What were the Names in past history given for Warwickshire,Northamptonshire,Oxfordshire

Question

Researching Archers Midlandsborder regions, Cropredy, Appletree,Banbury,Birmingham,Aston

Answer 1

Hi anaonymous,

You'll find the Toponymical list of counties of the United Kingdom is a list of the origins of the names of counties of the United Kingdom. For England and Wales it includes ancient and contemporary counties at the following URL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymical_list_of_counties_of_the_United_Kingdom

All the best

Billy

Answer 2

I guess this depends how far back your looking.

 

If you go back to Saxon times they are all part of the kingdom of Mercia, which covered a large part of middle England.

 

Looking at the more local names for Warwickshire, it was split, so South Warwickshire, that is south of Coventry was Feldon and Coventry and North / North West  over to include Stratford was called Arden (Forest of Arden).

Sorry I only know about Warwickshire, for local names. 

 

Mercia was annexed into the shires in the early 10th century by the Saxons, So It's been Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire for some time.

 

Hope this helps