Wikipedia:Counties of England

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See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Subdivisions, Wikipedia:Counties of England/Traditions vs Administrative

Policies for pages on the Counties of England:

[edit] Traditional vs Administrative (finalised)

The decision at Wikipedia: Naming conventions (places) was to use the current administrative county for county pages and town/village pages.

August 2005 - Please note that this decision is now under discussion again and may go to a fresh vote. You may wish to review the Talk page, contribute to the discussion, and take part in any voting.

[edit] Layout (current)

Infobox layout has already been finalised here.

I, Joe D, propose the following subdivisions as standard:

Introduction

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Geology, landscape and ecology

Main article: Geology of County

[edit] History

Main article: History of County

[edit] Settlements

[edit] Complete list of settlements

or :Complete list of settlements

or :Complete list of settlements

[edit] Places of interest

Key
National Trust National Trust
English Heritage English Heritage
Forestry Commission Forestry Commission
Country Park Country Park
Accessible open space Accessible open space
Museum (free)
Museum
Museums (free/not free)
Heritage railway Heritage railway
Historic house Historic House

[edit] External links

[edit] References