One of the traditional counties, County Wicklow, was formed in 1606. Part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster, this county is bordered by the Irish Sea, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, and South Dublin, as well as Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The name Wicklow is derived from Víkingaló (Old Norse for "Vikings' Meadow"). Festivals for the Arts and Music occur in County Wicklow, with Mermaid an Arts Centre based in Bray. Film making is also common in Wicklow; you may have seen scenery of the mountains in the BBC series “Ballykissangel” and the movie “P.S. I Love You”.","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.","In America, those who took up arms for the Crown and fought for a United Empire longed to see the English people united under a common flag and sovereign. These largely forgotten U. E. Loyalists (United Empire Loyalists) who resolved not to live under any flag but the British flag were often driven out of the United States.","Located on the South East side of England, Kent is considered one of the Home Counties. Bordered by Greater London, Surrey, East Sussex and Essex it also runs across the estuary of the River Thames and the Strait of Dover.","Located between Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in the South East of England. Oxfordshire has major education and tourist industries with the well-known University of Oxford (founded in 1096) being considered one of the leading universities in the world. It was first recorded as a county in the 10th century, Oxford itself didn’t form a settlement until the 8th Century. ","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.","Most Welsh surnames 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.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/knight.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Cumberland England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Cambridgeshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Staffordshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/domesday_book.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Warwickshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Derbyshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Lancashire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Nottinghamshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Bedfordshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/ireland_wicklow.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Kent England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Oxfordshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Cheshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Stanley","sU":"STANLEY","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/STANLEY/EN/Stanley/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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