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If we are entering the zone of 'perceptual' or 'imagined' counties there is much fieldwork to be done into the feelings of the power of place and identity that might extend well beyond the array of 19th century counties. Anyone for Hallamshire or Craven or Elmete? iain Taylor Original Message: ----------------- From: Alan Magnus-Bennett [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 10:39:04 -0000 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: historic county boundaries Hear hear! Let's hear it for Scotland's regions, kingdoms and counties. not even England has a kingdom - unless you count its principality! Alan On 18 Mar 2002 at 10:22, Jay Heywood wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roger Fern > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: ex-Humberside > > > Little things like this make me think that officialdom's > eventual aim is to get rid of English counties, as has happened in > Scotland & Wales. > As someone who used to work for Midlothian until only a year ago, (and it's still there!), I > don't think they would take too kindly to that! Nor, come to that would Fife. And in > passing, I should mention that very fewof uswho were born in the ancient County of > Durham, have reconciled themselves to Tyne and Wear, Teesside, Cleveland etc. > > Jay Heywood > > Project Cataloguer > Charting the Nation, Department of Geography > University of Edinburgh > > Tel: 0131 650 9508 or +44 131 650 9508 > > [log in to unmask] > www.geo.ed.ac.uk/charting/ > > [log in to unmask] > www.geocities.com/jayheywood > > ************************************************************************************************ > Charting the Nation is a component of the Research Support Libraries Programme > ************************************************************************************************ > > Alan Magnus-Bennett Cartographer and Map Curator Geography Department School of Environmental Sciences and Land Management University College Worcester Worcestershire WR2 6AJ phone: 01905 855183 email: [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .