List of county days in the United Kingdom
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County days in the United Kingdom are relatively recent observances, formed to celebrate the cultural heritage of a particular British county. County days may be selected to coincide with the observance of a Saint's Day that has local significance.
| County | Date | First observed | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2015 | Date decided by a public vote organised by The Friends of Bedfordshire society [1] |
| Black Country Day | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2012 | Date chosen as it is considered to be the date of the inception of the Newcomen engine, the first commercially successful engine.[2] |
| Buckinghamshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2015 | Date selected to remember the founding of the Paralympic Movement at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, near Aylesbury. |
| Cheshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2021 | Commemorates the reissuance of the Magna Carta of Chester in 1215. |
| Cornwall (St Piran's Day) |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Previously a local holiday, revived as part of Cornish nationalism movement |
| Devon | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Saint Petroc's Day |
| Dorset | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | The feast day of St Wite. |
| Durham | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | The feast day of St Cuthbert.[3] |
| Hampshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2019 | The feast day of St Swithun. Designated by Hampshire County Council[4] |
| Huntingdonshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2002 | Huntingdonshire Society[5] |
| Kent | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | The feast day of Augustine of Canterbury, first Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Lancashire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1996 | Friends of Real Lancashire |
| Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire Day) |
Script error: No such module "sort". | 2006 | Commemorates the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536 |
| Middlesex | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | John Randall originated early day motion[6] |
| Norfolk | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2018 | A project between BBC Radio Norfolk and the Eastern Daily Press (EDP).[7] |
| Northumberland | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2017 | A privately run day originally started by Catapult PR and Langley Castle Hotel, after consultation with a variety of key stakeholders and businesses.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is now run by Catapult PR and The County Day Company and has been hugely successful, scooping the national Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Award for the Best Tourism PR Campaign in the UK, in May 2018, as well as other awards thus far.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Northumberland Day in 2020 has become the first 'virtual' county day.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| Northamptonshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2014 | The feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, the patron saints of cobblers, date decided by a public vote[8] |
| Nottinghamshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2021 | Anniversary of the start of the English Civil War, an event triggered by Charles I raising the royal standard at Nottingham Castle in 1642[9] |
| Orkney | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | The feast day of Saint Magnus |
| Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire Day) |
Script error: No such module "sort". | ? | Also called Saint Frideswide's Day. |
| Shetland | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Celebrated in the Shetland Isles annually. |
| Shropshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | The feast day of St Milburga, the abbess of Wenlock Priory, Shropshire. |
| Staffordshire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2016 | Date decided by a public vote organised by Destination Staffordshire |
| Suffolk | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2017 | |
| Sussex (Sussex Day, also known as St Richard's Day) |
Script error: No such module "sort". | 2007 | The feast day of St Richard of Chichester, Sussex's patron saint Recognised by county councils of East and West Sussex[10] |
| Yorkshire (Yorkshire Day) |
Script error: No such module "sort". | 1975 | Yorkshire Ridings Society |
The Association of British Counties has proposed the 23rd of April as county day for Warwickshire. The date was chosen as the birthday (and date of death) of William Shakespeare.[11]
Proposals exist for various days in Somerset.[12]
There is also a proposal to make the 29th of July Buckinghamshire Day. This date was chosen because of its importance to the founding of the Paralympic Games movement. The games grew from events held at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire for British World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries. The Memorial Mob, a Bucks-based group which creates Memorials to Lost & Forgotten events of the Armed & Emergency Services, felt it was appropriate to honour Buckinghamshire.
References
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- ↑ The Friends of Bedfordshire Society - Bedfordshire Day Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Huntingdonshire Day page
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- ↑ Prince William backs Norfolk Day county celebration
- ↑ Flag ceremony celebrates Northamptonshire’s first County Day
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- ↑ Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council Template:Webarchive, Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010
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- ↑ Somerset, England
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