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Kildare

(Encyclopedia) Kildare, county (1991 pop. 122,656), 654 sq mi (1,694 sq km), E central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Kildare. The region is a flat plain, containing the greater portion of…

Bornholm

(Encyclopedia) Bornholm Bornholm bôrnˈhôlm [key], county, 227 sq mi (588 sq km), extreme E Denmark, in the Baltic…

Gloucestershire

(Encyclopedia) Gloucestershire Gloucestershire glŏsˈtərshĭrˌ, glôˈstər– [key], county…

Montgomeryshire

(Encyclopedia) Montgomeryshire, former county, central Wales. In 1974, Montgomeryshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Powys.

Radnorshire

(Encyclopedia) Radnorshire, former county, E Wales. In 1974, Radnorshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Powys.

Westmorland

(Encyclopedia) Westmorland, former county, N England. In 1974, Westmorland became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cumbria.

Denbighshire

(Encyclopedia) DenbighshireDenbighshiredĕnˈbēshĭr [key], Welsh Sir Ddinbych, county, 326 sq mi (844 sq km), N Wales. In 1974, the old county of Denbighshire was divided between the nonmetropolitan…

Somerset, county, England

(Encyclopedia) Somerset, county (1991 pop. 459,100), 1,333 sq mi (3,453 sq km), SW England, on the Bristol Channel. The county seat is Taunton. The terrain is generally low and flat in the center (…

Humberside

(Encyclopedia) Humberside, former county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county was dissolved in 1996 and replaced by four unitary authorities: the East Riding…