Bordering County Antrim, County Armagh, County Louth, and the Irish Sea County Down is one of the provinces of Ulster. County Down takes its name from dún, the Irish word for dun or fort. In particular, the fort in question was in the historic town of Downpatrick, the "fort of the green side" or "fort of the two broken fetters." The Normans invaded the region in 1177, with waves of English and Scottish immigration from the 1180s - 1600s. With many places of interest and numerous notable people from the region, it is no surprise it draws large numbers of tourists.","Cumberland was succeeded by Cumbria in 1974. Cumberland was located in the North West, with its borders touching Northumberland, County Durham, Westmorland (Cumbria), Lancashire and the Scottish Counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire. It was part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde in the Hen Ogledd or “Old North”, people spoke the language of Brittonic now called Cumbric.","This historic county of Yorkshire (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”.","Cheshire is located in the North West of England, the history can be traced back to the Hoxnian interglacial (400,000 and 380,00 Years BP), stone age remains have been found showing permanent habitation in the Neolithic period.","England 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, or Cymru 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.","It is generally thought that Norse Viking, Leif Erikson, was the first European to arrive on the island of Newfoundland, now the easternmost province of Canada. He arrived there in the year 1000 and established L'Anse aux Meadows, the only known Viking settlement in North America outside of Greenland. This site remains a historical site in Canada and it is located on the north coast of the island.","With coast line along the English Channel and access routes to the Isle of Wright, Hampshire (Hants) 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. ","Spain, which is presently a state that includes the Balearic and Canary Islands and is in southwestern Europe, was originally settled by the Iberians. In the first millennium BC, the Celts, who were from central Europe, invaded and began to mingle with the native Iberians. ",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Northumberland England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_down.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Cumberland England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Yorkshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Cheshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Hampshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Crawford","sU":"CRAWFORD","oC":"SC","o":"Scottish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/CRAWFORD/SC/Crawford/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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