Table of Contents
Father of English Clock-Making ∗ First English Best-Seller
∗ Maypole Dancing ∗ Morris Dancing
BEDFORDSHIRE FOLK
House of Windsor ∗ Windsor Castle ∗ Oldest Order of Chivalry
∗ St George’s Chapel ∗ Windsor Town ∗ England’s Patron Saint
∗ The First English Minimum Wage
BERKSHIRE FOLK
Chiltern Hundreds ∗ An English Invention ∗ Freedom of Conscience
∗ Greatest English Poem ∗ Hellfire ∗ English Hymnal ∗ Pancake Race
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FOLK
The Most Beautiful Mile in the World ∗ Cambridge Science ∗ Spies
∗ Footlights ∗ Books ∗ Chimes ∗ Boat Race ∗ Peas Please
CAMBRIDGESHIRE FOLK
England’s Favourite Architecture ∗ Black-and-White ∗ Cranford
∗ Oldest Carillon in England ∗ Jodrell Bank
CHESHIRE FOLK
King Arthur ∗ Cradle of Wireless ∗ Come to Good ∗ A Cornish Eccentric
∗ Jigging Jogging Everywhere ∗ Pasty
CORNISH FOLK
Border Town ∗ Georgian Town Planning ∗ Cumberland Delicacies
CUMBERLAND FOLK
Lady with the Lamp ∗ Babington Plot ∗ Well Dressing
DERBYSHIRE FOLK
First Colonialist ∗ Revenge ∗ An Elizabethan Pirate ∗ Fine English Carpets
DEVON FOLK
Jurassic Coastline ∗ First English Trade Union ∗ Dorset’s Own Writer
∗ First Planned English Village ∗ First Smoke ∗ The Face of England
DORSET FOLK
County Palatine ∗ Finest Norman Building ∗ Sanctuary ∗ Never Fell to the Scots
∗ Prince Bishops ∗ Third University ∗ Only Oriental Museum
DURHAM FOLK
First Town ∗ Biggest Keep ∗ Captain of the Mayflower ∗ Fine Words
∗ Triangular Tower ∗ First in Brick ∗ Jam Today
ESSEX FOLK
Dark Deeds ∗ Birthplace of Modern Conservation
Biggest Norman Tower ∗ Cheese Rolling ∗ Champagne
∗ Manors Houses
GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK
First English Capital ∗ Longest Cathedral ∗ St Swithun’s Day
∗ Manners Maketh Man ∗ A Great Hall ∗ The Round Table
∗ England’s Oldest Charity ∗ Weights and Measures
∗ The English National Game
HAMPSHIRE FOLK
Cider Country ∗ Member for Cider ∗ Biggest Vat ∗ Wassailing
HEREFORDSHIRE FOLK
First Garden City ∗ First New Town ∗ House of Fun ∗ Paper Trail
∗ Royal Spin
HERTFORDSHIRE FOLK
Cromwell Country ∗ Presidential Ancestors ∗ A Unique Community
HUNTINGDONSHIRE FOLK
The Oldest English Church ∗ Oldest School ∗ Biggest Norman Crypt
∗ Primate of All England ∗ Maidstone ∗ First in Flight ∗ Staple Drink
∗ Cockles and Winkles
KENT FOLK
House of Lancaster ∗ Scousers ∗ Mersey Beat ∗ Liver Building ∗ Two Cathedrals
∗ Gladstone and Hitler ∗ Hotpot ∗ Greatest Steeplechase
LANCASHIRE FOLK
Unspeakable ∗ An English Sport ∗ Red Cheese
LEICESTERSHIRE FOLK
A Precious Piece of Architecture ∗ Tallest Building in the World ∗ Angel Choir
∗ Polygonal Parliament ∗ An Old Town ∗ First Tank ∗ An English Order
∗ A Princess of Wales
LINCOLNSHIRE FOLK
World’s Oldest Film Studios ∗ Ealing Comedies ∗ The Longitude Problem
∗ Early Cartoonist ∗ G and T
MIDDLESEX FOLK
The First English Holiday Camp ∗ Early English Brickwork ∗ Paston Letters
∗ First Steeplechase ∗ Norfolk Terrier
NORFOLK FOLK
Church Architecture ∗ Saxon ∗ Norman ∗ Early English ∗ Decorated
∗ Perpendicular
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FOLK
Northern Saint ∗ Holy Island ∗ The Man Who Invented the 20th Century
Northumberland Greys ∗ Tea
NORTHUMBERLAND FOLK
Robin Hood ∗ Major Oak
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FOLK
England’s Smallest Cathedral ∗ Oxford Culture ∗ Oxford Martyrs ∗ An Early English Capital ∗ An Early English Family ∗ England’s Oldest State School ∗ Provisions ∗ National Gallery of Words
OXFORDSHIRE FOLK
Amazing ∗ The Pox
RUTLAND FOLK
Birth of Evolution ∗ An Ape or a Bishop ∗ Empire Builder
SHROPSHIRE FOLK
Holy Grail ∗ Holy Thorn ∗ Avalon ∗ England’s Smallest Cathedral City
∗ Oldest English Street ∗ Uppity Swans
SOMERSET FOLK
Horn Dance ∗ Crooked House ∗ Anchors Aweigh ∗ Branston Pickle
∗ High House ∗ Bull Terrier
STAFFORDSHIRE FOLK
Royal Saxon Treasure ∗ Benjamin Britten ∗ Aldeburgh Festival
∗ Suffolk Punch ∗ Author of Empire ∗ Old English Organ
SUFFOLK FOLK
The King’s Stone ∗ Cradle of English Liberty ∗ England’s Biggest Day Out
∗ An Ancient English Storybook
SURREY FOLK
The End of Anglo-Saxon England ∗ Class ∗ Domesday Book
∗ English Country House ∗ The Waves Rush In
∗ Last Resting Place of the Saxon English
SUSSEX FOLK
England’s Oldest Hill Figure ∗ Dragon Hill ∗ Wayland’s Smithy
∗ England’s Oldest Road ∗ First True King of England ∗ English Beginnings
WHITE HORSE FOLK
The Bard ∗ His Ancestors ∗ His Childhood ∗ His Marriage ∗ His Religion
∗ New Place ∗ George Eliot ∗ First Labouring MP
WARWICKSHIRE FOLK
England’s Biggest Horse Fair ∗ Smallest County Town
∗ England’s Oldest Topiary
WESTMORLAND FOLK
First King of All England ∗ Flying Monk
∗ Last Person in England to be Eaten by a Tiger ∗ Oldest Hotel
∗ Early English Church ∗ Bridge Chapel ∗ A Queen’s Retreat
WILTSHIRE FOLK
Music All Around Us ∗ Battle of Worcester ∗ Train Sets
∗ Pubs and Pub Signs
WORCESTERSHIRE FOLK
House of York ∗ Northern Capital ∗ Largest Gothic Cathedral
∗ First Seaside Resort ∗ English Takeaway ∗ First Tourist Attraction
∗ Cradle of the English Church ∗ Oldest English Classic ∗ Pudding ∗ Terriers
YORKSHIRE FOLK
