading in this respect.

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were formed by the merger of pairs of administrative counties. The new areas were also adopted for lieutenancy and shrievalty purposes.

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became established as geographical terms quite apart from their original role as administrative divisions. The second largest county,

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in which the culture and history of the historic county is celebrated; many of these county days were created in the 21st century.

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level. With an increasingly mobile population, however, the system became outdated. Following the successful establishment of the

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originating in Norman times as Knights of the Peace, were appointed in each county. At the head of the legal hierarchy were the

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thirty-two, Henry of Huntingdon, thirty-seven. In most cases the counties or shires in Anglo-Saxon times were administered by a

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as the justices of the peace took on various administrative functions known as "county business". This was transacted at the

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Ninth century Anglo-Saxon origins as a region of the people around Dorchester. First named as a shire in the 10th century.

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remained separated from the rest of Lancashire by a narrow strip of Westmorland — though it was accessible by way of the

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in the Domesday Book. However, there is some disagreement about the status of some of this land. The area in between the

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Carl H. E. Zangerl (November 1971), "The Social Composition of the County Magistracy in England and Wales, 1831–1887",

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or "county of itself". For most practical purposes this separate status was replaced in the late 19th century when

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in the 10th century, it subdivided the area into various shires of roughly equal size and tax-raising potential or

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in England. Some ancient counties have their names preserved in multiple contemporary units, such as Yorkshire in

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The Victoria History of the County of Chester. (Volume 1: Physique, Prehistory, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Domesday)

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Some of the counties had major subdivisions. Of these, the most significant were the divisions of Yorkshire: the

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was united as a whole in 927 it became necessary to subdivide it for administrative convenience and to this end,

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district. In some areas ancient counties have been abandoned for local government use and then later revived.

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Kingdom of Sussex emerged in the 5th century and subsumed into an Anglo-Saxon shire of Wessex in 9th century.

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was separated from Warwickshire in 1451, and included an extensive area of countryside surrounding the city.

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is anomalous in terms of naming and origin, not falling into any of the three categories. Instead, it was a

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was split off and was considered an independent county until 1572, when it became part of Northumberland.

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Formed in the late Anglo-Saxon period from part of the Mercian Kingdom's province of the Peak District.

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did not feature this formulation; so for Kent, Surrey and the Isle of Wight, the former kingdoms of the

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In the east Midlands, it is thought that county boundaries may represent a 9th-century division of the

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were created out of the earlier kingdoms. The whole kingdom was divided into shires by the time of the

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Of Anglo-Saxon origins, the county's name was first recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1011.

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in 1889, which were themselves amended by further local government reforms in the years following.

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with its own high sheriff, and restricted the jurisdiction of the sheriffs of London to the City.

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The built-up areas of conurbations tend to cross historic county boundaries freely. Examples are

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When the first county councils were set up in 1889, they covered newly created entities known as

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Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire of Wessex with a documented history dating back to the reign of

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First constituted as an Anglo-Saxon shire in 927 but associated with the older kingdom of the

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was established in the 5th or 6th century and later it was merged with the Danelaw borough of

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The Ordnance Survey's Nineteenth Century Boundary Survey: Context, Characteristics and Impact

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The Story of the Shire, being the Lore, History and Evolution of English County Institutions

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The Reorganisation of British Local Government: Old Orthodoxies and a Political Perspective

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By the late Middle Ages the county was being used as the basis of a number of functions.

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in accordance with the 1965 and 1974 reforms, but not all. The two major exceptions were

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On 1 April 1965, a number of changes came into effect. The new administrative area of

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Of Danish origin, the shire of Huntingdon was first delimited in Anglo-Saxon times.

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in each county. The lieutenancies were subsequently given responsibility for the

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Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire, probably dating from early in the 10th century.

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of biodiversity easier. They also cover the rest of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Large exclaves affected by the 1844 Act included the County Durham exclaves of

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developed as a major port in the medieval period, straddling both sides of the

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Established in the late Anglo-Saxon period, some time after the larger former

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appointed in the same manner as other English and Welsh counties, created the

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From the 16th century onwards the county was increasingly used as a unit of

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Much of Northumbria was also shired, the best known of these counties being

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Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. First mentioned early in the 11th century.

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Clark, Peter; Palliser, David Michael; Daunton, Martin J. (20 July 2000).

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campaigned against the often primitive conditions in gaols, and under the

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respectively; the names were first used by the Saxons in the 9th century.

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after it came under West Saxon control during the 10th century. Once the

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between units of the Danish army. Rutland was an anomalous territory or

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Most English counties were subdivided into smaller subdivisions called

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Charters granting separate county status to the cities and boroughs of

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5543:"Eric Pickles: celebrate St George and England's traditional counties" 1886:

The historic counties of England continue to be used as the basis for

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An Anglo-Saxon shire who name was derived from the Celtic kingdom of

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Until the 19th century law enforcement was mostly carried out at the

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cover a larger area than the administrative area in 1974 (in green).

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Explaining Local Government: Local Government in Britain Since 1800

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linked the recruiting areas of infantry regiments to the counties.

1989:

Maps, roads and addresses to included historic counties as standard

1665:, vanished from the administrative map, while new entities such as 1525:

Several towns are historically divided between counties, including

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became the only Danelaw borough to fail to become a county town.

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founded by settlers around 445. In southern England more widely,

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where the name corresponds to the tribes who inhabited the area.

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Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System

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A review of the structure of local government in England by the

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Royal Mail was advised not to implement the change before 2013.

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of Lincolnshire, and the East and West divisions of Sussex. The

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Interactive map comparing historic counties to current counties

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There was historic ambiguity as to the status of the county of

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The Huntingdon and Peterborough Order 1964 (SI 1964/367), see

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or now correspond to another type of subdivision, such as the

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which lasted from 1007 to 1017 before being incorporated into

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were formed into the single county of Westmorland in 1226-7.

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In 1974 a major local government reform took place under the

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Charters were granted constituting the boroughs or cities of

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Local Government: Policy and Management in Local Authorities

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The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order (SI 1964/366), see

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in Sussex. Hundreds or their equivalents were divided into

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database and included in an "alias file", which is used to

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are areas that were established for administration by the

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A History of Cheshire. (The Darwen County History Series)

6372:. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 4082:"Flying the county flag: The preservation of an identity" 1992:

Removal of the word 'county' from all local council names

1957:, adopted in 2013 through a competition organised by the 1931:), County Durham and Yorkshire (towards the mouth of the 1381:

The ancient counties have many anomalies, and many small

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that was first mentioned as a separate county in 1159.

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The justices had responsibility for maintaining county

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5093:"House of Lords: Cardiff Extension Bill third reading" 4246:. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 2. 3728:

2009 structural changes to local government in England

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The historic counties of England are included in the

1979:, promotes the historic counties. It states that the 825:. The county boundaries were fairly static until the 181:

94,000–3.8 million acres (15,000 km) (1881)

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Yorkshire has three major subdivisions known as the

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Historic Counties to be used for ceremonial purposes

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Former postal counties of England from 1974 to 1996

961:) of the county, along with "-shire". Examples are 230: 185: 174: 160: 144: 136: 122: 114: 104: 94: 81:Counties of England in 1851 with major rivers, the 51: 6259: 4982: 4162: 2922:Recorded as an Anglo-Saxon shire from the time of 1172:unambiguously included the area as part of Wales. 2300:). Other divisions include the special status of 1971:(ABC), with its regional affiliates, such as the 1404:, which were subsequently treated as hundreds of 6410:. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 5424:Northampton, Norwich, Spelthorne and the Wrekin. 4869: 4867: 4510:— Census Geographies. Retrieved 19 October 2006. 3254:, which became the northern part of Anglo-Saxon 1834:post town. It is common for people to speak of " 1369:) to the south-east, and part of Staffordshire ( 909:or inhabitants of the areas around the towns of 4696: 4673: 4671: 4665:— County definition. Retrieved 19 October 2006. 2351:within them that were administered separately. 1249: 5781:"Protest group seizes the day in boundary row" 5022:. Routledge Geography and Environment Series. 4695:Harris and Thacker (1987). write on page 252: 681:(referring to both the county and the city of 4883:. Vol. 2. pp. 15–60. Paragraph 12. 4792: 4518: 4516: 4119:. National Geographic Society. Archived from 3883:"Preliminary Report, England and Wales, 1891" 3847: 3845: 2072:Administration of justice and law enforcement 816:An 1824 map of the English and Welsh counties 8: 6511:Counties of England established in antiquity 6491:Celebrating the Historic Counties of England 6425:Phillips, A. D. M.; Phillips, C. B. (2002). 6353:, Imago Mundi, Vol. 51. (1999), pp. 131-146. 6039:Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 5843:The English Democrats: Putting England First 5682:Celebrating the Historic Counties of England 5451:27 November 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2006. 4560:(Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. 2272:, was also sub divided into three historic " 304:and others. They are alternatively known as 5658:. York Press. 5 August 2014. Archived from 4783:– Herefordshire. Retrieved 19 October 2006. 4277: 4275: 4273: 4271: 4269: 4267: 4265: 4263: 2804:. Recognized as a county palatine in 1293. 2264:of York. Since Yorkshire was so large, its 1602:in the territory of the historic county of 1255:Similar arrangements were later applied to 1077: 941:, meaning foreigners, added by the Saxons. 765:, which then imposed its system of shires, 713:The Counties of England as recorded in the 610:town with the suffix "-shire", for example 6009:. Contemporary Political Studies. London: 4981:Wood, Bruce; Redcliffe-Maud, John (1974). 4375: 4373: 4340: 4338: 2429: 1235:which formed the ancient boundary between 48: 6253: 6251: 6249: 6247: 6245: 6243: 6241: 6239: 6237: 6235: 6233: 6231: 6229: 6227: 6225: 6223: 6221: 6219: 6217: 6215: 6213: 6211: 6209: 6207: 6205: 6203: 5624: 5622: 5421:Local Government Commission for England. 4023:Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary 3015:. Designated as county palatine in 1067. 1902:Recognition of historic county boundaries 1772:itself straddles five ancient counties — 1521:, mentioning the historic county boundary 6481:Interactive map of the historic counties 6201: 6199: 6197: 6195: 6193: 6191: 6189: 6187: 6185: 6183: 6007:Local Government and Politics in Britain 5476:21 July 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2006. 4710:Phillips and Phillips (2002). pp. 26–31. 4486:Henry of Huntingdon (29 December 1853). 4304: 4302: 2882:County of Southampton, Southamptonshire 2216: 1424:Exclaves that the 1844 Act did not touch 1340: 6157: 6155: 6153: 6151: 6149: 6147: 6145: 6143: 6141: 6097: 6095: 6093: 6091: 6089: 6087: 6085: 6083: 6081: 6079: 6077: 6075: 6073: 6071: 6069: 6067: 5151:Local Government Commission for England 4907:"Text of Bristol Royal Charter of 1373" 4414:Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 4169:. Manchester University Press. p. 4026:. Merriam-Webster. 1997. p. 1135. 3951: 3949: 3947: 3945: 3943: 3841: 2371:courts and were inherited by the later 2092:(keeper of the rolls) for each county. 1908:Local Government Commission for England 745:remained in those areas which remained 344:. Counties were used initially for the 6387:Harris, B. E.; Thacker, A. T. (1987). 6139: 6137: 6135: 6133: 6131: 6129: 6127: 6125: 6123: 6121: 6065: 6063: 6061: 6059: 6057: 6055: 6053: 6051: 6049: 6047: 4927:The Cambridge Urban History of Britain 4842:"Charter granted by Henry I to London" 4646:— Timeline. Retrieved 19 October 2006. 4594:An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England 4490:. H. G. Bohn – via Google Books. 3390:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire of the 2536:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire of the 2427:The historic counties are as follows: 1412:forming part of Shropshire, which was 6258:Dale, Rodney; Puttick, Steve (1997). 6102:"Appendix I. General Abbreviations". 5779:Wood, Alexandra (23 September 2005). 5487:"The Association of British Counties" 4821:Representation of the People Act 1948 4817:Representation of the People Act 1918 4217:from the original on 27 November 2021 4192:local government 1974 reform england. 3484:Formed from the southern part of the 1873:During a public consultation in 2009 1810:In a period of financial crisis, the 1798:Postal counties of the United Kingdom 1681:appeared, in addition to the six new 1133:(English Maelor), and (later still) " 937:, in the latter case with the suffix 7: 6325:LangScape: The language of landscape 5919:from the original on 7 November 2010 5732:from the original on 12 January 2008 5726:"What's so special about Yorkshire?" 5656:"Welcome to Yorkshire sign unveiled" 5580:from the original on 24 October 2017 5493:from the original on 11 January 2020 5365:Postcomm Decision Document, May 2010 5131:from the original on 6 February 2020 5073:from the original on 6 February 2020 4952:"Creation of the County of the City" 4880:A history of the County of Middlesex 4591:Blair, Peter Hunter (17 July 2003). 4556:Cannon, John, ed. (2009). "Surrey". 4282:Hackwood, Frederick William (1920). 3262:before the northern part became the 3189:Originally the northern half of the 801:accounts for thirty-five shires and 6391:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 6041:, 5th Ser., Vol. 34. (1984), p. 125 5808:"Boundary protest 'to be reported'" 5752:"County signs dumped after protest" 5636:from the original on 6 October 2014 5607:from the original on 13 August 2013 5603:. Association of British Counties. 4852:from the original on 4 January 2009 4382:Local Government and Urban Politics 4111:Worrall, Simon (22 November 2014). 3059:. Established as a county in 1182. 1117:were included in English counties: 6427:A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire 6331:from the original on 30 April 2017 4962:from the original on 6 August 2014 4061:from the original on 16 April 2018 3812:1889 areas recorded in 1891 census 3722:Administrative and ceremonial uses 2132:County and Borough Police Act 1856 1387:Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 1333:, was created a county corporate. 1113:, some parts of what later became 669:-derived word for its county town 25: 5599:Garber, Michael (23 April 2013). 5099:from the original on 26 July 2019 4985:English Local Government Reformed 4459:Yorke, Barbara (1 January 1995). 4205:"UK Local Government – Key Dates" 3988:"Definition of Sussex in English" 3893:from the original on 16 July 2011 3863:from the original on 16 July 2011 1618:The ancient county boundaries of 996:, and took on the territories of 327:Unlike the partly self-governing 280:, in many cases based on earlier 5913:Parliament of the United Kingdom 5909:Police, prisons and penal reform 5549:from the original on 3 July 2013 5513:"Campaign for Historic Counties" 5178:(Report No.3), 31 July 1961 and 5157:(Report No.3), 31 July 1961 and 4958:. British History Online. 1969. 4887:from the original on 31 May 2012 4055:"Specsavers County Championship" 3998:from the original on 20 May 2021 3887:Census of England and Wales 1891 3857:Census of England and Wales 1881 3674: 3641: 3613: 3577: 3549: 3521: 3494: 3462: 3433: 3400: 3367: 3334: 3328:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. 3305: 3272: 3228: 3199: 3167: 3153:The county has its roots in the 3131: 3094: 3065: 3021: 2990: 2961: 2955:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. 2932: 2899: 2893:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. 2870: 2864:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. 2841: 2810: 2770: 2741: 2709: 2680: 2648: 2607: 2575: 2546: 2513: 2507:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. 2483: 2477:Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. 2454: 1946: 1858:, Essex" (which are inside it). 1420:, as the remainder already was. 369: 363: 75: 6266:. Wordsworth Editions. p. 5568:Kelner, Simon (23 April 2013). 5523:from the original on 6 May 2021 5436:Lancastrians' pride in heritage 5050:Local Government Act 1888, S.31 4558:A Dictionary of British History 4092:from the original on 8 May 2018 3912:Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). 1969:Association of British Counties 1732:(Yorkshire and County Durham), 1454:, which remained surrounded by 1121:, for example, was included in 973:was originally "Chestershire". 614:. Former kingdoms which became 18:Traditional counties of England 6476:Campaign for Historic Counties 5950:The Journal of British Studies 5412:County Cricket Boards, List of 4930:. Cambridge University Press. 4686:Morgan (1978). pp.269c–301c,d. 4597:. Cambridge University Press. 4523:Winchester, Angus J L (1990). 4352:. Aspects of Britain. London: 4238:"Local government before 1832" 4080:Bell, Bethan (20 April 2014). 3716:Office for National Statistics 2782:County of Durham (informally, 1955:flag of historic County Durham 1910:led to the restoration of the 1814:was able to alter many of its 1632:Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 1569:built right on top of it on a 1321:(with the surrounding area of 1300:County of the City of Coventry 32:Ceremonial counties of England 1: 5989:Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1833 5938:Regulation of Forces Act 1871 5724:Allen, Liam (1 August 2006). 5461:White rose county has its day 4525:Discovering Parish Boundaries 4346:Central Office of Information 3781:Historic counties of Scotland 2174:Each English county sent two 1517:Notice on the Corn Exchange, 929:tribes known in Latin as the 178: 164: 6506:History of England by county 5125:National Library of Scotland 5067:National Library of Scotland 4637:Stamford Visitor Information 3776:Counties of Northern Ireland 3157:Province of the Anglo-Saxon 3047:The hundreds in-between the 2170:Parliamentary representation 1890:teams and the governance of 925:were based on the pre-Saxon 905:derive their names from the 889:. A "lost" Saxon county was 274:historic counties of England 30:Not to be confused with the 27:Category of areas of England 6471:The Historic Counties Trust 6114:. 1967. pp. 1524–1540. 4751:University of Toronto Press 4311:Local Government in Britain 3250:The Anglo-Saxon kingdom of 2835:had lost its independence. 2375:areas under the control of 2142:In the 1540s the office of 1728:(Cheshire and Lancashire), 1636:Huntingdon and Peterborough 1160:. It was then added to the 1052:rule until 1092. After the 823:varied considerably in size 6537: 5283:Cambridge University Press 4793:Harris & Thacker (1987 4161:Chisholm, Michael (2000). 3805: 3786:Historic counties of Wales 2833:Kingdom of the East Saxons 2628:+ partial palatine powers 2414:. In the 17th century the 2103:. During the 19th century 1973:Friends of Real Lancashire 1795: 1179: 40: 29: 6104:Concise Oxford Dictionary 5905:"Towards central control" 5228:Local Government Act 1972 5205:Butterworth & Company 5197:Local Government Act 1972 5182:(Report No.9), 7 May 1965 5161:(Report No.9), 7 May 1965 5095:. Hansard. 27 July 1937. 4940:– via Google Books. 4829:Local Government Act 1972 4825:Local Government Act 1933 4607:– via Google Books. 4475:– via Google Books. 4380:Hampton, William (1991). 3736:non-metropolitan counties 3264:Earldom of Northumberland 2186:was disenfranchised. The 2043:Lancashire County Council 1977:Yorkshire Ridings Society 1643:Local Government Act 1972 1505:, and to ensure that the 1499:Local Government Act 1888 1208:High Sheriff of Middlesex 1204:Local Government Act 1888 1170:Local Government Act 1972 1145:had been administered by 992:was the successor to the 827:Local Government Act 1888 644:County Palatine of Durham 642:that was turned into the 362: 346:administration of justice 168: 21,000—3.4 million 74: 56: 6321:"Counties Abbreviations" 6292:"Hampshire High Sheriff" 6005:Kingdom, John E (1991). 5687:1 September 2019 at the 5408:25 February 2015 at the 5340:Address Management Guide 4677:Sylvester (1980). p. 14. 4623:10 February 2007 at the 4295:: Heath Cranton Limited. 4236:Chandler, J. A. (2007). 3918:Royal Historical Society 3791:English county histories 1912:East Riding of Yorkshire 1298:(1622) as counties. The 1206:created a new office of 1137:Detached". Parts of the 340:– and their subordinate 6112:Oxford University Press 5871:Elcock, Howard (1994). 5691:Retrieved 1st Sept 2019 5306:Corby, Michael (1979). 5273:Dearlove, John (1979). 5020:Metropolitan Government 4995:Oxford University Press 4875:Victoria County History 4806:Encyclopædia Britannica 4661:16 October 2006 at the 3714:(IPN) published by the 2058:English Democrats Party 1894:in England through the 1483:administrative counties 1194:in about 1130 gave the 1166:Wales and Monmouthshire 1090:, was left unrecorded. 1079:"Inter Ripam et Mersam" 350:modern local government 322:administrative counties 140:39 (as of 1 April 1889) 6444:Sylvester, D. (1980). 6163:"PAF Digest Issue 6.0" 5389:6 January 2009 at the 4739:George, David (1991). 4701: 3486:Kingdom of East Anglia 3260:Earldom of Northumbria 3211:County of Northampton 3191:Kingdom of East Anglia 3125:to form Lincolnshire. 2245: 2128:County Police Act 1839 1807: 1623: 1522: 1378: 1253: 1158:Laws in Wales Act 1535 1078: 1040:, as well as parts of 879:Kingdom of East Anglia 817: 717: 689:; and "Northants" for 6307:16 April 2017 at the 5466:12 March 2007 at the 5441:12 March 2007 at the 5193:Arnold-Baker, Charles 4506:16 April 2017 at the 4445:26 April 2017 at the 4434:16 April 2017 at the 4423:17 April 2017 at the 4147:16 April 2017 at the 3920:. pp. xii–xiii. 3605:Barony of Westmorland 3284:County of Nottingham 2973:County of Huntingdon 2853:County of Gloucester 2525:County of Buckingham 2373:administrative county 2343:Several counties had 2220: 2082:Justices of the peace 1864:Postcode Address File 1805: 1683:metropolitan counties 1617: 1543:Royal Tunbridge Wells 1519:Royal Tunbridge Wells 1516: 1426:included the part of 1408:; and those parts of 1344: 1329:, on the border with 1127:Atiscross and Exestan 1058:harrying of the North 815: 803:William of Malmesbury 712: 342:justices of the peace 6521:Vernacular geography 5852:on 26 September 2007 5707:23 July 2014 at the 5662:on 13 September 2014 5370:20 July 2011 at the 5240:Jones, Bill (2004). 5018:Barlow, Max (1991). 4779:27 June 2017 at the 4774:Domesday Book Online 4642:27 June 2006 at the 4309:Byrne, Tony (1994). 3712:Index of Place Names 3653:County of Worcester 3077:County of Leicester 3033:County of Lancaster 2634:The western part of 2558:County of Cambridge 2365:Soke of Peterborough 2176:Knights of the Shire 2101:houses of correction 1828:Manchester post town 1458:. Additionally, the 1414:subsequently treated 1345:This 1814 map shows 949:When Wessex annexed 799:Robert of Gloucester 310:traditional counties 145:Possible status 83:ridings of Yorkshire 6516:Counties of England 6406:Morgan, P. (1978). 6368:Crosby, A. (1996). 5517:realcounties.org.uk 5230:(1972 c.70), s. 216 4846:Florilegium Urbanum 4795:, pp. 340–341) 4123:on 26 November 2014 4117:National Geographic 3963:. 1974. p. 1. 3726:At the time of the 3445:County of Stafford 2944:County of Hertford 2911:County of Hereford 2640:Kingdom of Cornwall 2124:Metropolitan Police 1748:(County Durham and 1567:Todmorden Town Hall 1377:) to the south-west 1315:Newcastle upon Tyne 1109:At the time of the 223:(from 1 April 1889) 217:(16th century–1889) 43:Counties of England 5816:. 14 November 2002 5760:. 15 November 2002 4533:Shire Publications 3992:Advance Dictionary 3764:longitudinal study 3561:County of Warwick 3119:Kingdom of Lindsey 3106:County of Lincoln 2587:County of Chester 2466:County of Bedford 2442:Additional status 2246: 1824:Greater Manchester 1808: 1710:Greater Manchester 1624: 1523: 1379: 1327:Berwick upon Tweed 1325:) (1440). In 1551 1319:Kingston-upon-Hull 1176:Counties corporate 1141:, which after the 994:Kingdom of Lindsey 984:, associated with 818: 787:Kingdom of England 751:south west England 718: 699:Duke of Devonshire 695:Earl of Devonshire 87:remaining exclaves 6302:Vision of Britain 6298:on 26 March 2012. 6277:978-1-85326-385-9 5993:3 & 4 Will. 4 5384:Cricket: Counties 4656:Domesday Explorer 4618:Domesday Explorer 4577:Independent.co.uk 4501:Vision of Britain 4465:. A&C Black. 4142:Vision of Britain 3824:Registrar General 3708: 3707: 3703:Scandinavian York 3564:Warks, War, Warw 3392:Kingdom of Mercia 3317:County of Oxford 3242:Northumb, Northd 2802:Liberty of Durham 2538:Kingdom of Mercia 1896:ECB County Boards 1531:Burton upon Trent 1225:were introduced. 1095:Bishops of Durham 1076:, referred to as 849:derives from the 603:Compare with 2010 270: 269: 16:(Redirected from 6528: 6459: 6440: 6421: 6402: 6383: 6354: 6349:David Fletcher, 6347: 6341: 6340: 6338: 6336: 6317: 6311: 6299: 6294:. 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