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Gloucestershire (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər ʃ ər / ⓘ GLOST-ər-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; abbreviated Glos.) [3] is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south-west, and the Welsh county of ...
The modern border between England and Wales is shown in purple. The Battle of Mons Badonicus, c. 500, could have been fought near Bath between the British, the victors, and Anglo-Saxons attempting to reach the Severn estuary, but its date and location are very uncertain and it may equally well have taken place in Somerset or Dorset.
The table contains a list of the 68 tripoints for the ceremonial counties of England as per the Lieutenancies Act 1997, as amended. Also included are the three points at which two counties meet the borders with Wales and Scotland. For each tripoint the counties are ordered with the first alphabetically given first, and the counties listed anti ...
It is England's third-largest protected landscape, after the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks. [ 6 ] The Cotswolds National Landscape, which is the largest in England and Wales , stretches from the border regions of South Warwickshire and Worcestershire, through West Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and takes in parts of ...
Bristol (/ ˈ b r ɪ s t əl / ⓘ) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. [8] [9] Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south.
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Gloucestershire, England. For places in the district of South Gloucestershire , see that article. For places in Bristol formerly in Gloucestershire, see Subdivisions of Bristol .
The proposed border with Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire would have seen considerable exchanges of parishes, thus eliminating all of Worcestershire's exclaves/enclaves. [62] This Act was repealed in favour of the alternative Local Government Act 1888. The repealed Act's proposals were drastic and would have altered the county ...
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (or LGBCE) was established by the Local Government Act 1972 to review the administrative boundaries of every local authority in England. Between 1974 and 1992 they completed a series of Principal Area Boundary Reviews; reviewing the administrative boundaries of local authorities at their request.