Hereford and Worcester

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• Wyre Forest
• Bromsgrove
• Redditch
• Wychavon
• Worcester
• Malvern Hills
• Leominster
• Hereford
• South Herefordshire

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Hereford and Worcester was an English administrative county created by the Local Government Act 1972 from the traditional counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Related Topics:
English - Administrative county - Local Government Act 1972 - Herefordshire - Worcestershire

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It bordered Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands to the north, Warwickshire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south, and Gwent and Powys in Wales to the west.

Related Topics:
Shropshire - Staffordshire - West Midlands - Warwickshire - Gloucestershire - Gwent - Powys - Wales

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Like many administrative counties created in 1974 it was unpopular, especially among people from Herefordshire, who due to the disparity of sizes of the populations (Worcestershire: 550,000 (2001), Herefordshire: 170,000 (2001)), saw it as a takeover rather than a merger.

Related Topics:
1974 - Herefordshire

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Under the original proposals it was to be named Malvernshire, after Malvern, a town roughly in the geographical centre.

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After a short life of 24 years, it was abolished on April 1, 1998 by The Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 - SI 1996/1867, and split into the newly re-created Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Related Topics:
April 1 - 1998 - Herefordshire - Worcestershire

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Although the county was abolished, a few remenants of it still survive. For example, there is still a Hereford and Worcester fire service and ambulance service.

Related Topics:
Fire service - Ambulance

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Also, the name is still used by some organisations, such as the BBC local radio station BBC Hereford and Worcester. There is also a Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce.

Related Topics:
BBC - BBC Hereford and Worcester - Chamber of Commerce

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