Campaign for Historic Counties
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Historic Counties are so-called because of their significance / great importance. Let’s celebrate them, and stop confusing counties with local admin zones.
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Yesterday in the House of Lords: Lord Caine urged the government to: ✅ Remove ‘county’ from council names and terminology ✅ Realign lieutenancies to match the historic counties Two simple changes to massively help to reverse the destruction of true county identities.
New writing from Joshua Malone, Campaign Director of the Campaign for Historic Counties (Campaign for Historic Counties). Britain's historic counties are being confused with modern administrative areas created since 1888. The Campaign calls for clear distinction between geographic and council
This week, Jonathan Caine urged the government to: ✅ Remove ‘county’ from council names and terminology ✅ Realign lieutenancies to match the historic counties To follow-up, we will be making contact with Baroness Dr Sharon Taylor of Stevenage, OBE who answered the question on behalf of the Government.
Restoring Clarity: The Case for the Historic Counties of Great Britain. Our piece, published this week in the The Restorationist: restorationist.org.uk/restoring-clar…
