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! First observed
! First observed
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! width=45%|Origin
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| [[Caernarfonshire]] Day
| {{sort|11/28|28 November}}
| n/a
| Death of Owain Gwynedd
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| [[Cornwall]] (St Piran's Day)
| [[Cornwall]] (St Piran's Day)
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| 1900 <small>''(approx.)''</small>
| 1900 <small>''(approx.)''</small>
| Previously a local holiday, revived in later years
| Previously a local holiday, revived in later years
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| [[Hampshire]] (St Swithun's Day)
| {{sort|07/15|15 July}}
| 2019
| Feast day of St Swithun, patron saint of Winchester Cathedral.
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| [[Huntingdonshire]] Day
| [[Huntingdonshire]] Day
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Founded by the Huntingdonshire Society<ref>[http://www.huntingdonshire.org.uk/huntsday.htm Huntingdonshire Day page]</ref>
Founded by the Huntingdonshire Society<ref>[http://www.huntingdonshire.org.uk/huntsday.htm Huntingdonshire Day page]</ref>
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| [[Lancashire]] Day
| {{sort|11/27|27 November}}
| 1996
| The date on which the first members were summoned to Parliament from the county.
Created by The Friends of Real Lancashire
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|-
| [[Somerset]] Day
| [[Somerset]] Day
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| The Battle of Albuhera, 1811<ref>[http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=22809 UK Parliament - Early Day Motion]</ref>
| The Battle of Albuhera, 1811<ref>[http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=22809 UK Parliament - Early Day Motion]</ref>
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| [[Sussex]] Day (St Richard's Day)
| {{sort|06/16|16 June}}
| 2007
| Feast day of St Richard of Chichester.
Created by ''Sussex First'' and adopted by local councils<ref>[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/community-and-living/sussex-day/ Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council], [http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local-news/happy_sussex_day_from_the_hastings_observer_1_1455470 Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010]</ref>
|-
| [[Hampshire]] (St Swithun's Day)
| {{sort|07/15|15 July}}
| 2019
| Feast day of St Swithun, patron saint of Winchester Cathedral.
|-
| [[Yorkshire]] Day
| {{sort|08/01|1 August}}
| 1975
| The Battle of Minden (1759).
Created by the Yorkshire Ridings Society
|-
|-
| [[Monmouthshire]] Day
| [[Monmouthshire]] Day
| {{sort|09/25|25 September}}
| {{sort|09/25|25 September}}
| 2013
| 2013
| The feast day of St Cadoc<ref>[http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/ai1ec_event/st-cadocs-day Flag Institute - Monmouthshire – St. Cadoc’s Day (County Day)]</ref>
| The feast day of St Cadoc<ref>[http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/ai1ec_event/st-cadocs-day Flag Institute - Monmouthshire – St Cadoc’s Day (County Day)]</ref>
|-
| [[Oxfordshire]] Day
| {{sort|10/19|19 October}}
| n/a
| St Frideswide's Day
|-
|-
| [[Northamptonshire]] Day
| [[Northamptonshire]] Day
| {{sort|10/26|25 October}}
| {{sort|10/25|25 October}}
| n/a
| n/a
| St Crispin's Day
| St Crispin's Day
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| St Cedd's Day
| St Cedd's Day
|-
|-
| [[Sussex]] Day (St Richard's Day)
| [[Lancashire]] Day
| {{sort|06/16|16 June}}
| {{sort|11/27|27 November}}
| 2007
| 1996
| Feast day of St Richard of Chichester.
| The date on which the first members were summoned to Parliament from the county.


Created by ''Sussex First'' and adopted by local councils<ref>[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/community-and-living/sussex-day/ Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council], [http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local-news/happy_sussex_day_from_the_hastings_observer_1_1455470 Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010]</ref>
Created by The Friends of Real Lancashire
|-
|-
| [[Yorkshire]] Day
| [[Caernarfonshire]] Day
| {{sort|08/01|1 August}}
| {{sort|11/28|28 November}}
| 1975
| n/a
| The Battle of Minden (1759).
| Death of Owain Gwynedd
 
Created by the Yorkshire Ridings Society
|}
|}


Revision as of 11:19, 19 October 2020

A County day is a day on which a particular county may be celebrated. In particular it is a day on which to celebrate the cultural heritage of the County. These are relatively recent observances, and few counties have established county days.

A County Day may be established with a view to celebrate the County generally or out of a desire to protect heritage being lost, and there is no one way to mark the day. County days are often selected to coincide with the observance of a Saint's Day from the church calendar or another date which has some local significance.

County Date First observed Origin
Cornwall (St Piran's Day) 5 March 1900 (approx.) Previously a local holiday, revived in later years
Huntingdonshire Day 25 April 2002 Oliver Cromwell's birthday.

Founded by the Huntingdonshire Society[1]

Somerset Day 11 May 2015 Battle of Eddington
Middlesex Day 16 May 2003 (approx.) The Battle of Albuhera, 1811[2]
Sussex Day (St Richard's Day) 16 June 2007 Feast day of St Richard of Chichester.

Created by Sussex First and adopted by local councils[3]

Hampshire (St Swithun's Day) 15 July 2019 Feast day of St Swithun, patron saint of Winchester Cathedral.
Yorkshire Day 1 August 1975 The Battle of Minden (1759).

Created by the Yorkshire Ridings Society

Monmouthshire Day 25 September 2013 The feast day of St Cadoc[4]
Oxfordshire Day 19 October n/a St Frideswide's Day
Northamptonshire Day 25 October n/a St Crispin's Day
Essex Day 26 October n/a St Cedd's Day
Lancashire Day 27 November 1996 The date on which the first members were summoned to Parliament from the county.

Created by The Friends of Real Lancashire

Caernarfonshire Day 28 November n/a Death of Owain Gwynedd

References

  1. ↑ Huntingdonshire Day page
  2. ↑ UK Parliament - Early Day Motion
  3. ↑ Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council, Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010
  4. ↑ Flag Institute - Monmouthshire – St Cadoc’s Day (County Day)
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