| Within our location guides, we have locations indexed
alphabetically and by topic, for example stone circles within heritage. We also
have them identified by their geographic location, and chose ceremonial counties
for this classification. Throughout history there have been many changes to the
boundaries and make up of administrative areas. Every few years the politicians
decide to move a border, split a county, create a new one or merge two together.
While this may suit their purposes it makes indexing items by county a
nightmare, and for those looking for items equally difficult if its not a county
boundary they know well.
We have several different types of counties in use today
including the administrative ones and a separate postal address version.
While throughout history changes have been made there was a
period when things didn’t change for a long time and it is this arrangement of
counties that most can understand and associate with. This arrangement today
is promoted by a number of groups and are known as the 'ceremonial counties'.
We are using the ceremonial counties and have a linked up map
(within the location section)
allowing you to click on a county to see the items within the county, and also a
long list of towns, with ceremonial counties identified.
If you are interested in how counties came about, then
click here.
The map below, provided by the
Association of Counties, is not linked but shows the structure of the ceremonial
counties.
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