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: 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: 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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Counties of the UK: Nottinghamshire

 
 

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 – in the East Midlands

 

 

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County seat – Nottingham

 

Unusual village name - Bunny

 

 

Flower – Autumn Crocus

 

Signature foods – Mushy peas with mint sauce, Cock-on-a-Stick, Shropshire Blue Cheese, HP Sauce, Bramley Apples

 

Famous places to visit – Sherwood Forest, Ancestral Home of Lord Byron (Newstead Abbey), Nottingham Castle, Woolaton Hall

 

 

Famous people from Nottinghamshire – Robin Hood,

D.H. Lawrence, Samuel Butler (author of Erewhon), Su Pollard (Hi-di-HI), Torvill and Dean

 

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Counties of the UK: Northumberland

 
 

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 – On the border with Scotland – top right. And borders the North Sea.

 

Origin of name – it comes from meaning the land north of the river Humber.

 

 

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County seat – Bamburgh

 

 

Flower – Bloody Crane's Bill

 

Signature foods – Craster kippers, Singin' Hinnies, Earl Grey tea, Ham & Pease Pudding Stotties

 

Famous places to visit – Seahouses (fishing village), Cheviot Hills, Warkworth Castle, Hadrian's Wall, Hexham Abbey, Alnwick (Hogwarts setting), Berwick-upon-Tweed (most northerly town in England), Battle of Flodden Field

 

 

Famous people from Northumberland – Bobby and Jack Charlton, Thomas Addison (of Addison's Disease), Capability Brown (landscape designer), George Stephenson (railways), Sting (of the Police)

 

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