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*SY* wrote:
> I had a quick look at your list. Todd, you are using an old map! Some of those
> counties you listed were "rationalised" (unitarised?) a couple of years back.
> For example, Humberside no longer exist... the southern part was (re-) joined
> with Lincolnshire. The Yorkshire part of Humberside was made into East
> Yorkshire. Another example is (I think) that County Durham and Cleveland have
> merged (or is that the other way around?)
I haven't checked it that closely - I wouldn't be surprised though!
> Anyway, the current Labour government is/has suggested that England (as opposed
> to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) be split into about 10 regions (erm...
> I got this from an April copy of "The Economist", I think). Well, in no
> particular order, these are: North East, North West, Yorkshire, South East,
> Eastern, London, East Midlands, West Midlands, South West and , uh,...Western?
> The map was quite small, and my knowledge of the south is patchy, but iirc, for
> example:
I've being trying to find this information everywhere as this is my idea
for the loc. groups.
> Eastern grouped together the East Anglian counties of Norfolk, Suffolk,
> Cambridgeshire and Essex (I think)
> The Yorkshire region consisted of all 4 Yorkshire counties (N,S,E,W)
> North East region is the area north of Yorkshire all the way up to Tyneside and
> the Scottish border
> Etc. etc.
Right, much get more information on this.
> To simplify the loc.uk groups, it would be nice if these regions were taken into
> account, though I'd say that you'd better group the entire south east, from
> King's Lynn to Kent and west up the Thames valley in one group :)
I reckon we have these 10 regional governments and then Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland, I'm not sure what to do about the islands yet.
Also a lugnet.loc.eu - we are all part of the EU.
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