Nottinghamshire is an English county that is located in the East Midlands, which joins the borders of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and South Yorkshire The City of Nottingham used to be administrative part of Nottinghamshire between 1974 and 1998 and has now has been promoted to be a unitary authority, however, it still is a part of the ceremonial and historic county

From 800,000 BC the oldest ancient stone instruments were recovered in present day Belgium At approximately 400,000 BC, here in the village area of Spy was located the river of Meuse where in Neanderthals it is believed the first homo sapiens settled in Europe

Hampshire's New Forest area is in fact a National Park, attracting visitors and tourism industry is an important economic source of this area, with millions of visitors in 1992 Southampton Boat Show is the best annual sports events that is held in the county and it attracts visitors from the country

When the Saxons came, west Hampshire became the hub of the Kingdom of Wessex and several Saxon kings are layed to rest at Winchester A statue at Winchester salutes the strong and powerful King Alfred, who brought stability in this region in the 9th century

A historic county Essex is situated in the East of England Chelmsford is its county town and apex point of the county is situated at Chrishall Common near the village Langley which is located near the border of Hertfordshire

Located in the South West of Britain, Devon, is a big county The county touches the borders with Cornwall in the west and Dorset and Somerset in the east

Cumbria is an administrative county in the far North West of Britain It came into existence only after the passing of the Local Government Act 1972

Football here is very popular and Carlisle United is Cumbria's professional football team and at present play in the English football structure They pull lots of support from Cumbria and beyond, with many ex pats Cumbrians travelling here to see and watch their games at both home and while playing away

Landscape view of Berkshire divides it into two clearly different classes with its boundary lying about on a north south line that penetrates the centre of Reading The east side of Berkshire lies mostly in the south of the River Thames and with this the River Thames forms its northern boundary

The old County of Avon used to be a non-metropolitan county and formal county in the western side of Britain, named after River Avon, that flowed through it This county was abolished in 1996, and the area split between the North East Somerset and Bath, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset united local authorities