","This historic county of Yorkshire <\/strong>(County of York) is located in Northern England and is the largest in the whole England and the United Kingdom. Full of large stretches of countryside including well known Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and the Peak District it is now surprise it was nicknamed “God’s own Country”.","With coast line along the English Channel and access routes to the Isle of Wright, Hampshire (Hants) <\/strong>has two of the largest cities well known in history, Southampton and Portsmouth which are administered separately. Originally named after Southampton which was a settlement, it is now one of the most affluent counties in England. Home to famous writers Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, as well as the childhood home of Florence Nightingale and birth place of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It has been occupied since the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 BCE when sea levels were lower and the land bridge was too attached to Europe. ","Archaically known as Somersetshire<\/strong>, its name is derived from old English Sumortūnsǣte, the first use of the name is in law code at the time of the Saxon King of Wessex King Ine (688 to 726 CE). That makes Somerset <\/strong>one of the oldest extant units of local government in the league of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset.","Norfolk <\/strong>lies in the East of England with borders along Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk with a large area on the North Sea. There were settlers as early as 950,00 years ago (pre-Roman), there is evidence of occupied areas right throughout, including the 5th Century the Norman Conquest.","Hundred<\/strong> derived from the Danish or Norse word wapentake which literally meant the taking up of weapons that were laid aside after an agreement was first used by the Saxons between 613 and 1017. One hundred held enough land to sustain approximately 100 households, or in other words land covered by one hundred \"hides\".","The ancient dukedom of Saxony<\/strong> derived its name from the Germanic tribe name the Saxons who inhabited the territory after the fall of the Roman Empire.","Most famous for its connection with Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire <\/strong>(Notts.<\/strong>) has created the Nottingham Caves Survey to help increase tourist interest. Nottinghamshire <\/strong>sits in the East Midlands and is bordered by South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The county has history within the Palaeolithic period, as well as Saxon settlements. Economy was traditionally coal mining but once the invention of the knitting frame was introduced by a local it became known for its lace industry. ","Founded in 1788, New South Wales<\/strong> (NSW) was the first penal colony for England. British explorer, Captain James Cook, first discovered the east coast of Australia while attempting to examine the planet Venus in order to determine the\u00A0distance from the Earth to the Sun\u00A0in 1770, he first named it New Wales, then later New South Wales.","From its founding until the last prison ship set sail in 1868, Van Diemen's Land<\/strong> was the primary penal colony in Australia and over 75,000 convicts were transported there.","The First Fleet<\/strong> departed from Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, on May 13, 1787 and sailed for around 250 days. The fleet was comprised of eleven ships - six prison ships, three equipment ships, and two navy ships, Sirius and Supply. After an extremely long journey, the First Fleet finally arrived at Botany Bay, located in Sydney, New South Wales, between January 18 and 20, 1788.","Dutch navigator Willem Jansz<\/strong> aboard the Duyfken was the first European to land in waht is now known as Australia<\/strong> in 1606. He charted much of the Gulf of Carpentaria, located on the northern coast of Australia. In 1616, another Dutch captain, Dirk Hartog, landed on the west coast of Australia near Shark Bay.","England<\/strong> is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Wales,<\/strong> or Cymru<\/strong> a region of rugged mountains, Moors and forests, is noted for its large coal deposits. Its people are known for their strong Celtic heritage and renowned choral groups. This region was originally populated by an Iberian people, who were overrun by the Celts in the 6th century BC.","Located on the South East side of England, Kent <\/strong>is considered one of the Home Counties. 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