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	Counties of England
		Counties are usually divided into several districts[?], each with its own separate administration (districts may be called boroughs[?] in some cases).
		When the counties were originally defined, they often included large areas of land owned by the local abbeys, resulting in a number of counties having small detached parts entirely surrounded by some other county.
		The metropolitan counties were abolished as administrative entities in 1986 along with the county of Greater London (created in 1965) and broken up into their constituent districts, though statistical data are still published for the 1974-86 county areas.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/en/English_Counties.html (255 words)

	English Language - MSN Encarta
		The four major dialects recognized in Old English are Kentish, originally the dialect spoken by the Jutes; West Saxon, a branch of the dialect spoken by the Saxons; and Northumbrian (see Northumberland) and Mercian (see Mercia), subdivisions of the dialects spoken by the Angles.
		Eventually the Norman nobility and clergy learned English, but they introduced into it words from the French language pertaining to the government, the church, the army, and the fashions of the court, in addition to others proper to the arts, scholarship, and medicine.
		Midland, the dialect of Middle English derived from the Mercian dialect of Old English, became important during the 14th century, when the English counties in which it was spoken developed into centers of university, economic, and courtly life.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564210_2/English_Language.html (1474 words)

	English Counties, Parish, etc. for Genealogists
		The counties of the west midlands were formed by the king of Wessex after he invaded the area which had been the kingdom of Mercia.
		In total contrast to the system in USA, the word "county" is a not part of the name of English counties, with the sole exception of County Durham, where it precedes the main part of the name in the same way as in all Irish counties.
		A county borough functioned as a separate unit, independently of the county in which it was geographically situated.
	homepages.nildram.co.uk /~jimella/counties.htm (5111 words)

	County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		County identity is heavily reinforced in the local culture by allegiances to county teams in Hurling and Gaelic Football.
		The county of Oslo is equivalent to the municipality of Oslo.
		At the county level there is a county administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected county council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County (2504 words)

	England (United Kingdom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The earliest reference to the cross of St George as an English emblem (not flag) was in a roll of account relating to the Welsh War of 1277.
		By a warrant dated 9th February 1938 the Earl Marshal laid down that the flag to be flown upon any church within the Provinces of Canterbury and York was "The Cross of St George and in the first quarter the escutcheon of the Arms of the See in which the church is ecclesiastically situated".
		Since you have red in both the field of the arms of England and the Scottish lion rampant, the claws of the three English lions passant gardant and of the Scottish lion are all blue.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-eng.html (3384 words)

	Old Maps of England by Grace Galleries, Harpswell Maine
		Attractive county map engraved for Dugdale's “England and Wales Delineated” shows the city of Bedford in center with turnpike roads crossing the county and connecting towns and villages.
		The Thames River borders the county from Oxford to Maidenhead and Windsor, and many towns and villages are depicted throughout, with turnpike roads connecting major cities and towns.
		The county is in small scale surrounded by colorful engraved scenes of a windmill, a farm with cows, a pond, Boston Channel and Iron Bridge, a Hunter and some urns and some dishes.
	www.gracegalleries.com /English_County_Maps.htm (3313 words)

	U.S. Congressman English
		English, 50, is a Republican and lifelong resident of Erie.
		In 1985, English served as Erie City’s Controller, the first GOP candidate elected to city-wide office in 20 years, and was a key player in developing new investment fund policies to protect the retirement plans of city workers.
		English has been a champion of the manufacturing sector in general and has worked closely with the administration to draw attention to the suffering of the industry and seek short and long-term solution.
	www.house.gov /english/biography.shtml (1484 words)

	Historic counties of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Counties named after towns were often legally known as the "County of" followed by the name of the town — Yorkshire would be referred to as "County of York".
		The historic counties had many anomalies, and many small exclaves, where a parcel of land would be politically part of one county despite not being physically connected to the rest of the county.
		These counties are the ones usually shown on maps of the early to mid 20th century, and largely displaced the historic counties in such uses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traditional_counties_of_England (2599 words)

	Antique Maps English Counties 15 December 06
		Maps from this atlas are often difficult to date precisely, the title-page indicated that it was from the 1764 edition published by Robert Sayer, however the imprint at the bottom of the map indicates a later edition perhaps 1787.
		The Saxton plate of the county with amendments by Philip Lea.
		A miniature map of the county from John Gibson's 'New and accurate maps of the counties of England and Wales'.
	www.tooleys.co.uk /br1.htm (10358 words)

	Counties and Countries in Britain and Ireland
		A county in the USA is a subdivision of a State and is quite small whereas over here it is the main subdivision of a whole country.
		The pre-1974 counties had by-and-large existed since the middle ages and are of most interest to genealogists, although boundary changes were not unknown in the 19th century.
		IRISH COUNTIES AND PROVINCES The shiring of Ireland was a British imposition of the seventeenth century.
	www.leicester.co.uk /genuki/counties.htm (1184 words)

	The Hindu : Sport : The Peter Roebuck Column
		English counties have opened their arms to any foreigner with runs or wickets in his curriculum vitae.
		Counties have long been allowed to field two foreigners in every match — an allocation they hurry to fill because it is much easier to sign an accomplished player than to produce one.
		Counties play in front of a few hundred spectators, cannot win anything except domestic trophies and are heavily subsidised by the game's governing body.
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/11/stories/2005061103192100.htm (660 words)

	ABC Sport - Cricket - One foreigner only for English counties
		County cricket teams in England and Wales will be restricted to a single overseas player in domestic matches from the 2008 season, their governing body announced.
		Since 2003 counties have been able to field two overseas players, but a consultation led by ECB deputy chief executive Hugh Morris showed that an "overwhelming number" of counties want to revert to one, the ECB said.
		"Counties reported that it has become increasingly difficult to attract a second overseas player for a full season, overseas boards were recalling players at more frequent intervals and that counties wished to provide more opportunities for talented players qualified for England," it said.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200608/s1704725.htm (507 words)

	Antique maps of the English Counties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The county maps have decorative title cartouches and often depict the coats of arms of those families with important county links.
		Jansson’s county maps are seen far less frequently than those of his rival Blaeu, but are similar in appearance with coats of arms and decorative title cartouches.
		The original printing plate of this, one of the earliest detailed maps of the county, passed through a number of hands before being acquired by Henry Overton, who had the plate updated for use in his composite English county atlases.
	www.jpmaps.co.uk /english_counties.htm (14249 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wales
		One opinion is that Wales consists of twelve particular counties, and that its eastern boundary is identical with that of the eastern-most of those twelve counties.
		The English and anglicized inhabitants of the thirteenth county vehemently deny the correctness of its inclusion.
		The County of Glamorgan is not rightly styled a shire; "Glamorganshire", though the term is often used, is a misnomer.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15532a.htm (5364 words)

	English Counties 1835 - Tactile and large print maps by David Hawgood
		The main purpose of the maps is to provide maps of the English counties showing the locations of main towns, in such a way that the maps can be used by blind and partially sighted people.
		The title is at the top of the map, which is the North.The county boundary is shown by a dotted line.
		The Chapman County Code is in large letters on the map.
	dhmap.org /index.html (481 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		The county itself is mainly agricultural in terms of it's production, with car, paper, brick and cement manufacture all high on it's list of commercial activities.
		Oxfordshire’s local government: The County of Oxfordshire apart from Caversham is governed by a two-tier structure with Oxfordshire County Council and the four district councils of Cherwell, Oxford City, South Oxfordshire and West Oxfordshire being the sum of two parts.
		A firm fixture of the English social season, it climaxes at the beginning of July, often with a spectacular firework display.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/counties/england/oxfordshire.html (1151 words)

	Pasties at 20 paces: English counties duel over origin of filled pastry - World
		But a dispute about the origins of the filled pastry known as a pasty has sparked a culinary feud, with historians from neighbouring Devon claiming the discovery of a 16th-century recipe proves it first appeared in their county.
		The chairman of the Friends of Devon's Archives, Todd Gray, who found the recipe between the pages of a 16th-century audit book, said: "It has been a great joy for me, as a local historian, to have discovered that pasties may have originated in Devon and spread to Cornwall later.
		The pasty industry is worth £60 million ($150 million) a year to the Cornish economy and 3 million are produced each week, with 90 per cent of them sold outside the county.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/pasties-at-20-paces-english-counties-duel-over-origin-of-filledpastry/2006/11/13/1163266484115.html (554 words)

	EXPANSIONIST PARTY: Possible boundaries for British states (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In England only 'County Durham' is referred to with the word 'County' in its name, and in Ireland all counties are referred to in this way, with 'County' prepended to the name, rather than the US practice of postpending the word 'County'.
		U.S. Counties are, after all, not generally well known outside the immediate area.
		A small proportion of the general public may know that Chicago is in Cook County, Houston in Harris Co., and Miami in Dade Co., but very few counties are so well known.
	members.aol.com /xpus/Britbounds.html (897 words)

	ESL World: Ireland: English Schools (English Club)
		English Club : ESL World : Ireland : English Schools
		Homestay English courses in Ireland throughout the 32 counties.
		Private English language lessons provided by fully qualified English language tutors tailored to suit your needs.
	www.englishclub.com /esl-world/Ireland/English_Schools/index.htm (44 words)

	English counties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In c1970, the millennium-old county boundaries of the United Kingdom were reformed under prime minister Edward Heath and cabinet minister Walker.
		Until this reform, and for hundreds of years previously, they were approximately as in the map below.
		This map is taken from Philip's Handy Atlas of the Counties of England, undated.
	www.maproom.co.uk /maps/brit/england.html (73 words)

	GENUKI: England
		English Heritage are responsible for the care and repair of many buildings of historic importance.
		English Heritage's ambitious Images of England initiative aims to put a photograph of every listed building in England on the internet.
		Jimella's British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists will be of particular value to overseas researchers who are unfamiliar with our geographic divisions and naming conventions.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng (2012 words)

	Cricinfo - English counties express interest in Lee
		Four English counties have apparently expressed interest in Brett Lee for next season, a stint that sould come in handy for him ahead of the much-hyped Ashes campaign.
		"Playing county cricket is something we've explored, and we've had a chat to the selectors about it," said Neil Maxwell, Lee's manager.
		The English county season begins on April 13, while Australia kick off their campaign with a tour game against Leicestershire on June 11.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /australia/content/story/136291.html (236 words)

	you're not allowed to know ?
		These are still contaminated by corrupt elections, unfairly high taxation of the working majority and the poor, and wrongful allocation of tax revenues to the friends and 'clients' of rich councillors, etc, etc
		Shropshire and Wiltshire are the two outside of the "home" counties around London that've had long-term corruption in their bureaucrats, politicians, even in their senior police, magistrates and judges
		Shropshire County Council suits recently decided to reclassify libraries, to call them "leisure facilities" in line with their plans to convert public 'rights' into "consumer products" and to put them out of reach of those who are actually forced to pay all net taxes
	www.perceptions.couk.com /decree.html (845 words)

	English Counties Girls Chess Federation
		Promoting chess for girls throughout the English Counties.
		The County holding the Grand Cup for 2006 is Yorkshire.
		There is also an annual competition for County teams of U11 girls, the Whitehead Cup.
	ecgcf.org.uk (50 words)

	English County Names quiz -- free game
		As a corruption of 'Cumberland', a former English county
		From the large quantities of corn grown in the county, and the 'Western Wall'
		From Shrop Hill in the centre of the county
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=73255 (366 words)

	english - - science news articles online technology magazine articles english (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While medical researchers fret about disease-causing microbes unbowed by antibiotics, a less-celebrated plague of resistance is spreading across the English countryside.
		An emerging population of rats can eat outdoor rodent pesticides with no ill effects--except perhaps on the hapless foxes, owls, or other predators that snack on them.
		Helen MacVicker, a graduate student working with Smith, found that rats in two southern English counties can store five times as much of the newer toxins in their tissues as their susceptible relatives elsewhere.
	discover.com /issues/may-00/rd/breakenglish (272 words)

	Amazon.com: Old English Sheepdog(oop): Books: Beverly Pisano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		by Beverly Pisano "Early in the last century, in the English counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, there developed a breed of herding dog that combined the admirable..." (more)
		Key Phrases: Old English Sheepdog, Four Paws, United States (more...
		Early in the last century, in the English counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, there developed a breed of herding dog that combined the admirable qualities of loyalty, protectiveness, and affection.
	www.amazon.com /Old-English-Sheepdog-Beverly-Pisano/dp/0866228144 (853 words)

	Quia - English Counties
		Match the county to its "administration headquarters" town
		See a list of terms used in these activities.
		To learn how to make your own, just like this, click here.
	www.quia.com /custom/7905main.html (38 words)

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