A proud Lancastrian, due to corners turned now residing in Novichok city.
Salisbury, England
Joined July 2018
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Stan Butler retweeted
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Stan Butler retweeted
Our three simple objectives:
✅ Mark all boundaries of #HistoricCounties
✅ Remove ‘county’ from admin zone names
✅ Realign ceremonial ‘counties’ to match traditional counties
Let’s rescue Britain’s #RealCounties before it’s too late.
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❌ Admin zones are not counties
❌ Counties are not admin zones
✅ Admin zones are local service providers, changing as populations and needs change
✅ Counties are geographical subdivisions, unchanged for many centuries
Let’s rescue our #HistoricCounties before it’s too late!
Stan Butler retweeted
Terrific article from the Lancashire Post focussing on the effect of the 1974 local government reorganisation on the identity of real Lancashire.
lep.co.uk/heritage-and-retro…
@FORLancashire bang on pointing to the opportunity for a 'Welcome to Lancashire' brand to match Yorkshire's!
Stan Butler retweeted
From Telegraph on 50th anniversary of the 1974 local government reorganisation
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03…
If MH had created a set of unitary authorities in 1974, it may have avoided the confusion of county and council of the last 50 years. ABC Press Release:
gazetteer.org.uk/ABC_Press_R…
Stan Butler retweeted
Strange to think that 50 years ago today, everyone knew exactly where they were, and nobody questioned it!
@britishcounties @RealCounties @UKCounties @antgib
Stan Butler retweeted
50 years ago today, our county was carved up. There’s absolutely nothing to celebrate in this but let us celebrate the fact that our boundaries have been in place for hundreds of years, certainly since 1182. If you were born in this area, even post 1974 you are a Lancastrian. 🌹
Stan Butler retweeted
Local Government Act 1972 created unnecessary confusion.
1️⃣Counties = geographical subdivisions
2️⃣Admin zones = local service providers
Problem: The 1972 Act conflated the two.
Solution: Stop using ‘county’ to refer to admin zones and tweak admin zone names.
#HistoricCounties
Stan Butler retweeted
“The geography of a thousand years was swept away and replaced by an administrative geography that lasted only 20 years before it started to fall apart. Confusion reigned.”
From our retrospective of the 1974 local government reorganisation:
abcounties.com/news/the-stra…
Stan Butler retweeted
Lancashire’s warm and sunny flag was registered in 2008.
It features the county’s famed red rose.
A (gold) rose was first used as a royal badge by Henry III.
His son Edmund (1245-1296), first Duke of Lancaster, adopted the rose in red.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #CountyFlags 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
The County Palatine of #Lancaster is a shire along the Irish Sea Coast.
The County of Lancaster was first recorded in 1168 under King Henry II.
#Lancashire stretches from the River Mersey in the south to the Furness Fells in the north.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
The present-day pattern of Welsh #HistoricCounties was established by the Laws in Wales Act 1535.
The Act replaced the Marcher lordships with five counties based on much older areas.
The other 8 had already been in existence since at least the 13th century.
🇬🇧 #RealCounties 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
Looking for a detailed map of the #HistoricCounties of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales?
✅ Browse interactively
✅ Search by town, county or postcode
✅ Browse counties with or without detached parts
Improve your knowledge today with @wikishire: wikishire.co.uk/map/#/centre…
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The County of #Dorset is a shire in the West Country.
Initially agricultural, tourism is now the primary industry with 18 million visitors a year.
Dorset is the principal setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, who was born in the county.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
The County of #Derby is a shire at the northern edge of the Midlands, reaching north into the Pennines.
North-east #Derbyshire, dominated by Chesterfield, also encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the Yorkshire city of Sheffield.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
The #HistoricCounties Standard provides a comprehensive definition of the names, areas and borders of counties.
Recognised by the @ONS, this is an important tool in achieving our objectives.
Let’s rescue our #RealCounties before it’s too late.
@MichaelGove @JacobYoungMP @luhc
Stan Butler retweeted
The County of #Cumberland is a claw-shaped shire commanding the mountains of the #LakeDistrict to the coast.
Cumberland is one of the ‘Lake Counties’, along with Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
The County Palatine of #Chester is a shire stretching from the Peak District to the Wirral peninsula.
#Cheshire’s county town is the ancient City of Chester.
The county's northern border is the River Mersey, across which lies Lancashire.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
The County of #Cambridge is a shire of East Anglia.
#Cambridgeshire’s dominant natural feature is the fenland, now drained but leaving a flat landscape.
Cambridge is the home of @Cambridge_Uni and is the county's only major town.
🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🏴
Stan Butler retweeted
Admin ‘counties’ & ceremonial ‘counties’ aren’t *actual* counties, despite their misuse of the name.
Implementing our objectives will end such unnecessary confusion.
Let’s rescue Britain’s #HistoricCounties before it’s too late.
#RealCounties
@MichaelGove @JacobYoungMP @luhc
