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Counties of BritainEver wondered what a Tythe is, or perhaps a parish? This article puts everything in it's place and fills in all those unknown, and often rarely used facts about the administrative workings of Britain. |
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What is a County, a Parish, a Hundred or a Poor Law Union?...
A Guide to English Counties and Parishes, etc.
Counties and Shires
- Introduction
- Origins of the counties
- Various forms of county names
- Abbreviations, sub-divisions and map
- Boundary changes
Other administrative areas
- Hundred and Wapentake
- Parish
- Tything
- Naming a Parish in Relation to It's County, etc.
- Poor Law Unions
- Mid-19th century boards and districts
- Boroughs
- Urban and Rural District Councils
- Definitions of types of settlement
Other names for particular areas
- Black Country
- Forest of Bowland
- Craven
- Dales
- East Anglia
- East Midlands
- Fenland
- The Fylde
- Hallamshire
- Home Counties
- Lake District
- Peak District
- Vale of York
- The Weald
- Welsh Marches
- West Country
- West Midlands
- Wirral
| Owner/Source | Paraphrased from an original article by Jim Fisher (see Acknowledgements on page 5) |
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