Counties of the UK: Suffolk

  

This is the next instalment of my bi-monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – a coastal county just below Norfolk.

 

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County seat – Ipswich (there is another Ipswich in Queensland, Australia)

 

Flower –Oxlip

 

Signature foods – Suffolk Black Bacon, Damson Jam, Fisher's Gin

 

Famous places to visit – Ickworth House, Suffolk pink cottages, St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Orford Ness Lighthouse, Melford Hall (Beatrix Potter), Framlingham Castle, Newmarket Racecourse

 

 

Famous people from Suffolk – Gainsborough, Constable, Benjamin Britten, Bernie Ecclestone (car racing), Cardinal Wolsey, Millicent Fawcett (suffragette)

 

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Counties of the UK: Shropshire

 
 

This is the next instalment of my bi-monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – in the West Midlands, bordering Wales, landlocked

 

 

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County seat – Shrewsbury (Salop)

 

Unusual village name - Titterhill

 

Flower – round leaved sundew

 

Signature foods – Shrewsbury Biscuits, Fidget Pie, Market Drayton Gingerbread

 

Famous places to visit – River Severn, Ludlow (Stokesay Castle), Attingham Park, Wenlock Priory

 

Famous people from Shropshire – Barbara Pym, Charles Darwin

 

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Counties of the UK - Staffordshire

 

This is the next instalment of my bi-monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – The county is landlocked.  It borders 7 other counties.

 

 

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County seat – Stoke-on-Trent

 

Unusual Village name - Horninglow

 

 

Flower – Heather

 

Signature foods – Staffordshire Cheese, Staffordshire Oatcakes, Marmite (originated in Stoke-on-Trent), Lobby (potter's dish)

 

Famous places to visit – Mow Cop castle , Lichfield Cathedral,  Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent

 

Famous people from Staffordshire – Robbie Williams, Phil Taylor (darts), Oswald Mosley (right wing politician in the 30's)

 

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Counties of the UK: South Yorkshire

 

This is the next installment of my bi-monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – landlocked southernmost part of Yorkshire

 

 

County seat – Sheffield

 

Unusual town name - Penistone

 

 

Signature foods – Yorkshire pudding, Henderson's Relish

 

Famous places to visit – Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Peak District, Wentworth Woodhouse, Cannon Hall, Cusworth Hall

 

 

Famous people from South Yorkshire – Diana Rigg, Joe Cocker, Joanne Harris (author), Michael Palin, Jeremy Clarkson, Amy Johnson (aviator)

 

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Counties of the UK: Somerset

 

 

This is the next instalment of my bi-monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – In the South West of England

 

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County seat – Taunton

 

Unusual town name – Curry Mallet

 

Flower – Cheddar Pink

 

Signature foods – Cheddar, Cider

 

Famous places to visit – Bath, Glastonbury, Clevedon Court,  Caves (including Wookey Hole), Clifton Suspension Bridge, Mendip Hills

 

Famous people from Somerset – Mary Scott (poet), Bill Bailey, John Cleese, Acker Bilk, Mary Berry

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Counties of the UK: Rutland

 

 
 

This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

The only thing I knew about Rutland was via Jilly Cooper books – horses and bonking.  

 Location – Rutland is a small landlocked county in the East Midlands.  There is also a Rutland county in Vermont!

 

 

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Emblem – a horseshoe

 

County seat – Oakham

 

 

Signature foods – Rutland Bitter (beer), fish and chips

 

Famous places to visit – Rutland Water (large artificial lake), Lyddington, Hambleton Hall

 

 

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Counties of the UK: Oxfordshire

 

This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – a landlocked county in the mid South of England.

 

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County seat – Oxford

 

Signature foods – Oxford sausages, Hollygog Pudding, Banbury cakes

 

Famous places to visit – Blenheim Palace, University of Oxford, Christ Church Meadow, Banbury, Cotswolds

 

Famous people from Oxfordshire – Winston Churchill, Stephen Hawking, Sophie (Countess of Wessex), Jacqueline du Pre (cellist), Tim Henman

 

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