Located in the Eastern area. Bedfordshire (Beds)<\/strong>, once an ancient county, is now bordered by Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. The first recorded use of the name was in 1011 as "Bedanfordscir," meaning the shire or county of Bedford, which itself means "Beda's ford" (river crossing).<\/p>","Located in the East Midlands region, Derbyshire <\/strong>includes much of the Peak District National Park. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. Centrally located, it consists of rolling hills and uplands. First visitors were briefly there around the Aveley Interglacial, but it became occupied around Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic periods.","Shropshire<\/strong> or Salop<\/strong> is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire.","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”.","Normandy<\/strong> is the northernmost region of France and it makes up 30,627 square kilometers (11,825 square miles) of the country. Approximately five percent of France's population lives in Normandy and they are known as the Norman people","Cheshire <\/strong>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.","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.","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.","Most Welsh surnames<\/strong> are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap, ab (son of) and ferch (daughter of) were commonly found in Welsh surnames."," Floruit (fl.)<\/strong><\/p> Many entries include the abbreviation fl. as in "Arthur Williams (fl.1456-1485)." Derived from the Latin verb floreo<\/strong>, <\/strong>meaning "to bloom or flower," this term is more commonly undertsood to mean "when a person flourishes" or came to be in prominence.<\/p>","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. ","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. 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