Whereabouts in England do you come from?

**~~Beorn~~** · 09-20-2010, 06:03 PM

By the way, not only would I be interested in seeing where us English place themselves, but also the ex-colonial members of the Apricity.

**Allenson** · 09-20-2010, 06:21 PM

Hey, thanks for including us from the colonies, mate.

Anyway, there are surely more and from other regions, but from what I know of my English ancestors, they hailed from East Anglia (Norfolk, Suffolk), Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and some from the west in Gloucestershire.

Again, I'm sure that I have English folks in my family tree from all over the country but the ones that I know for sure are in the places I mentioned.

I've got a bunch from north of that wee border too.

**~~Aemma~~** · 09-20-2010, 06:34 PM

Mark me down for Scouser Town aka Liverpool. Me Da's Mam came from there!

Where's Merseyside in your list then?

**~~Beorn~~** · 09-20-2010, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Aemma

Where's Merseyside in your list then?

Apart from Bristol, I have decided to go for the historical counties.

But, Merseyside would be here:

**~~Peasant~~** · 09-20-2010, 06:47 PM

South of the Tees... North Yorkshire (I don't care if it counts as 'Cleveland' now)

Yes, thats an oversized badly drawn Cornwall, its not breaking free that easily.

**~~Aemma~~** · 09-20-2010, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by Brennus

Apart from Bristol, I have decided to go for the historical counties.

But, Merseyside would be here:

So what is the name of the historic county then?

Many thanks btw for having placed it on the map!

**~~Beorn~~** · 09-20-2010, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Aemma

So what is the name of the historic county then?

Many thanks btw for having placed it on the map!

Lancashire.

**Wyn** · 09-20-2010, 07:06 PM

Props for including Westmoreland. Do people still remember that that used to be a real county?

Bloody government boundary changes.

**Germanicus** · 09-20-2010, 07:25 PM

I live in Gloucestershire, from the records i have unearthed my family have lived here from the early 1800s, my surname is unique in the fact it only comes from one place in the British isles, and that place is Lancashire...

**Æscwyn** · 09-20-2010, 07:39 PM

My regional identity is a confused one.

I consider myself as being from Devon, since it's the county I've grown up and continue to live in, but I was born in Surrey. My ancestors come from all over England (see ancestry on the left).