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2 unusual facts about Counties of England


John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

After his retirement as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, on 6 April 2005 he was created a life peer as Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, of Kirkwhelpington in the County of Northumberland.

Pitmatic

Pitmatic (originally "pitmatical"), also colloquially known as "yakka", is a dialect of English used in the counties of Northumberland and Durham in England.


A6121 road

The A6121 is a short cross-country road in the counties of Lincolnshire and Rutland, England.

John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington

In 1910 Dickson was appointed Governor of New Zealand, a post he held for two years, and on 27 April that same year, was created Baron Islington, of Islington in the County of London.


see also

Vale of York

The vale suffered badly from the Harrying of the North when King William I devastated the northern counties of England to punish the population for their resistance to his conquest.