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. ...
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
Southampton, city and English Channel port, a unitary authority in the historic county of Hampshire, southern England. It lies near the head of Southampton Water, on a peninsula between the estuaries of the Rivers Test and Itchen. In 43 ce a Roman settle
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 ...
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
River Avon, river that rises on the southeastern slope of the Cotswolds, England, and flows through Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Somerset. The river shares the name Avon (derived from a Celtic word meaning “river”) with several other rivers in Great
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...
Dorset, administrative, geographic, and historic county of southwestern England. It is bordered by the English Channel (south) and the counties of Devon (west), Hampshire (east), and Somerset and Wiltshire (both north). The historic town of Dorchester is
Somerset, administrative, geographic, and historiccountyof southwesternEngland. It is bordered to the northwest by theBristol Channel, to the north byGloucestershire, to the east byWiltshire, to the southeast byDorset, and to the southwest byDevon.Taunton, in west-central Somerset, is the county ...