Campaign for Historic Counties
@RealCounties
⚠️ Our Historic Counties are being forgotten - erasing centuries of identity, heritage and pride. 🆘 Let's rescue them before it's too late - subscribe today!
Preserving Heritage, Promoting Identity Our Objectives: ✅ Maps and all roads to mark historic county boundaries ✅ Remove ‘county’ from council names and terminology ✅ Realign lieutenancies to match the #HistoricCounties Let’s rescue our #RealCounties before it’s too late.
Hey, @grok, who was the most famous person to visit our profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
Not every point is 100% factually accurate - but the sentiment expressed by the elected members of @StocktonCouncil is brilliant! Its leaders have voted to ask the government to make road signs which mark historic county boundaries compulsory. 🙌
'Those counties live on unchanged - they are historic counties' gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-…
Running campaigns and producing graphics is time-consuming (and expensive!) - yet we get no external funding. For the price of a coffee each month, you can help us fight for our historic counties – and get exclusive updates, recognition, and early access to campaign content. We…
Restoring Clarity: The Case for the Historic Counties of Great Britain. Our piece, published this week in the @Restorationist_: restorationist.org.uk/restoring-clar…
"Historic County Flags Day: A Celebration of Identity and Heritage" nationalworld.com/read-this/hist…
🎉 Today is Historic County Flags Day! 🇬🇧 Our county flags are flying proudly in Parliament Square. They aren’t just symbols - they’re a statement that our historic counties matter. Let’s keep their legacy alive! 💚 📸 Share your county’s flag and tag us to show your pride!
What a great sight - the flags of British historic counties flying in Parliament Square, London ahead of Historic County Flags Day tomorrow. Which one is your registered historic county flag? @RealCounties @britishcountie @CountyFlagsDay #CountyFlagsDay 👏 😊 ❤️ 🇬🇧
Great to see all the registered British county flags adorning Parliament Square ahead of Historic County Flags Day on Wednesday! @RealCounties @britishcounties @CountyFlagsDay #CountyFlagsDay
No centre in Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed exceeds a population of 6,000. Only one, Llandrindod Wells, exceeds 5,000. 🔹 Knighton (partly in Shropshire) 🔸 Llandrindod Wells 🔹 Llanelwedd 🔸 Presteigne (partly in Herefordshire) 🔹 Newbridge on Wye 🔸 New Radnor 🔹 Rhayader
There are six hundreds of Radnorshire (Sir Faesyfed): 🔹 Colwyn 🔸 Cefnllys (Kevenlleece or Cevnllŷs) 🔹 Knighton 🔸 Painscastle 🔹 Radnor 🔸 Rhayader
Mae Syr Faesyfed yn sir fewndirol yng Nghymru. Mae tiriogaeth ddaearyddol Syr Faesyfed yn cyfateb yn fras i diriogaeth Cymru rhwng Gwy a Hafren. Daeth hyn o dan reolaeth Arglwyddi Marcher yn yr 11eg ganrif.
The County of Radnor (Sir Faesyfed) is a Welsh inland shire. The geographic territory of Radnorshire roughly corresponds with the Welsh territory of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren. This fell under the control of Marcher Lords in the 11th Century.
Great to see all the registered British county flags adorning Parliament Square ahead of Historic County Flags Day on Wednesday! @RealCounties @britishcounties @CountyFlagsDay #CountyFlagsDay
Besides Perth, other towns and villages in Perthshire include: 🔸 Abernethy 🔹 Blairgowrie 🔸 Callander 🔹 Crieff 🔸 Dunkeld 🔹 Kenmore 🔸 Kinloch Rannoch 🔹 Kinrossie 🔸 Pitlochry 🔹 Stanley 🔸 Strathtay
Perth is a city, royal burgh and the town that gives its name to Perthshire. The name Perth comes a Pictish word for wood or copse. Standing on the banks of the River Tay, there has been a settlement at Perth since prehistoric times.
