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Today is #HuntingdonshireDay! Celebrated on the birth date of Oliver Cromwell, #Huntingdonshire’s most famous son. A museum dedicated to Cromwell is located in the former grammar school attended by both Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #OrkneyDay! It is celebrated on the feast day of Saint Magnus, one time Earl of Orkney. His attributed banner was the inspiration for #Orkney’s county flag. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
The #CheshireDay celebration is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the traditional, geographical county of #Cheshire. (NOT the oddly-named ‘Cheshire’ admin zone, which is something else entirely.) 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #CheshireDay! It is celebrated on the day in 1300 when King Edward I confirmed a charter of liberties for #Cheshire. The ‘Earldom of Chester’ secured its own Magna Carta because it was then governed as a distinct feudal domain. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
The #WestRiding of Yorkshire consists of a largely urban south and a rural north. Some of the loveliest of the #Yorkshire Dales are in the West Riding, including Nidderdale and Wharfedale. The West Riding stretches out as far as Sedbergh. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #WestRidingDay. The #WestRiding of #Yorkshire is the largest, most populous of the three ridings and the Riding with the greatest internal contrast. The flag features a ‘rose-en-soleil’ device first used by Edward IV. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #NorthamptonshireDay. Celebrated on the feast of St Crispin, patron saint of cobblers, #Northamptonshire is famously a centre of shoe making. This date was selected in a public vote held alongside the county flag competition. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #ShropshireDay! #Shropshire celebrates on the feast day of St Milburga, Abbess of Wenlock priory, who died on this day in 715. The Abbey ruins stand in Much Wenlock and offer a tantalising glimpse into life in St Milburga’s time. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #CaernarfonshireDay! #Caernarfonshire (Sir Gaernarfon)’s day occurs on the date of Owainn Gwynedd’s death. Owain was the first ‘Prince of Wales’ & considered most successful of the North Welsh princes prior to Llywelyn the Great. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
@TheRidgeway1972 @ExperienceOx Great to see you promoting #OxfordshireDay! However, #CountyDays celebrate *traditional* counties, not admin zones. East Hendred is *not* part of the traditional county of #Oxfordshire, it is Berkshire. See @wikishire’s interactive map for more detail: wikishire.co.uk/map/#East%20He…
@HistoricEngland Great to see you promoting #OxfordshireDay! However, #CountyDays celebrate *traditional* counties, not admin zones. Steventon is *not* part of the traditional county of #Oxfordshire - it is Berkshire. See @wikishire’s interactive map for more detail: wikishire.co.uk/map/#Steventon…
Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #BedfordshireDay! The date was chosen as it is the birthday of celebrated #Bedfordshire son John Bunyan, preacher and author. Bunyan was born in the village of Elstow in 1628. His most famous book is The Pilgrim’s Progress. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #EssexDay! Celebrated on the feast day of Saint Cedd, due to the significant role he (620-664) played in #Essex’s early history. Cedd was appointed bishop of the East Saxons & baptised King Sigeberht’s (c.653-660) pagan successor. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #OxfordshireDay! It is celebrated on the Feast Day of county patron, Saint Frideswide (Frithuswith). Living in the 8th century, her Saxon name means ‘Peace-Strong’ or ‘Bond of Peace’. The #Oxfordshire flag was registered in 2017. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #LincolnshireDay! This day commemorates the #Lincolnshire Uprising of 1536 when Roman Catholics expressed their dissent against the establishment of the @churchofengland by King Henry VIII. 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
We hope to see @WandFCouncil promote #WestmorlandDay today! This admin zone includes the entire county of #Westmorland. Happy Westmorland Day! 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is #WestmorlandDay! Celebrated annually on the date in 1397 when Ralph Neville was created the first Earl of #Westmorland by Richard II. Westmorland is a mountainous shire, with some of the grandest scenery in England! 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴
Today is officially #MonmouthshireDay - which marks the feast of St Cadoc, who was born circa 497! 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyDays 🏴 Please visit bit.ly/3PQ1BIV to find out more!
