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Huntingdon and Peterborough
(Encyclopedia)Huntingdon and Peterborough, former county, E central England. In 1974, Huntingdon and Peterborough became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cambridgeshire. ...Nottinghamshire
(Encyclopedia)Nottinghamshire nŏtˈĭng-əmshĭr [key], county (1991 pop. 980,600), 843 sq mi (2,183 sq km), central England. The county seat is at West Bridgford, in Rushcliffe. The county is divided into the adm...Midlothian
(Encyclopedia)Midlothian mĭdlōˈthēən [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 79,910), 137 sq mi (356 sq km), and former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Midlothian was divided between t...Renfrewshire
(Encyclopedia)Renfrewshire or Renfrew, former county, central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Renfrewshire became (1975) part of the Strathclyde region, but in 1996 that region was dissolved and t...Humberside
(Encyclopedia)Humberside, former county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county was dissolved in 1996 and replaced by four unitary authorities: the East Riding of Yorkshire, Kin...Bristol, city, England
(Encyclopedia)Bristol, city and unitary authority (2021 est. pop. 694,000), SW England, at the confluence of the Avon and Frome rivers. Bristol, a leading internation...Caernarvonshire
(Encyclopedia)Caernarvonshire, former county, NW Wales. In 1974, Caernarvonshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Gwynedd; when Welsh local government was again reorganized (1996), the former territory ...Heaney, Seamus
(Encyclopedia)Heaney, Seamus (Seamus Justin Heaney) shāˈməs, hēˈnē [key], 1939–2013, Irish poet, one of the finest contemporary English poets, b. Londonderry (now Derry), Northern Ireland, grad. Queen's Uni...Bornholm
(Encyclopedia)Bornholm bôrnˈhôlm [key], county, 227 sq mi (588 sq km), extreme E Denmark, in the Baltic ...Devon
(Encyclopedia)Devon dĕvˈən [key], county, 2,591 sq mi (6,711 sq km), SW England. The county town is ...Browse by Subject
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