One of England’s most picturesque port towns, St Ives in Cornwall, is the country’s great beachfront escape. On a sunny English day (yes, they happen), the baby blue waters of St Ives glisten. The white sand
The geographic countyencompassesthese areas and the unitary authority ofSouth Gloucestershire. Several parts of the geographic county lie outside the historic county. Along the geographic county’s eastern border, a small area west of Westonbirt lies within the historic county ofWiltshire. In the nort...
historical map of EnglandHistorical map of Oxford, Buckingham, Hertford, Essex, Middlesex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, and parts of Bedford and Wiltshire, England, from the 10th edition of theEncyclopædia Britannica, 1902. ...
which drains theVale of White Horse. The Thames then trends east and south by the ancient towns ofDorchester(with its 14th-century abbey) and Wallingford. Passing between theChiltern Hillsand the Berkshire Downs at Goring Gap, it is joined by the Great Western Railway (London to Penzance) in...
The last of these, Cogidubnus, was a useful ally to the Romans and was given a kingdom centred on Chichester. historical map of EnglandHistorical map of Oxford, Buckingham, Hertford, Essex, Middlesex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, and parts of Bedford and Wiltshire, England, ...
TheBerkshire Downssupported numerous prehistoric settlements linked by ridgeways that led particularly to the focus ofStonehengein the adjoining county ofWiltshire. The major archaeological monument in the historic county, dating from theIron Age, is theUffington White Horse, which is carved into the ...
Milton Keynes, town and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Buckinghamshire, south-central England. Since 1967 Milton Keynes, which contains several preexisting towns, has been developed as a new town (an approach to urban planning used
Hampshire, administrative, geographic, and historic county of south-central England. It is bounded to the west by Dorset and Wiltshire, to the north by Berkshire, to the east by Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel. Hampshire, England(more) The administrative, geog...
Oxfordshire, administrative and historic county of south-central England. It is bounded to the north by Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, to the west by Gloucestershire, to the south by Berkshire, and to the east by Buckinghamshire. Wiltshire lies to th
Hampshire, administrative, geographic, and historic county of south-central England. It is bounded to the west by Dorset and Wiltshire, to the north by Berkshire, to the east by Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel. The adminis