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Berkshire

(Encyclopedia)Berkshire bärks, bûrks [key], former county, S central England. Part of the ancient kingdom of Wessex and the birthplace of King Alfred, the county of Berkshire was abolished as an administrative en...

South Yorkshire

(Encyclopedia)South Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Sheffield conurbation and comprised four metropolitan distr...

Clackmannanshire

(Encyclopedia)Clackmannanshire klăkmănˈənshər, –shĭrˌ [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 48,660), 60 sq mi (157 sq km), and former county, central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the cou...

Merionethshire

(Encyclopedia)Merionethshire mĕrˌēŏnˈəthshər, –shĭrˌ [key], former county, NW Wales. In 1974 most of Merionethshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Gwynedd; the rest was assigned to Clwyd. ...

Buskerud

(Encyclopedia)Buskerud bo͞osˈkəro͞od [key], county, c.5,725 sq mi (14,830 sq km), SE Norway. Drammen (the ...

West Sussex

(Encyclopedia)West Sussex, county (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km), S England. Chichester is the county seat. Administratively, the county is divided into the districts of Chichester, Arun, Worthing, Ad...

Glamorganshire

(Encyclopedia)Glamorganshire, former county, Wales: see Glamorgan. ...

Morayshire

(Encyclopedia)Morayshire, former county, Scotland: see Moray. ...

Wigtown

(Encyclopedia)Wigtown, former county, Scotland: see Wigtownshire. ...

Berks

(Encyclopedia)Berks, former county, England: see Berkshire. ...