Curated category
Non-metropolitan counties
- 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…
- SuffolkIn 1797, John Frere stood in the Hoxne Brick Pit and uncovered flint hand axes buried twelve feet deep. He noted that these weapons might date back to a very…
- West SussexThe South Downs rise as a chalk escarpment across the entire county, running from east to west. This geological feature divides the north and south of West…
- 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…
- WarwickshireWarwickshire stretches some 50 miles from north to south, covering an area of 834 square kilometers. The northern tip reaches only 12 miles from the…
- DevonThe county of Devon straddles a peninsula, creating a unique geographical situation among English counties. It possesses two separate coastlines: one facing…
- WorcestershireThe Malvern Hills rise from the southern edge of Worcestershire, forming a volcanic range that stretches into Herefordshire.
- DerbyshireThe county of Derbyshire rises from the earth as an uplifted dome of rock layers. Older rocks sit in the center while progressively younger limestone rocks…
- LancashireThe year 1086 marks the first written record of the land that would become Lancashire. The Domesday Book listed much of this territory under Yorkshire and…