Place Name At ground level it would be difficult to tell how this name came about, but take a bird’s…
Place Name Yorkshire, England’s largest historic county, is divided into three ridings (from a Viking word meaning third) – North,…
Place Name Westmorland is an historic county in northwest England, famous for its landscapes, including parts of the Lake District.…
Place Name Sussex, a historic county on England’s south coast, has prehistoric roots. It was a significant Anglo-Saxon kingdom, founded…
Place Name Southampton, on England’s south coast, boasts a rich maritime history, going back to Roman times as a port…
Place Name Shropshire, bordering Wales, is England’s largest landlocked traditional county. The Romans established a fortress at Wroxeter, once the…
Place Name Radnor, or Radnorshire, is a historic county in mid-Wales with roots stretching back to ancient Celtic and early…
Place Name Montgomery, a historic town in Powys, Wales, was the county town of Montgomeryshire and has roots going back…
Place Name Monmouth, a historic Welsh town near the English border, was the county town of Monmouthshire and has roots…
Place Name Leicester, one of England’s oldest cities, and the county town of Leicestershire, has a history reaching back to…