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Post by Jonathan on Jun 23, 2004 18:49:58 GMT 1
No county of England has its own unique language.
The Cornish are celtic and predate the arrival of the English by several thousand years.
No other English County has the right to a Parliament. Cornwall has had this right for 800 years.
In 1858 the Attorney General described Cornwall as a Palatine State extraterritorial to the English Crown.
No other English County has its border set in place by Royal Treaty.
Every English county owes its allegiance to the English Monarch, Constitutionally Cornwall cannot not and does not. The Sovereign of Cornwall is the Duke of Cornwall, Prince Charles.
There has never been any lawful annexation of Cornwall to England nor has Cornwall been party to any Act of Union.
No other English County has been cited as a seperate entity from England.
In a survey of Britain in 1546 Britain was described as being divided into four parts, "the fowerth inhabited by Cornish people".
Cornwall was once a Kingdom.
In 1337 & 1338 five counties were identified as existing within Cornwall.
No other English County contains shire counties within itself.
The European Parliament designates Cornwall as a seperate region of Europe, a distinction given to no other English County.
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Post by Geraint on Aug 24, 2004 20:11:57 GMT 1
Well said Jonathan! I must say though, not only is Cornwall not English, it is not a county. As you pointed out in 1337 & 1338 there were 5 counties within Cornwall. Could you point out which counties these were? I've only been able to find a map of the Cornish counties on www.geocities.com/celticnotions/ which shows 7 Cornish counties, but I have little faith in this map as the person who constructed it has got the map of the traditional counties of Wales very wrong. A good site to visit might be wwwabcounties.co.uk/ although they have made the mistake of refering to Cornwall as an English county, they do point out that present local government boundaries are Unitary Authorities NOT counties. It points out how the counties of England are all at least 700 years old, and when the counties act of 1888 and the local government re-arrangement in 1972 came into effect, these newly created counties are "administrative counties" not proper counties. Cornwall might be an unitary authority within the UK state, but Cornwall is not a county, it is an occupied COUNTRY / Dutchy. Kernow bys vyken!
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Post by Jonathan on Aug 24, 2004 21:20:10 GMT 1
I think that they are Penwith, Pydar, Kerrier, Powder, Trigg, East & West Wivelshire, Lesnewth & Stratton.
I'd be interested to know if I made any mistakes.
Jonathan
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Post by fooboo on Sept 21, 2004 21:07:14 GMT 1
Just in case people are having trouble following the link it's www.abcounties.co.uk/ with a dot after the www
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