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(Encyclopedia)Cardiganshire, former county, W Wales: see Ceredigion. ...Sutherlandshire
(Encyclopedia)Sutherlandshire, former county, Scotland: see Sutherland. ...Wigtown
(Encyclopedia)Wigtown, former county, Scotland: see Wigtownshire. ...Berks
(Encyclopedia)Berks, former county, England: see Berkshire. ...Berwick
(Encyclopedia)Berwick, former county, Scotland: see Berwickshire. ...Roxburgh
(Encyclopedia)Roxburgh, former county, Scotland: see Roxburghshire. ...Greater Manchester
(Encyclopedia)Greater Manchester, former metropolitan county, 497 sq mi (1,288 sq km), W central England. It comprised ten administrative districts (metropolitan boroughs): Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdal...Cromarty
(Encyclopedia)Cromarty, county, Scotland: see Ross and Cromarty. ...O'Brien, William Smith
(Encyclopedia)O'Brien, William Smith, 1803–64, Irish revolutionary. He entered Parliament from Ireland in 1828 and worked for Catholic Emancipation, Irish poor relief, and state support of the Irish Catholic cler...Jülich, former duchy, Germany
(Encyclopedia)Jülich yüˈlĭkh [key], former duchy, Germany, between Cologne and Aachen. At first a county, Jülich was raised to a duchy in 1356, and in 1423 it was united with the county of Berg. After the exti...Browse by Subject
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