Wikipedia:Counties of England

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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

[edit] Places of interest

Key
	Abbey/Priory/Cathedral
	Accessible open space
	Amusement/Theme Park
	Castle
	Country Park
	English Heritage
	Forestry Commission
	Heritage railway
	Historic House
	Museums (free/not free)
	National Trust
	Zoo