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- HertfordshireHertfordshire sits immediately north of London, forming a ceremonial county in the East of England. Its borders were roughly fixed by the Counties (Detached…
- SurreyThe North Downs cut across Surrey like a geological spine, running from the south-west to the north-east. This chalk escarpment divides the county into two…
- EssexIn the Iron Age, the land now known as Essex was controlled by a local tribe called the Trinovantes. They established their capital at Colchester, which…
- KentKent is a ceremonial county in South East England. It has an area of 3,192 square kilometers and had a population of 1,727,665 residents according to the…
- MiddlesexThe name Middlesex means territory of the middle Saxons. This phrase derives from Old English words middel and Seaxe. An Anglo-Saxon chronicle written in…