Hereford and Worcester (historic)

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Hereford and Worcester (historic) was a former English county in the West Midlands that existed from 1974 to 1998, combining the traditional counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

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Surface form Occurrences
Hereford and Worcester 0

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county
former administrative county
administrativeHeadquarters Worcester NERFINISHED
borderedBy Dyfed NERFINISHED
Gloucestershire NERFINISHED
Gwent NERFINISHED
Powys NERFINISHED
Shropshire NERFINISHED
Staffordshire NERFINISHED
Warwickshire NERFINISHED
West Midlands (metropolitan county) NERFINISHED
capital Worcester NERFINISHED
category Former counties of England
containedCity Hereford NERFINISHED
Worcester NERFINISHED
containedTown Bewdley NERFINISHED
Bromsgrove NERFINISHED
Droitwich NERFINISHED
Evesham NERFINISHED
Kidderminster NERFINISHED
Ledbury NERFINISHED
Leominster NERFINISHED
Malvern NERFINISHED
Redditch NERFINISHED
Ross-on-Wye NERFINISHED
Tenbury Wells NERFINISHED
containsHistoricCounty Herefordshire NERFINISHED
Worcestershire NERFINISHED
country England
createdBy Local Government Act 1972 NERFINISHED
dateAbolished 1998-04-01
dateEstablished 1974-04-01
followedBy non-metropolitan county of Worcestershire
unitary authority of Herefordshire NERFINISHED
governingBody Hereford and Worcester County Council NERFINISHED
hadHighSheriffTitle High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester NERFINISHED
hadLieutenancyArea Hereford and Worcester lieutenancy NERFINISHED
hadLordLieutenantTitle Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester NERFINISHED
hadPopulationCensusYear 1991
hadPostalAbbreviation HW
hadStatus ceremonial county
non-metropolitan county
historicCountyCombinationOf Herefordshire NERFINISHED
Worcestershire NERFINISHED
locatedIn West Midlands NERFINISHED
partOf United Kingdom
region West Midlands region NERFINISHED
replacedEntity administrative county of Herefordshire
administrative county of Worcestershire
usedChapmanCode H&W NERFINISHED

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Mid Glamorgan borderedBy Hereford and Worcester (historic)