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	wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Wales has been a principality -- since the 13th century, initially under the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great, and later under his grandson, Llywelyn the Last, who took the title Prince of Wales around 1258, and was recognised by the English Crown in 1277 by the Treaty of Aberconwy.
		The county boroughs are Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Conwy, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham
		Demographics of Wales as at the 2001 Census:
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Wales.html (1193 words)

	Encyclopedia: County
		County Tipperary (Tiobraid Ãrann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster.
		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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/County (9098 words)

	Traditional counties of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since then, local government has moved away from using traditional counties as the basis of administrative areas, creating eight administrative counties for administrative purposes.
		The area of Monmouthshire was not legally part of Wales until 1974, although it was usually paired with it.
		There is a minor dispute as to which of two sets of borders of the traditional counties of Wales is true and valid: see Traditional counties of England for more detail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traditional_counties_of_Wales (388 words)

	Glamorgan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The county is bounded to the north by Brecknockshire, east by Monmouthshire, south by the Bristol Channel, and west by Carmarthenshire and Carmarthen Bay.
		The northern part of the county is a mountainous area, dissected by deep narrow valleys, with urbanisation typified by ribbon development.
		Being by far the most populous of the counties, the administrative county of Glamorgan was divided into three at the time of the local government reorganisation of the 1970s, and has now been further subdivided into several unitary authorities.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Glamorgan (408 words)

	Traditional counties of Scotland
		The Traditional counties of Scotland are historical areas of Scotland.
		Note: this map shows Ross-shire and Cromartyshire as one county, which was a change made to the administrative counties made in 1888.
		Thus, it is not an accurate map of the traditional counties.
	www.ukpedia.com /t/traditional-counties-of-scotland.html (121 words)

	Subdivisions of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The current names of the counties and county boroughs are in some cases different from those specified in the.
		These were based on the traditional counties of Wales, but not entirely identical.
		When these administrative counties were abolished in 1996, they were retained with slight amendations for some purposes such as Lieutenancy, and became known as the preserved counties of Wales.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Subdivisions_of_Wales (431 words)

	Monmouthshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a traditional county and principal area in south-east Wales.
		The traditional county of Monmouthshire includes Newport, and borders Gloucestershire to the east, Herefordshire to the northeast, Brecknockshire to the north, and Glamorgan to the west.
		The county also includes the exclave of Welsh Bicknor, locally situate a short distance east of Monmouthshire's eastern border, sandwiched between the borders of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Monmouthshire (391 words)

	County town - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A county town is the location of the administrative headquarters of a county.
		In the case of Yorkshire in England, there are three county towns, one for each Riding: Northallerton for the North Riding, Beverley for the East Riding, and Wakefield for the West Riding.
		The boundaries were altered again in 1996 to create Unitary Authorities and some of the traditional counties and county towns were restored for administrative purposes.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/County_town (369 words)

	COUNTY TOWN FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United_Kingdom or Ireland.
		County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the ''de facto'' main town of a county.
		The eight administrative counties that existed in Wales between 1974 and 1996 were subsequently retained as lieutenancy areas.
	www.19gmarketinggroup.com /county_town (365 words)

	Anglesey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		[The Isle of] Anglesey or Anglesea (Welsh: [Ynys] Môn, pronounced as "U-niss Mawn", /'ənɪs mo:n/ in IPA), is an island and county at the north western extremity of North Wales.
		Anglesey (together with Holy Island) is one of the thirteen traditional counties of Wales.
		In 1974 it formed a district of the new large administrative county of Gwynedd, until in the 1996 reform of local government it was restored as an administrative county.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Anglesey (1678 words)

	The National Gazetteer of Wales - The Counties of Wales
		Wales is comprised of 13 Counties, each of which is denoted on the Map of Wales.
		The Black Mountains occupy the SE of the County, the Brecon Beacons the central region, Fforest Fawr the SW and Mynydd Eppynt the North.
		A maritime County, washed by the sea on all sides except in the N. where it is bounded by Cardiganshire and in the E. where it is bounded by Carmarthenshire.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /geogdata/ngw/counties.htm (2180 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Wales has been a principality since the 13th century, initially under the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great, and later under his grandson, Llywelyn the Last, who took the title Prince of Wales around 1258, and was recognised by the English Crown in 1277 by the Treaty of Aberconwy.
		Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales, and sought assistance from the French, but by 1409 his forces were scattered under the attacks of King Henry IV of England and further measures imposed against the Welsh.
		Wales continues to share a legal identity with England to a large degree as the joint entity of England and Wales.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Wales (1276 words)

	CARDIGANSHIRE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1282 Edward I conquered the principality of Wales and divided the area into counties.
		Cardiganshire is a maritime county bounded to the west by Cardigan_Bay, to the north by Merionethshire, to the east by Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Brecknockshire, and to the south by Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
		Cardiganshire's county council created in 1888 was abolished in 1974 by the Local_Government_Act_1972 — and it was succeeded by the district of Ceredigion in the administrative county of Dyfed.
	www.igopay.com /Cardiganshire (293 words)

	GENUKI: Wales
		National Synod of Wales The National Synod of Wales of the United Reformed Church, is one of thirteen Synods that cover England, Wales and Scotland.
		The Royal Regiment of Wales was formed in 1969 by the amalgamation of two of Wales' most famous and distinguished regiments, namely The South Wales Borderers (24th Foot) and The Welch Regiment (41st/69th Foot).
		Wales at the time of the Treaty of Montgomery in 1267, by John Garnons Williams.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/wal (6531 words)

	Home Page of the Association of British Counties website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Association of British Counties (ABC) is a society dedicated to promoting awareness of the continuing importance of the 86 historic (or traditional) Counties of Great Britain.
		ABC, therefore, seeks to fully re-establish the use of the 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.
		ABC encourages the use of the historic Counties in postal addressing, in guide books, on boundary signs and maps and encourages their further use as a basis for sporting, social and cultural activities and organisations.
	www.abcounties.co.uk (726 words)

	What is a County?
		In Scotland 31 lieutanancies were established in 1975 and revised in 1996, bearing some resemblance to the counties existing pre-1973.
		In Wales for Ceremonial purposes there are eight "preserved counties" which have the same names as the 1974 - 1996 Administrative Counties, but have had their boundaries shifted to align more closely to the unitary councils.
		In Northern Ireland the traditional six counties and two cities remain as they were before 1973.
	www.gwydir.demon.co.uk /uklocalgov/whtsacty.htm (355 words)

	Traditional counties of the British Isles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from Traditional counties of England, Scotland and Wales)
		The British Isles are divided into the following traditional counties (also ancient or geographic counties or historic counties).
		Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traditional_counties_of_England,_Scotland_and_Wales (72 words)

	Traditional counties of Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland.
		The dates of the borders varies for Cromartyshire only took its traditional shape as as 1685.
		When county councils were introduced in Scotland in 1889 their areas the administrative counties were based on the traditional counties the great many fragments and detached parts consolidated and Ross-shire was merged with the fragmentary Cromartyshire to form Ross and Cromarty.
	www.freeglossary.com /Traditional_counties_of_Scotland (463 words)

	Traditional counties of England, Scotland and Wales... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	A future role for the 13 historic (or traditional) Counties of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We are, therefore, proposing that the preserved counties be aligned with the 13 historic Counties.
		The Ebbw Vale Urban Sanitary District, which lay partly in the historic County of Monmouthshire and partly in Brecknockshire, was deemed to lie wholly in the administrative county of Monmouthshire (Rassau, Dukestown, Beaufort, Brynmawr, Clydach and Gilwern being the settlements affected).
		The preserved counties of Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd and West Glamorgan are identical to the areas of the "counties" of the LGA 1972 as they existed immediately before the passing of the LG(W)A 1994.
	www.abcounties.co.uk /thewelshcounties.htm (10043 words)

	Welsh Counties - About Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From 1889 to 1974, the administrative counties of Wales were used for local government.
		traditional counties of Wales, but not entirely identical.
		2003 to ensure that each unitary area is wholly within one preserved county.
	www.walesonline.com /info/counties.shtml (146 words)

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		Britain's counties and regions underwent a significant change, many of the traditional counties disappearing.
		They were either incorporated into neighbouring counties or under new, larger counties.
		In Scotland and Wales the traditional counties were incorporated into new, more expansive regions.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Ranch/1575/counties.html (111 words)

	Wales Flag Large Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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