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- Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from [[Kent]] to [[County Kerry|Kerry]] is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is ...{{datelist|{{#time:F|-3 day}}|{{#time:j|-3 days}}|{{year code|{{#time:Y|-3 days}}}}}}]]3 KB (421 words) - 11:59, 10 December 2021
- | county = Northumberland ...ory of Alnwick though is the history of the castle and its lords, from the days of Gilbert Tyson (or Tison, Tisson, or De Tesson) one of William the Conque9 KB (1,475 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2014
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Inverary]]17 KB (2,597 words) - 17:13, 23 September 2022
- {{Infobox county |name=County Armagh13 KB (2,082 words) - 18:16, 10 November 2015
- |county=Yorkshire ...2 chimneys represent the weeks and originally 365 bedrooms represented the days of the year. A blue plaque outside marks where the novelist Anne Brontë di21 KB (3,356 words) - 12:12, 4 November 2019
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Bodmin]] or [[Truro]]37 KB (5,790 words) - 16:06, 1 November 2022
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Cromarty]]12 KB (1,696 words) - 17:50, 27 March 2017
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Carlisle]]16 KB (2,422 words) - 13:18, 19 February 2019
- |county=Lancashire ...fore grandson of Henry Banks, was its first mayor. The town would become a county borough in 1904.29 KB (4,432 words) - 20:31, 13 December 2016
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Dumfries]]12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:16, 24 July 2018
- {{Infobox county |name=County Durham24 KB (3,699 words) - 15:59, 14 August 2020
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Haddington]]13 KB (1,906 words) - 20:54, 6 December 2016
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Chelmsford]]25 KB (3,857 words) - 15:59, 1 March 2022
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Winchester]]14 KB (2,242 words) - 14:48, 2 September 2020
- {{Infobox county |motto=Air son Math na Siorrachd<br />(For the good of the county)23 KB (3,722 words) - 19:09, 5 January 2021
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Maidstone]] or [[Canterbury]]24 KB (3,668 words) - 14:18, 16 March 2024
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Kirkcudbright]]17 KB (2,623 words) - 14:25, 19 January 2021
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Lancaster]]10 KB (1,426 words) - 19:03, 9 June 2023
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Lincoln]]22 KB (3,266 words) - 18:10, 16 May 2020
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[London]] or [[Brentford]]16 KB (2,522 words) - 17:27, 28 January 2023
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Elgin]]14 KB (2,251 words) - 18:44, 5 January 2021
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Northampton]]23 KB (3,176 words) - 19:27, 20 March 2024
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Alnwick]]22 KB (3,198 words) - 09:29, 2 March 2016
- {{Infobox county |flag=County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg11 KB (1,644 words) - 18:44, 9 April 2019
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Perth]]13 KB (1,911 words) - 19:22, 16 April 2017
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Lerwick]]7 KB (1,053 words) - 12:58, 22 June 2015
- |county=Shetland ...d the peaty soil is soft, making it ideal for excavation burrows. The long days in summer also make spotting these largely nocturnal creatures in daylight28 KB (4,634 words) - 16:54, 18 April 2019
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Taunton]]42 KB (6,548 words) - 10:39, 3 November 2016
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Linlithgow]]13 KB (2,009 words) - 14:00, 30 May 2017
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[York]]21 KB (3,184 words) - 20:45, 6 November 2023
- {{Infobox county |name=County Cavan22 KB (3,312 words) - 14:16, 2 December 2016
- {{Infobox county |name=County Kilkenny47 KB (6,906 words) - 10:14, 16 February 2019
- {{Infobox county |name=County Louth8 KB (1,182 words) - 22:36, 18 January 2015
- {{Infobox county |name=County Mayo37 KB (5,694 words) - 17:16, 22 June 2017
- {{Infobox county |county town=[[Mullingar]]10 KB (1,488 words) - 18:10, 10 December 2017
- |county=Berkshire ...gdon-on-Thames''') is a market town in [[Berkshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest20 KB (3,252 words) - 17:52, 19 May 2018
- |county=Aberdeenshire '''Aberdeen''' is the [[county town]] of [[Aberdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is51 KB (7,818 words) - 20:24, 20 July 2017
- |county=Shropshire It was a castle of the Welsh Marches in the unquiet days of the young Middle Ages, one of several frontier fortifications. It is al11 KB (1,779 words) - 19:26, 29 June 2015
- |county=Aberdeenshire ...erience having been an Organist and Choirmaster in Dover during his school days; Organist and Choirmaster of the Anglican Chaplaincy, University of Leeds;12 KB (1,994 words) - 17:34, 3 November 2023
- |county=Aberdeenshire ...s a population of 5,708. The western boundary of the parish also forms the county border.3 KB (473 words) - 16:06, 16 October 2015
- |county=Cambridgeshire ...miles east of [[Peterborough]], [[Northamptonshire]] and lies close to the county boundary with [[Huntingdonshire]].9 KB (1,374 words) - 19:05, 8 August 2015
- | county=County Antrim '''Ballymena''' is a town in [[County Antrim]]. It was built on land given to the Adair family by [[Charles I Ki5 KB (809 words) - 21:24, 6 March 2016
- | county=County Antrim ...[[County Antrim]], standing on the north shore of [[Belfast Lough]]. It is County Antrim's oldest town and takes its name from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, the 6th10 KB (1,444 words) - 17:44, 29 January 2016
- |county=Monmouthshire ...dwas]] and [[Trethomas]]. It lies on the [[River Rhymney]] which forms the county border with [[Glamorgan]]. The ancient parish lies across the river in both2 KB (341 words) - 07:06, 27 April 2016
- |county=Monmouthshire ...Chapter 28 of the 1535 Act of Henry VIII, which provided that Monmouth, as county town, should return one burgess to Parliament, further stated that other Mo13 KB (2,023 words) - 13:10, 5 October 2015
- | county =County Cork '''Youghal''' is a bustling and picturesque town in the East Riding of [[County Cork]], standing on the estuary of the [[Munster Blackwater|River Blackwate9 KB (1,497 words) - 12:10, 2 August 2017
- | county = Lancashire ...d Manchester City, and just outside the city the home ground of Lancashire County Cricket Club. Manchester was the host of the 2002 Commonwealth Games.62 KB (9,049 words) - 15:49, 1 October 2017
- | county=Banffshire ...Keith Country Show. The show was founded in 1872 and every year promises days of prize-winning livestock and family fun.<ref>[http://www.keithshow.org.uk4 KB (691 words) - 21:21, 29 November 2020
- | county =Berkshire ...known as a “Bridewell”, that held prisoners from various parts of the county.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hunter |first=Judith |title=A History of Berkshire |21 KB (3,188 words) - 10:35, 27 July 2016
- | county = Bedfordshire '''Bedford''' is the [[county town]] of [[Bedfordshire]]. According to estimates, the town had a populat11 KB (1,644 words) - 16:54, 24 October 2015
- | county = Bedfordshire ...rishes,"] 29 August 2008</ref><ref>'Parishes: Dunstable', A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3 (1912), pp. 349-368</ref>12 KB (1,789 words) - 12:19, 30 June 2017
- | county= Devon ...e second Wednesday of October, and takes over much of the town for several days either side, drawing crowds which far outnumber the resident population.19 KB (3,149 words) - 14:50, 27 January 2016
- | county= Dorset ...te in the main Bridport Open Studios event that takes place over the three days of the August Bank Holiday weekend. The popularity of the event has led to8 KB (1,222 words) - 17:50, 6 September 2014
- | county = Buckinghamshire '''Aylesbury''' is the county town of [[Buckinghamshire]]. It stands on an outcrop of Portland limeston7 KB (1,085 words) - 13:49, 16 December 2015
- | county= Oxfordshire ...ings, a town hall and market square, where a busy market is held on market days. The town has attracted a wealthier class of individual and of visitors, r8 KB (1,331 words) - 09:17, 30 January 2021
- {{county|County Antrim}} ...lt columns spread over cliffs and out into the sea on the north coast of [[County Antrim]]. The Giant's Causeway has given rise to works of art and wild leg11 KB (1,776 words) - 12:22, 7 September 2015
- | county = Buckinghamshire ...ire]] from which the county takes its name. Buckingham was considered the county town of Buckinghamshire having been declared so in the year 888 by Alfred t5 KB (780 words) - 15:12, 17 February 2016
- | county = Buckinghamshire ...ycombe had a population of 92,300, making it the third largest town in the county, after [[Milton Keynes]] and [[Slough]].8 KB (1,312 words) - 13:17, 27 January 2016
- | county = Kent ...d then was killed in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, by cannibals. Edgar ended his days as a coastguard at Dungeness on the southern edge of the parish.<ref>Graves8 KB (1,407 words) - 11:18, 13 November 2019
- |county=Kent ...ed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most important in the county.13 KB (2,110 words) - 20:45, 27 January 2016
- | county = Brecknockshire ...a long-established market town in [[Brecknockshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. It is also a military town, playing host to barracks and an army t6 KB (988 words) - 19:39, 21 October 2019
- | county = Brecknockshire In those days, the modern site of Builth Wells was not the most important town but [[Llan8 KB (1,334 words) - 09:19, 30 January 2021
- | county = Brecknockshire ...has approximately 1,900 inhabitants. The nearest city is [[Hereford]], the county town of Herefordshire, some 22 miles to the east.9 KB (1,447 words) - 16:40, 7 April 2018
- | county = Cheshire ...the local branch of the National Unemployed Workers Movement. After three days of rioting, police were brought in from elsewhere to help quell the rioters10 KB (1,551 words) - 11:11, 27 June 2016
- | county = Dumfriesshire ...ngs were one of the most powerful of the reiver families. Now the lawless days are long past, the Armstrongs still know Langholm as their home town.6 KB (864 words) - 15:22, 27 January 2016
- | county = Fife ...duction still continues to this day, if not on as big a scale as in former days, and the company has diversified into the production of PVC floor tiles and26 KB (3,903 words) - 09:19, 30 January 2021
- | county=Hampshire ...y with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island''], Printed and Published by George Brannon,5 KB (816 words) - 17:07, 24 October 2015
- | county=Flintshire ...nships with them by banning the use of the Welsh language underground. Two days later, following a meeting at the pithead, the miners attacked Young before8 KB (1,214 words) - 20:51, 4 June 2019
- | county = Gloucestershire ...rm local action groups in the defence of their own against change. Thiese days the actions taken are somewhat more genteel than the Stroudwater Riots of 114 KB (2,176 words) - 13:07, 8 November 2019
- | county =Lincolnshire Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays are all market days, with a farmers' market on the fourth Wednesday of each month. A cattle ma6 KB (950 words) - 20:28, 25 September 2010
- |county=Montgomeryshire .... The Wales Museum of Modern Art presents talks and performances on market days.7 KB (1,142 words) - 17:42, 28 January 2016
- |county = Morayshire ...a former city and royal burgh on the [[River Lossie]] in [[Morayshire]], a county also known as Elginshire. Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Mor16 KB (2,641 words) - 12:08, 18 March 2021
- | county = Huntingdonshire ...e of the county on the [[River Great Ouse]], one of the three towns in the county so to do.6 KB (930 words) - 10:05, 28 September 2010
- | county = Pembrokeshire In the days of King Henry II, Gerald of Wales, the chronicler and churchman, argued tha5 KB (902 words) - 18:32, 9 March 2019
- | county = Roxburghshire The expression '''"Jeddart justice" or "Jethart Justice"''' comes from the days of the reivers. It was alleged that at Jedburgh a captured man would be ha8 KB (1,340 words) - 09:20, 30 January 2021
- | county = Shropshire ...the Feathers Hotel. The parish church, St Laurence, is the largest in the county.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/tra13 KB (2,098 words) - 11:35, 5 October 2010
- |county= Oxfordshire ...rsham is Oxfordshire's southernmost village; the southernmost point in the county lies on the riverbank just to the east.3 KB (471 words) - 12:33, 2 May 2017
- | county= Suffolk ...and the ruins survive to this day, the only building from the town's glory days to do so, although the encroaching cliffs are now but a few feet away.12 KB (2,011 words) - 19:57, 5 October 2010
- |county=Sussex ...ies 18½ miles north-west of [[Brighton]] and 26 miles north-east of the [[county town]] of [[Chichester]]. Nearby towns include [[Crawley]] to the north-eas12 KB (2,014 words) - 12:47, 5 February 2019
- | county=Inverness-shire '''Inverness''' is the county town of [[Inverness-shire]] and the northernmost city in the United Kingdom23 KB (3,509 words) - 19:27, 24 September 2018
- |county = Huntingdonshire The Great Ouse is broad at St Ives and runs over a flint bed. In former days St Ives was the lowest natural ford on the river, 50 miles from the sea, an9 KB (1,466 words) - 14:40, 5 June 2016
- |county=Huntingdonshire ...ire]], standing on the old Great North Road, which drove its prosperity in days past. Since 1998 Stilton has been bypassed by the road's successor, the [[3 KB (419 words) - 18:50, 23 October 2017
- |county = Suffolk ...ce whereby those wishing to fast for a whole year from one of the six Lady days might choose a fast day at random by catching one of six strings attached t2 KB (386 words) - 21:27, 25 October 2010
- |county=Devon The City of '''Exeter''' is the county town of [[Devon]] and the site of [[Exeter Cathedral]], founded in the 12th23 KB (3,760 words) - 22:04, 22 March 2018
- |county=Devon ...th Sound]]. It has been the site a major naval port, Devonport, since the days of Queen Elizabeth I.30 KB (4,675 words) - 16:43, 2 April 2016
- |county = Devon ...", as is ''Sarum'' for [[Salisbury]]. "Barum" was popularised in Victorian days, featuring in several novels of the time. The name is retained in the names8 KB (1,234 words) - 21:09, 27 October 2010
- |county=Devon ...f Cornwall, who in 1268 obtained a grant of a Wednesday market and a three days fair at the feast of St Petrock. The borough had a separate coroner and bai9 KB (1,465 words) - 21:13, 27 October 2010
- | county = Devon In mediæval times Devon was an important sheep rearing county. Many towns had their own wool and cloth industries and Newton Abbot had wo18 KB (2,993 words) - 14:27, 27 January 2016
- |county=Devon ...neration projects, and Tiverton now thrives, especially on the main Market Days of Tuesday and Friday.8 KB (1,245 words) - 20:32, 28 October 2010
- | county = Cornwall ...town on the north coast of [[Cornwall]]. The town lies in the west of the county, north of [[Penzance]]. In former times it was commercially dependent on fi10 KB (1,598 words) - 13:59, 27 January 2016
- {{county|Stafford}} By Victorian days, the Black Country was one of the most heavily industrialised areas in Brit19 KB (3,051 words) - 07:41, 3 November 2017
- |county = Surrey ...er oil, which came to an end at about the time of the First World War. The days of lavender are still remembered in a number of ways, for example:4 KB (714 words) - 17:46, 3 November 2010
- | county = Middlesex ...], its western edge falling on the Colne Brook Old Course, which forms the county's border with [[Buckinghamshire]]. It is considered to be part of the [[Lon8 KB (1,228 words) - 22:28, 8 January 2024
- | county = Middlesex ...mounted a platform, the hustings, and declared his vote. The most famous county election here was in 1769, a lively affair in which John Wilkes was elected15 KB (2,373 words) - 14:51, 10 January 2020
- | county = Middlesex ...field Town''' is a pleasant [[Middlesex]] town in the northern part of the county. It is a suburban town contiguous with but at the edge of the wider conurb5 KB (845 words) - 20:49, 15 January 2017
- |county=Middlesex ...stands on the west side of the square. Once the headquarters of Middlesex County Council, it is now the home of the Supreme Court.9 KB (1,450 words) - 12:40, 20 March 2018
- | county = Middlesex ...Roman street and the ford it crosses there. Bow was known in Anglo-Saxon days as ''Strætford''. The town retained the name into the nineteenth century:15 KB (2,423 words) - 16:53, 3 July 2022
- | county = Middlesex ...English name, ''Cesewic'', but the town has developed somewhat since those days.14 KB (2,236 words) - 13:43, 28 January 2016
- | county = Middlesex ...bounded on the south by Smithfield. The Smithfield market until Victorian days not the covered market known today but a large field, soon surrounded by ho12 KB (1,945 words) - 21:39, 8 May 2014
- | county = Middlesex ...31,000 acres stretching up the west bank of the Lea from Tottenham to the county boundary south of [[Waltham Cross]], and west as far as [[South Mimms]].30 KB (4,660 words) - 11:46, 21 April 2017
- | county = Middlesex ...r received a grant of the freehold from King James I in 1604.<ref>Victoria County History, A History of the Co. of Middlesex, Vol.3, Syon House, pp.97–98</32 KB (5,049 words) - 12:42, 23 January 2020
- | county = Middlesex ...viced offices.<ref>'Norwood, including Southall: Manors', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillin21 KB (3,279 words) - 09:50, 19 June 2020
- | county = Staffordshire ...ll's vertical northern side, before setting again. It occurs three or four days before the summer solstice. The best location for seeing the double sunset7 KB (1,046 words) - 23:02, 6 November 2010
- |county=Huntingdonshire The town was the site of a wealthy abbey from Anglo-Saxon days until the Reformation. The town's manor house, still known as "Ramsey Abbey11 KB (1,827 words) - 18:58, 27 January 2016
- |county = Lancashire ...nd from the sea, as the ancient church on the hill would have done in past days.3 KB (533 words) - 16:32, 7 September 2014
- |county=Cornwall ...ets, including the charter for a market on Tuesdays, with a fair for three days at the festival of St Barnabas, granted to Henry de Tyes in 1292.<ref>[http4 KB (714 words) - 10:29, 16 February 2019
- | county=Staffordshire ...Both fires started in today's Salop Street. The first fire lasted for five days and left nearly 700 people homeless, whilst the second destroyed 60 homes i20 KB (3,068 words) - 08:49, 1 July 2016
- |county = Northumberland ...churchyard, and has walls 4 feet thick. It is a memory of the wicked days of border wars and rievers.5 KB (864 words) - 20:00, 7 June 2016
- ..., September 2010 (01).JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Mull of Kintyre, seen from County Antrim]] ...Mull. On clearer days it is also possible to make out [[Malin Head]] in [[County Donegal]], and the Ayrshire coast beyond Ailsa Craig. Other islands in the9 KB (1,436 words) - 20:33, 13 December 2016
- |county = County Kerry '''Dingle''' is a small coastal town in [[County Kerry]]; the only town on the [[Dingle Peninsula]]. Its position makes it13 KB (1,980 words) - 12:57, 28 December 2017
- ...re relatively recent observances, and few counties have established county days. ...tect 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 th3 KB (457 words) - 14:27, 1 May 2022
- ...t as a peer in parliament.<ref name="horsfield32">Horsfield.History of the County of Sussex. pp.32-33</ref> ...ght were sent by the king to each county, they sat with the sheriff of the county and a select group of local knights.<ref name="bartlett165"/>11 KB (1,729 words) - 11:23, 20 December 2019
- |county=Warwickshire ...of the county's largest town, [[Birmingham]] and 8 miles south-west of the county town, [[Warwick]]. It is a popular tourist destination owing to its status16 KB (2,471 words) - 11:25, 20 November 2015
- |county = Midlothian ...e, the ancient coronation stone of Scotland, which had been held since the days of Edward I in [[Westminster]].44 KB (6,856 words) - 10:36, 30 March 2016
- |county=Perthshire ...Its ensemble company is the largest in Scotland. Its vision is "Stay Six Days and See Six Plays".8 KB (1,189 words) - 13:47, 8 December 2010
- |county=Oxford ...e south.{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=81–120}} The Cherwell here also forms the county boundary with [[Northamptonshire]]. To the west the parish is bounded by fi27 KB (4,239 words) - 14:24, 29 December 2018
- |county = Carmarthenshire ...n proposed to call CROSS INN, which is in the parish of Llandybïe, in the County of Carmarthen, from this time forth, after the Right Hon. Baron, who owns t6 KB (912 words) - 20:07, 9 February 2018
- |county=Cheshire Although "Silk Town" seems to be the preferred nickname these days, Macclesfield's traditional local nickname is "Treacle Town". The reason f9 KB (1,451 words) - 13:38, 27 January 2016
- |county=Cumberland '''Carlisle''' is a city and the [[county town]] of [[Cumberland]]. The city stands at the meeting of the rivers [[Ri13 KB (2,021 words) - 10:33, 16 February 2019
- |county =Cumberland Memory of its days as a thriving weaving town, Brampton still has rows of old cotton weavers'6 KB (942 words) - 22:49, 23 December 2010
- |county=Cumberland ...around the town, and well-dressing ceremonies were commonplace on certain days in the month of May. Three miles south-east of the town, on the River Eamon6 KB (982 words) - 14:07, 27 January 2016
- |county=Huntingdonshire ...rds, maps, photographs and the surviving borough charters, are held at the County Record Office in Huntingdon.4 KB (638 words) - 22:06, 24 December 2010
- |county=County Londonderry '''Londonderry''' is the county town of [[County Londonderry]], and the second-biggest city in [[Northern Ireland]]. The ci19 KB (2,922 words) - 11:09, 28 July 2022
- |county=St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ...en and coaling station to mariners and for commercial airliners during the days of international air travel by flying boats and during Second World War was21 KB (3,264 words) - 22:13, 2 January 2011
- |county=Hampshire ...s]], and its resorts, which have been holiday destinations since Victorian days.23 KB (3,704 words) - 17:07, 29 November 2016
- |county=Denbighshire ...n of the Midlands plain in the lower [[River Dee|Dee Valley]] close to the county border with [[Cheshire]]. As the largest town in North Wales, Wrexham is a19 KB (3,139 words) - 18:10, 1 September 2022
- |county=Denbighshire ...K3b3P5CutxnEQk#PPA381,M1 |title=Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales |accessdate=2007-10-08 |author=Thomas Nicholas }}</ref> a10 KB (1,601 words) - 10:33, 17 June 2014
- |county=Cumberland ...he Dunnerdale Fells. The hall was built around 1580- 1620, later than the days of the pele towers but bearing some echo of their form. All that now stand2 KB (362 words) - 07:17, 12 January 2011
- |county=Derbyshire ...ls three miles apart. As many as several thousand players compete for two days with a hand-painted, cork-filled ball. The game is played by two teams, the3 KB (447 words) - 18:13, 26 February 2018
- |county=Lancashire ...hursday; modern Ulverston keeps its old market town appearance, and market days are now held on both Thursdays and Saturdays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www9 KB (1,305 words) - 14:44, 24 October 2015
- |county=Cumberland ...ld of its own with few visitors, has become a pedestrian metropolis. Great days on the fells begin and end here''.<ref name="Wainwright">''"Wainwright in t6 KB (974 words) - 14:08, 27 January 2016
- |county=Dorset In Anglo-Saxon days, Poole was a base for fishing and the harbour a place for ships to anchor o29 KB (4,491 words) - 10:56, 6 May 2020
- |county=Dorset ...granted. In 1392, Richard II confirmed a grant of two markets on different days. By 1340, the mayor had become a recognised figure, sworn in by the steward6 KB (1,004 words) - 15:13, 27 January 2016
- |county=Staffordshire ...spx?compid=12335 ''Burton-upon-Trent: Economic history'', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 53-84 Date accessed:9 KB (1,457 words) - 20:12, 23 January 2011
- |county=County Down ...d town in [[County Down]] about 20 miles south of [[Belfast]]. It is the [[county town]]. It is a town with a rich history and claims a strong connection to11 KB (1,709 words) - 12:36, 30 April 2018
- |county=Dunbartonshire ...n, and growing it has encroached upon more of the surrounding lands of the county to become what it is today and to become contiguous with Glasgow.9 KB (1,328 words) - 22:37, 29 January 2011
- |county=Dumfriesshire '''Dumfries''' is the county town of [[Dumfriesshire]]. It stands near the mouth of the [[River Nith]] w23 KB (3,773 words) - 15:21, 27 January 2016
- |county=County Durham |LG district=County Durham31 KB (4,924 words) - 10:38, 30 March 2016
- |county=Warwickshire ...re|River Avon]], 13 miles east of [[Coventry]], on the eastern edge of the county, near the borders with [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Leicestershire]]. The to17 KB (2,677 words) - 11:00, 25 January 2019
- |county=Ayr ...with [[Renfrewshire]]. The parish extends to some 543 acres in the latter county. The town is situated in the [[Garnock Valley]] approximately 20 miles sout32 KB (5,182 words) - 10:58, 17 March 2017
- |county=Warwickshire ...11th largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest city in the county, after [[Birmingham]], with a population of 300,848 in 2001.20 KB (3,190 words) - 12:45, 27 April 2021
- |county=Warwickshire ...fort, procured the grant of a weekly market and an annual fair to last two days, for the town.<ref name=KettlerTrimble /><ref name=Beauties /><ref>{{cite b11 KB (1,705 words) - 22:49, 9 February 2011
- |county=Hampshire '''Winchester''' is the county town of [[Hampshire]]. It stands at the western end of the [[South Downs]]15 KB (2,351 words) - 12:42, 23 January 2020
- |county=County Durham '''Hartlepool''' is a town and port in [[County Durham]] standing on the north bank of the [[River Tees]].21 KB (3,333 words) - 16:24, 7 September 2014
- ...ng because they were not conquered until some time after the survey, and [[County Durham]] is lacking as the Bishop of Durham (William de St-Calais) had the ...late Anglo-Saxon period. They show some continuity in places between the days before and after the coming of the Normans, but overall they speak of how a7 KB (1,150 words) - 17:40, 20 February 2011
- |county=Surrey ...ates choose to live in the Clapham area, a tradition carried over from the days when some University of London halls of residence were there.6 KB (979 words) - 22:42, 28 January 2016
- |county=Hampshire ...as the "Wessex Way". A roundabout at the end of the Wessex Way called "[[County Gates]]" marks the border between Hampshire and Dorset.21 KB (3,346 words) - 17:48, 14 January 2021
- |county=East Lothian The village is not as busy as in the days of the stage coaches which once kept it busy and of the railway which succe5 KB (765 words) - 18:17, 18 January 2018
- |county=Essex '''Chelmsford''' is the county town of [[Essex]]. It was granted Letters Patent in 2012 to become a city,17 KB (2,639 words) - 10:20, 30 March 2016
- |county=Essex ...orge III came to inspect the troops, and Dr Samuel Johnson stayed for five days. The camps were made permanent in 1804, with space for 2,000 cavalry. 116 a24 KB (3,735 words) - 16:55, 27 January 2016
- |county=Essex ...y from the Latin ''castrum'' ("fortress"). The town was known in pre-Roman days as ''Camulodunon'', to the Romans as ''Camulodunum'' or ''Colonia Victricen21 KB (3,251 words) - 19:50, 25 January 2023
- |county=Surrey ...l rolls in 1489.<ref>A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4, Victoria County History, 1912</ref>4 KB (560 words) - 22:56, 13 March 2011
- |county=Berkshire ...2005 Britain in Bloom awards, while its cricket club is the oldest in the county, having been first established in 1798. Bray is a very affluent residential5 KB (883 words) - 11:07, 8 February 2019
- |county=Somerset ...=Gathercole |first=Clare|accessdate=2 February 2010 |format=|work=Somerset County Council }}</ref> The town is in a level and well-wooded area, on the edge o36 KB (5,545 words) - 13:16, 21 March 2011
- |county=Middlesex ...re from Shoreditch's time at the heart of the theatrical revolution in the days of Shakespeare.16 KB (2,436 words) - 13:49, 28 January 2016
- |county=Fife ...own also became the headquarters of Fife Regional Council, effectively the county town of Fife. Glenrothes officially took over the role from [[Cupar]].<ref47 KB (7,248 words) - 20:28, 18 April 2016
- |county=Argyll In the days of St Columba, who in the 6th century evangelised the Scots and Picts, Tire7 KB (1,180 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2015
- |county=Westmorland '''Appleby-in-Westmorland''' is the [[county town]] of [[Westmorland]]. It stands within a loop of the [[River Eden, Cum4 KB (669 words) - 23:10, 27 February 2018
- |county=Westmorland ...divided by high fells, Kendal has served a second county capital. In the days of the Quarter Sessions, the sessions were held in both Appleby and Kendal.9 KB (1,450 words) - 12:53, 30 March 2011
- |county=Westmorland ...Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after Whitsuntide and the other on the two days next before the feast of St Luke"''.8 KB (1,231 words) - 12:40, 29 June 2017
- |county=Merionethshire ...estiniog has strong roots and tradition with music from the Quarrying boom days with the Caban, Male voice choirs and brass bands, to the Jazz / Dance band5 KB (808 words) - 13:39, 28 January 2016
- |county = Northumberland ...eading across much of south-eastern Northumberland and the north-east of [[County Durham]].32 KB (4,917 words) - 12:52, 30 March 2016
- ...der, but all with their charm. The villages of the Tame dale have in past days been industrial centres, which were served by the [[Huddersfield Narrow Can ...eworth's architecture and infrastructure dates from its textile processing days however, notably the [[Saddleworth Viaduct]] and several cottages and terra11 KB (1,646 words) - 19:35, 28 July 2015
- |county=Orkney ...more recent crofting settlement. A herd of feral cattle remains from the days when the island was inhabited. The island was populated from around 500 BC5 KB (901 words) - 07:59, 1 September 2012
- ...t cyclists ten to fourteen days. The record for running the route is nine days. Off-road walkers typically walk 1,200 miles and take two or three months f A more typical cycling time is ten to fourteen days.16 KB (2,620 words) - 10:51, 6 February 2020
- |county=Hertfordshire ...1140, and is recognised as one of the finest Norman parish churches in the county. The church features an unusual 200-foot tall spire, added in the 12th cent28 KB (4,392 words) - 11:47, 13 November 2020
- |county=Hertfordshire '''Hertford''' is the [[county town]] of [[Hertfordshire]]. In 2006 East Hertfordshire was ranked within t7 KB (1,155 words) - 18:45, 27 January 2016
- |county=Hertfordshire ...re''' is a town of around 18,000 people in [[Hertfordshire]], close to the county town, [[Hertford]] The [[Greenwich Meridian]] passes to the east of Ware.8 KB (1,381 words) - 22:02, 5 May 2011
- |county=Hertfordshire ...d House, the home of the Marquess of Salisbury and his ancestors since the days of Sir Robert Cecil, the First Earl of Salisbury, in the reign of King Jame7 KB (1,149 words) - 13:12, 3 August 2017
- |county=Glamorgan ...er adopted internationally as the symbol of the working classes. For four days, magistrates and ironmasters were under siege in the Castle Hotel, and the22 KB (3,479 words) - 13:57, 16 October 2018
- |county=Gloucestershire '''Gloucester''' is a city in [[Gloucestershire]] of which it is the [[county town]]. It stands on the banks of the [[River Severn]], some 32 mles above19 KB (3,089 words) - 09:13, 30 March 2016
- Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was granted independence of the county authorities in 1373. From the 13th century, for half a millennium, it ranke ...the region. Its prosperity has been linked with the sea since its earliest days. The commercial Port of Bristol was originally in the city centre before be23 KB (3,465 words) - 15:51, 25 May 2023
- |county=Hertfordshire ...nder the most unexceptional patronage as regards the Stewards, yet for two days in the year all the London pickpockets, sharpers and blackguards who happen11 KB (1,664 words) - 18:44, 27 January 2016
- |county=Gloucestershire ...f mediæval monastic rivalry, invented a founder to root them in the early days of English Christianity.15 KB (2,451 words) - 17:26, 27 January 2016
- |county=Gloucestershire ...or Sudeley Castle than for itself. In the tenth century though it was the county town of [[Winchcombeshire]], a shire wiped from the map by Earl Eadric in t5 KB (758 words) - 20:02, 12 May 2011
- |county=Gloucestershire ...ival week, with hundreds of millions of pounds being gambled over the four days. Cheltenham is often noted for its atmosphere, most notably the "Cheltenham13 KB (1,943 words) - 08:19, 20 October 2017
- |county=Hampshire ...nd's south coast means the area experiences a microclimate with more sunny days than much of the [[British Isles]], and fewer frosts. This has allowed many12 KB (1,888 words) - 18:35, 27 January 2016
- |county=Hampshire ..., the crew's courage was honoured by a local commemoration lasting several days to mark the 60th anniversary of the event. In 2004 an area of Cowes was nam8 KB (1,342 words) - 17:32, 27 January 2016
- |county=Hampshire ...title=Special celebration of ship that saved Cowes|publisher=Isle of Wight County Press|accessdate=2009-05-10}}</ref>7 KB (1,135 words) - 22:38, 16 May 2011
- |county=Hampshire ...://www.dorsetforyou.com/389369|title=Christchurch Harbour|publisher=Dorset County Council|accessdate=21 September 2010}}</ref> The entrance, known as the Run29 KB (4,437 words) - 09:29, 30 March 2017
- |county=Hampshire ...greatest and most famous port. Portsmouth is also the largest city in the county after Southampton, 19 miles to the north-west.35 KB (5,463 words) - 19:20, 1 November 2021
- |county=Herefordshire ...of traditional half-timbered pubs and some buildings dating back to Norman days. Bromyard was once a market town and centre for growing hops and soft fruit6 KB (896 words) - 22:50, 19 May 2011
- |county=Herefordshire ...ce home to the poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who spent her childhood days at Hope End. It is also the birthplace of poet laureate John Masefield, aft9 KB (1,391 words) - 18:37, 27 January 2016
- |county=Herefordshire ...d in November) were important places for agricultural labourers across the county to seek work from landowners.5 KB (874 words) - 17:04, 20 May 2011
- |county=Radnorshire ...y we know nothing. The neighbourhood does though bear evidence of ancient days: two miles away towards [[Clun]] lies Caer Caradoc, an Iron Age hillfort tr13 KB (1,970 words) - 07:29, 22 February 2016
- |county=Berkshire ...t]]. It lies within, and lends its name to, the [[Wantage Hundred]] of the county.7 KB (1,086 words) - 13:11, 8 February 2019
- |county=Berkshire And it fell in the days of Alfred,<br>8 KB (1,356 words) - 10:44, 16 February 2019
- |county=Inverness-shire Fort William is named for King William III, in whose days the Cromwellian fort here was rebuilt. The town’s Gaelic name is not an9 KB (1,459 words) - 22:32, 11 March 2018
- |county=Hampshire ...er, driving the mill which was a key to the fortunes of Whitchurch in past days.14 KB (2,212 words) - 16:50, 27 May 2011
- |county=Surrey ...ee area. Also by the third tee is one of the largest man made lakes in the county which is used to water the golf course during drought's.10 KB (1,701 words) - 22:43, 28 January 2016
- |county=Surrey ...imity to each other on a 1,096 acre site on Epsom Common, which the London County Council bought to solve the overcrowding problems in its other hospitals. S9 KB (1,424 words) - 22:43, 28 January 2016
- |county=Surrey ...t Green''' is a hamlet lying just to the south of Ewhurst, separated these days by barely a field or two.9 KB (1,375 words) - 09:21, 30 January 2021
- |county=Kent ===Tudor and Stuart days===16 KB (2,489 words) - 19:01, 28 December 2019
- |county=Kent London River Services, operated by Thames Clipper, provide a peak hour, seven days a week service to central London (Savoy Pier) from Woolwich Arsenal Pier (a8 KB (1,260 words) - 11:39, 28 May 2016
- |county=Sussex ...ial at the Old Bailey which gripped the nation<ref name=Hallworth/> for 17 days in March 1957, Adams was found not guilty. He was struck off for 4 years bu35 KB (5,481 words) - 07:14, 19 September 2019
- |county=Kent ...ss the narrowest part of the [[English Channel]]. Dover has since ancient days been the major conduit for traffic across the narrow seas betwixt Britain a10 KB (1,559 words) - 15:29, 20 January 2017
- |county=Huntingdonshire ...nd "Leghton upon Brouneswold" (14th century).<ref name=victoria>[[Victoria County History]] - Huntingdonshire</ref> The addition of "Bromswold" serves to di7 KB (1,103 words) - 18:57, 27 January 2016
- |county=Kent ...53781 ''Parishes: Greenwich'', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 (1797), pp. 372-420]</ref> but the use of ''East Greenwic25 KB (3,955 words) - 11:40, 28 May 2016
- |county=Orkney ...the island, which is more densely populated than the other islands of the county. The lengthy history of the island's occupation has provided numerous impor14 KB (2,307 words) - 22:13, 31 July 2021
- |county=Staffordshire ...coal mining as nearby towns of Staffordshire were in the great industrial days.5 KB (814 words) - 21:07, 28 January 2016
- ..., which is just 12 miles away at the closest point, between the coast of [[County Antrim]] and the [[Mull of Kintyre]]. Between the two great islands lies t ...t the centre of the island. The highest of these is [[Carrauntoohil]] in [[County Kerry]], which rises to 3,406 feet above sea level.<ref name="OSIFAQS">{{ci21 KB (3,162 words) - 21:47, 11 June 2019
- ...alley]] but fill the eastern acres of both of those counties and much of [[County Durham]]. *[[Stanhope, County Durham|Stanhope]]23 KB (3,576 words) - 09:06, 15 January 2017
- |county=Ross-shire ...e tethered. The sheep became infected with anthrax and began to die within days of exposure.<ref name="bbc" /> Some of the experiments were recorded on 168 KB (1,254 words) - 14:52, 16 August 2015
- |county=Merionethshire ...e and 72 miles on foot, climbing 14,000 feet. The race record stands at 2 days 14 hours and 4 minutes.5 KB (781 words) - 13:39, 28 January 2016
- |county=Merionethshire During the days of Queen Elizabeth I, the castle had fallen into disrepair, and the Queen w6 KB (1,016 words) - 15:05, 11 November 2014
- ...9, the need for a bombing school became more apparent than in the pacifist days of the earlier 1930s. ...glish conquest. By the 1770s it was described as ''"the best town in this county"'', and in the 18th and 19th centuries over 400 ships were built there.<ref14 KB (2,197 words) - 22:47, 17 January 2017
- |county=Caernarfonshire ...e of the most extensive views in the British Isles. On exceptionally clear days, [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[England]], and the [[Isle of Man]] are all vi27 KB (4,335 words) - 08:35, 3 October 2017
- |county=Caernarfonshire ...about 7 miles south-west of [[Pwllheli]] and 27 miles south-west of the [[county town]], [[Caernarfon]].5 KB (721 words) - 20:50, 6 February 2012
- |county=Kent ...BN 0 905392 48 5 pp 74-5</ref> The village is somewhat calmer for it these days.8 KB (1,309 words) - 20:58, 27 January 2016
- |county=Surrey ...upper was a poet and antiquarian from [[Albury]], distinguished in his own days as the author of a best-selling book of poetical philosophy and it was he w2 KB (407 words) - 18:10, 8 July 2011
- |county=Surrey ...h/heritage.htm | year=2005 | accessdate=2006-05-19}}</ref> until the great days of the stage-coaches, when it served as a coach stop on the main London to6 KB (918 words) - 19:51, 2 January 2019
- |county=Surrey ...Downs where the [[River Wey]] forces its passage and where it was ancient days forded by the Harrow Way. To the west of the gap rises the Hog's Back and17 KB (2,649 words) - 19:31, 1 December 2023
- |county=Pembrokeshire ...ommercial and military harbour which played its part in campaigns from the days of Henry II's to modernity.48 KB (7,526 words) - 09:22, 30 January 2021
- |county=Lancashire '''Lancaster''' is the [[county town]] of [[Lancashire]]. It stands on the [[River Lune]] and has a populat11 KB (1,701 words) - 10:51, 30 March 2016
- |county=Lancashire ...-old Jonathan Ball died instantly, and twelve-year-old Tim Parry died five days later in hospital. Around 56 other people were injured, four seriously. The13 KB (2,004 words) - 13:17, 9 August 2021
- |county=Falkland Islands ...arm and home to all of the island's inhabitants. It has a shop (open three days a week), a one classroom school, an airstrip, a hotel and a golf course,4 KB (627 words) - 22:35, 15 August 2012
- |county=Lancashire .../www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53036 |work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 |publisher=British History Online |pages=235–243 |30 KB (4,704 words) - 17:41, 22 July 2011
- |county=Leicestershire ...ster''' is a city in the heart of [[Leicestershire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. It is major Midlands city, rooted in ancient history but also in i19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:50, 30 March 2016
- |county=Leicestershire ...ne market town in southern [[Leicestershire]]. It is 15 miles south of the county town, [[Leicester]], and 7 miles north of [[Rugby]], in [[Warwickshire]].7 KB (1,155 words) - 07:39, 28 January 2016
- |county=Leicestershire ..., a history of the hunt, a preserved phone box, and items from Anglo-Saxon days to shrapnel from the Second World War.21 KB (3,354 words) - 07:39, 28 January 2016
- |county=Lincolnshire ...end behind the invention of the biscuits takes us back to the old coaching days of the eighteenth century, when Grantham was on one of the main stagecoach14 KB (2,350 words) - 14:21, 7 July 2016
- |county=Lincolnshire ...ed by the A1(M) to [[York]] and [[Edinburgh]]. The [[River Welland]], the county boundary with Northamptonshire, runs at the bottom of a steep hill down whi20 KB (3,255 words) - 13:30, 28 January 2016
- |county=Montgomeryshire '''Montgomery''' is the [[county town]] of [[Montgomeryshire]]. It has a bustling small commercial centre an6 KB (913 words) - 17:43, 28 January 2016
- |county=County Dublin ...l and political centre. It has served as the capital of Ireland since the days of King Henry II, and before then as the heart of the Norse Kingdom of Dubl31 KB (4,862 words) - 22:32, 7 February 2023
- |county=Surrey ...is the ancient market town and a town where several kings were crowned in days before the Norman Conquest.10 KB (1,585 words) - 18:42, 30 November 2023
- |county=Morayshire ...d in a wooden chair at Westminster Abbey. He again stayed in Elgin for two days in September 1303 and then camped at Kinloss Abbey from the 13th of Septemb24 KB (3,913 words) - 16:56, 23 August 2011
- |county=Cornwall ...peak of the town that once served as the centre of administration for the county.10 KB (1,547 words) - 18:41, 16 February 2018
- |county=Brecknockshire ...nd the Login on the night of August 4, 1900. After an anxious search of 29 days his remains were discovered Sept. Erected by voluntary subscriptions. W Pow7 KB (1,081 words) - 08:24, 3 October 2017
- ...nuous round is Stephen Pyke, who completed his 2010 round in just under 40 days. There are 282 Munros, and they are found in ten counties, often on county borders:16 KB (2,412 words) - 22:16, 20 October 2014
- {{county|Sussex}} ...ted in the event of an invasion, but Brown argued that this would take ten days to implement and would cause massive disruption in the event of a false ala7 KB (1,129 words) - 14:20, 13 December 2016
- |county=Norfolk ...ondham]], as well as owning the line 6 miles north to [[North Elmham]] and County School Station.7 KB (1,135 words) - 08:24, 24 September 2011
- |county=Norfolk ...historic sea port and market town in northern [[Norfolk]], found near the county's north-westernmost corner on the Wash and 44 miles west of [[Norwich]].15 KB (2,577 words) - 17:57, 28 January 2016
- |county=Norfolk ...[Norfolk]], 12 miles east of [[King's Lynn]] and some 30 miles west of the county town, [[Norwich]].6 KB (1,015 words) - 12:32, 27 September 2011
- |county 1=Banffshire |county 2=Aberdeenshire4 KB (686 words) - 14:41, 28 September 2017
- |county=Cumberland ...ay, as are the [[Mourne Mountains]] 120 miles away (on exceptionally clear days).10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:11, 28 August 2018
- |county=Northumberland ...It was indeed before war and conquest separated it from its county, the [[county town]] of [[Berwickshire]]. The lands appertaining to Berwick beyond the to23 KB (3,750 words) - 22:50, 3 November 2016
- |county=Bailiwick of Guernsey ...orces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, and seven days after the liberation of Guernsey and Jersey. 2,332 German prisoners of war26 KB (4,127 words) - 14:45, 29 January 2022
- |county=South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ...rs and it is in such inlets that the whaling stations were built in former days. The largest natural harbour is on this coast: [[Cumberland Bay]], divided14 KB (2,065 words) - 20:25, 14 October 2021
- |county=Wiltshire ...rian Army in a skirmish at Aldbourne Chase on the 18th September 1643, two days before the First Battle of Newbury.<ref>{{cite book |last=Money |first=Walt6 KB (872 words) - 21:43, 18 September 2019
- |county=Wiltshire ...-east of [[Swindon]]. The eastern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with [[Berkshire]] and the village is about seven miles north-west3 KB (398 words) - 18:49, 25 August 2015
- |county=Berkshire ...eter]], having said her final farewell to her husband King Charles I a few days before at Oxford.<ref>p189, Walter Money FSA, ''The First and Second Battle28 KB (4,418 words) - 18:28, 4 December 2019
- |county=Hampshire ...re]] standing some 5 miles north of [[Basingstoke]]. It is adjacent to the county boundary with [[Berkshire]] and about 9 miles south-west of [[Reading]].15 KB (2,312 words) - 21:30, 19 December 2014
- {{county|Sutherland}} ...gramme Hidden Talent, 45-year-old Maggie Reenan climbed the stack after 18 days of intensive training, after her natural aptitude for climbing was discover5 KB (718 words) - 18:00, 15 February 2019
- |county=Berkshire ...ut has now moved to the Dorchester Episcopal Area, a grouping crossing the county boundary for the first time in 1,400 years. The village has a Church of Eng7 KB (1,187 words) - 13:30, 27 July 2016
- |county=Nottinghamshire ...n industrial town, built on coal, it has declined somewhat since its great days but remains the greatest town of northern Nottinghamshire.6 KB (985 words) - 19:31, 28 January 2016
- |county=Northumberland ...he latter is home to a call centre. The town's association with the early days of the railways is recognised at the Stephenson Railway Museum near The Sil12 KB (2,060 words) - 16:46, 5 June 2016
- |county=Pembrokeshire ...oil tanks sited at Pennar. The oil fuelled fire that followed raged for 18 days and was recorded as the largest conflagration in the United Kingdom since t13 KB (2,054 words) - 23:29, 1 November 2011
- |county=Sutherland ...Breitheanas" or the Judgment Stone. This was said to be where in ancient days a swift judgment was meted out to malefactors and those found guilty were t15 KB (2,560 words) - 22:12, 24 July 2016
- |county=Sutherland '''Golspie''' is a coastal village in [[Sutherland]], on the county's east coast, south of [[Brora]] and at the mouth of the Golspie Burn, on t3 KB (553 words) - 23:45, 2 November 2011
- |county=Perthshire '''Perth''' is a city and royal burgh in [[Perthshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. It stands on the banks of a broad lower reach of the [[River Tay]],23 KB (3,636 words) - 16:12, 5 June 2016
