Includes details of the Historic Counties Standard with definitions; information on the Historic County Borders Project; The Historic Counties Standard consultation draft; ABC National Standard for Geographical Identification (2004); ABC article 'The Historic ('Traditional/Geographical) Counties of England' with map of counties and county towns; ABC - 'Our Historic Counties: the Future' - consultation questionnaire; online and encyclopaedic definitions of 'traditional counties of England', county flowers, and Queen's Representatives (Lord Lieutenant; Sherriff) (1999); geographical information from Census 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921; press cuttings relating to redrawing geographical map of Great Britain (5 Jan 2003); internet article 'What is a County?' (accessed 30/1/00);

Lancashire Life article 'Is this the end of real Lancashire?' (Jan 2003); and an article on Devon in Country Life (6 Mar 2003).