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This challenge is to have a DYK article written by two or more collaborators for every historic county of the United Kingdom.

County Article names Images Did You Know that...
  Bedfordshire
  Berkshire
  Buckinghamshire
  Cambridgeshire
  Cheshire
  Cornwall B3306 road
... that the B3306 road in Cornwall passes at least four Bronze Age or Neolithic sites?
  Cumberland
  Derbyshire
  Devon
  Dorset
  Durham
  Essex
  Gloucestershire
  Hampshire Oakley Hall ... that the Georgian Oakley Hall in Hampshire is now a hotel and conference centre?
  Herefordshire
  Huntingdonshire
  Kent All Saints Church, Lydd
... that All Saints Church in Lydd is the longest parish church in Kent at 199 feet (61 m)?
  Lancashire
  Leicestershire
  Lincolnshire
  Middlesex
  Norfolk
  Northamptonshire
  Northumberland
  Nottinghamshire
  Oxfordshire
  Rutland
  Shropshire
  Somerset Selworthy Beacon
... that in the sixteenth century, Selworthy Beacon (pictured) in Somerset was used as a beacon location to warn of impending invasions?
  Staffordshire
  Suffolk
  Surrey
  Sussex
  Warwickshire
  Westmorland
  Wiltshire
  Worcestershire
  Yorkshire
  Anglesey
Brecknockshire
  Caernarfonshire
Carmarthenshire
  Cardiganshire
Denbighshire
  Flintshire
  Glamorgan
Merioneth
  Monmouthshire
  Montgomeryshire
  Pembrokeshire Caldey Abbey
... that perfume critic Luca Turin considers the monks of Caldey Abbey to produce "simply the best lavender soliflore on earth"?
Radnorshire
  Aberdeenshire
  Angus
Argyllshire
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Buteshire
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
Fife
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Morayshire
Nairnshire
  Orkney
Peeblesshire
Perthshire
Renfrewshire
Ross-shire
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
  Shetland
Stirlingshire
Sutherland
West Lothian
Wigtownshire
  Antrim
  Armagh
  Down Mahee Castle
... that Mahee Castle, in Northern Ireland, has a bawn, a boatbay, and a murder-hole?
  Fermanagh
  Londonderry
  Tyrone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This challenge is to have a DYK article written by two or more collaborators for every historic county of the United Kingdom.

County Article names Images Did You Know that...
  Bedfordshire
  Berkshire
  Buckinghamshire
  Cambridgeshire
  Cheshire
  Cornwall B3306 road
... that the B3306 road in Cornwall passes at least four Bronze Age or Neolithic sites?
  Cumberland
  Derbyshire
  Devon
  Dorset
  Durham
  Essex
  Gloucestershire
  Hampshire Oakley Hall ... that the Georgian Oakley Hall in Hampshire is now a hotel and conference centre?
  Herefordshire
  Huntingdonshire
  Kent All Saints Church, Lydd
... that All Saints Church in Lydd is the longest parish church in Kent at 199 feet (61 m)?
  Lancashire
  Leicestershire
  Lincolnshire
  Middlesex
  Norfolk
  Northamptonshire
  Northumberland
  Nottinghamshire
  Oxfordshire
  Rutland
  Shropshire
  Somerset Selworthy Beacon
... that in the sixteenth century, Selworthy Beacon (pictured) in Somerset was used as a beacon location to warn of impending invasions?
  Staffordshire
  Suffolk
  Surrey
  Sussex
  Warwickshire
  Westmorland
  Wiltshire
  Worcestershire
  Yorkshire
  Anglesey
Brecknockshire
  Caernarfonshire
Carmarthenshire
  Cardiganshire
Denbighshire
  Flintshire
  Glamorgan
Merioneth
  Monmouthshire
  Montgomeryshire
  Pembrokeshire Caldey Abbey
... that perfume critic Luca Turin considers the monks of Caldey Abbey to produce "simply the best lavender soliflore on earth"?
Radnorshire
  Aberdeenshire
  Angus
Argyllshire
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Buteshire
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
Fife
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Morayshire
Nairnshire
  Orkney
Peeblesshire
Perthshire
Renfrewshire
Ross-shire
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
  Shetland
Stirlingshire
Sutherland
West Lothian
Wigtownshire
  Antrim
  Armagh
  Down Mahee Castle
... that Mahee Castle, in Northern Ireland, has a bawn, a boatbay, and a murder-hole?
  Fermanagh
  Londonderry
  Tyrone

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