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: 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: 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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Counties of the UK: Northamptonshire

 

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 – inland in what is known as the East Midlands.

 

Nicknames – the Rose of the Shires

 

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County seat – Northampton

 

 

Flower – Cowslip

 

Signature foods – Clangers, Cattern cakes, Weetabix,

 

Famous places to visit – Althorp House (Spencer family), Burghley House (& horse trials), Rockingham Castle, Grand Union Canal, Welland Viaduct, Oundle (Market town), Salcey Forest, Coton Manor (bluebell wood), site of Fotheringhay Castle (execution site of Mary, Queen of Scots), Silverstone track

 

Famous businesses/brands – historically known for the manufacture of boots and shoes.  Still has the UK base for the manufacture of Doc Martens.  Kinky Boots was set in the county.

 

Famous people from Northamptonshire – Mark Haddon (Curious Incident of the Dog in the  Night-time) – there will be others but I couldn't find them

 

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Counties of the UK: Norfolk

 
 

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

 

Location – on the top of East Anglia

 

 

Historical titbits – Boadicea of the Iceni was in what is now Norfolk

 

Nicknames – the people are sometimes called Norfolk Dumplings

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County seat – Norwich is also the only city

 

Unusual town name – Two Mile Bottom

 

 

Flower – Common poppy

 

Signature foods – Cromer crab, Samphire, Norfolk Black Turkey, Colman's mustard

 

Famous places to visit in Norfolk – The Broads, the Coast, Sandringham, Holkham Hall, Norwich Cathedral, Great Yarmouth

 

 

Famous people from Norfolk – Boudicca, Edith Cavell, Olivia Colman, Diana, Princess of Wales,  Anna Sewell (Black Beauty), Horatio Nelson, Stephen Fry, Roger Taylor (Queen), Robert Walpole, James Dyson

 

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