List of county days in the United Kingdom
County days in the United Kingdom are relatively recent observances, formed to celebrate the cultural heritage of a particular British county. County days may be selected to coincide with the observance of a Saint's Day that has local significance.
County | Date | First observed | Origin |
---|---|---|---|
Bedfordshire | 28 November | 2015 | Date decided by a public vote organised by The Friends of Bedfordshire society [1] |
Cornwall (St Piran's Day) | 5 March | c1900 (Cornwall) | Previously a local holiday, revived as part of Cornish nationalism movement |
Devon | 4 June | Traditional | It is Saint Petroc’s Day |
Dorset | 1 June | Traditional | The Feast Day of St Wite. |
Durham | 20 March | Traditional | The Feast Day of St Cuthbert.[2] |
Huntingdonshire | 25 April | 2002 | Huntingdonshire Society[3] |
Lancashire | 27 November | 1996 | Friends of Real Lancashire |
Lincolnshire / Lincolnshire Day | 1 October | 2006 | Commemorates Lincolnshire Rising 1536 |
Middlesex | 16 May | c2003 | John Randall originated early day motion[4] |
Orkney | 16 April | Traditional | The feast day of Saint Magnus |
Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire Day) | 19 October | ? | Also called Saint Frideswide's Day. |
Shetland | 21 June | Traditional | Celebrated in the Shetland Isles annually. |
Sussex (Sussex Day, also known as St Richard's Day) | 16 June | 2007 | County councils of East and West Sussex[5] |
Yorkshire (Yorkshire Day) | 1 August | 1975 | Yorkshire Ridings Society |
Proposals exist for various days in Somerset.[6]
A proposal also exists to make the 28th of July Buckinghamshire Day. The date was chosen as a truly Global event can be traced back to this date, the founding of the Paralympic Games which goes from strength to strength and started in Stoke Maderville in Buckinghamshire. Although in 2015 as the 28th of July falls in midweek, events are taking place on the 18th and 26th of July across the county.
References
- ↑ The Friends of Bedfordshire Society - Bedfordshire Day
- ↑ "[New] County Durham Flag". Andy Stangeway, Traditional Counties Campaigner. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ Huntingdonshire Day page
- ↑ UK Parliament - Early Day Motions By Details
- ↑ Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council, Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010
- ↑ Somerset, England
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