OK, Now I was born in Hull, Hull is not part of Yorkshire, Hull is a county!
The official title is The City and County of Kingston upon Hull and it was given this status by none other than Edward I when he came riding up this way in 1299. This royal charter still stands to this day. Now as for humberside (lower case 'h' was deliberate) it no longer exists and should never have existed it was a travesty and an insult. Like having a 'south Yorkshire'.
A probable history of Norfolk and Suffolk is that they are parts of East Anglia (East Angles) when the Joint kings Ecgric and Sigeberht ruled over the Kingdom, one ruled in the north the other in the south so giving us the North Folk and the South Folk, after their reign the two areas became under one king again. Yorkshire was part of the Kingdom of Nourthumbria until Aethelstan finally united the seven kingdoms (Not Alfred the Great). Northumbria was a very large place so at sometime the area was subdivided, (probably in the reign of Edward the Confessor) giving us Yorkshire. what we do know is in 1055 it was divided again into 3 parts called Thrydings (later to become rydings). Being a Yorkshireman myself I have to argue that we are a true English County.
The modern day counties are a bit of a mess, I would have prefered that places such as merseyside, humberside and Cumbria to name just a few, had been left alone. Places like Monmouthshire, Westmorland,Cumberland and the ridings of Yorkshire where wiped of the map. The traditional counties had identities and history which the people identified with.
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RE: Why do places in the UK always end up in 'shire'??
ouch....OK, Now I was born in Hull, Hull is not part of Yorkshire, Hull is a county!
The official title is The City and County of Kingston upon Hull and it was given this status by none other than Edward I when he came riding up this way in 1299. This royal charter still stands to this day. Now as for humberside (lower case 'h' was deliberate) it no longer exists and should never have existed it was a travesty and an insult. Like having a 'south Yorkshire'.