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Counties are not councils - they are the enduring geography of Britain. The counties remain, unchanged for centuries. Let's put them back on the map!

@AdamPollock @fleurmeston Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@fleurmeston Woke nonsense!

It's called St Cuthbert's Day. We celebrated it every year at school. The flag bears his cross. He was so revered by King Æthelstan, the founder of our Kingdom, that the king made a pilgrimage to Durham to honour him. Renaming it "Durham Day" erases our history.

@SimonSimply @fleurmeston Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@fleurmeston Happy St Cuthbert’s Day! We’re setting off to walk his Way next week. Greatly looking forward to it.

@Ca23441 @fleurmeston @BrugesGroup Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@fleurmeston @BrugesGroup It's saint cuthberts day,that's his cross on our flag.

@YankyGirltoo @fleurmeston Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@fleurmeston Born and brought up in the cradle of Christianity in England you know that it’s St Cuthbert’s day. As a native of Co Durham I larf at the soft Southern imbeciles - if only it wasn’t so serious …

@JamesSharpUK @fleurmeston Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@fleurmeston St Cuth’s was my college at Durham University ☺️

@fleurmeston @CarolGilmour16 Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@LouiseCant4 @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker St Cuthbert's Day is celebrated in Durham on March 20, marking the anniversary of the saint's death in 687 AD. While his veneration in Durham dates back to the late 11th century, it remains a significant contemporary celebration of local heritage

Happy Durham Day. The Durham flag is flying in New Palace Yard today to mark the county’s rich heritage. Durham City is one of the oldest constituencies in England.

@UnashamedBrit @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker Prat

@The_Better_Ole @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker Fallen to the threat of a violent sectarian reality. St Cuthbert's day cannot now be named in case a few bullies get upset and never mind the majority

@OTSOTA @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker SAINT Cuthbert's day!

@SubLtHornblower @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker It’s St Cuthbert‘s day, not „Durham Day“

@CGGillibrand @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker St Cuthbert's Day as it has been since at least 698 when his body received a new shrine. His veneration is much older than Parliament and should be treated with like respect. Calling today Durham Day is like calling St George's Day, England Day.

@Reeve_Goodwin @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker St Cuthbert's Day. British history is important to us, the people.

@07Maggi @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker It’s St Cuthbert’s Day but you knew that.

@amysteron @CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

@CommonsSpeaker Happy Don't Mention Our History Day. These "oldest" things are rather problematical, are they not? You feel obliged to celebrate them, indeed you want to be connected with them, but you daren't say why. They just popped into existence on Multicultural Day Zero.

@CommonsSpeaker Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

Today is #CountyDurhamDay! Celebrated on the date of Saint Cuthbert’s death, whose famed pectoral cross features on the #CountyDurham flag. Cuthbert was born in Dunbar in about 635AD, the year that the monastery on Lindesfarne was founded. RealCounties.com

Is London actually a county, or is it something else entirely? Many people assume London is a geographic county, but the conurbation sits within the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire. In this video we explain how Greater London was created in 1965 for administrative purposes - and why the historic counties still define the geography. Understanding the difference between historic counties and local administration helps explain how Britain’s county system really works. #shorts #London #HistoricCounties #Geography

@BBCArchive @Liklesis A brilliant nod to one of the great historical works - depicting events that unfolded in the wonderful counties of England, especially Sussex. The Bayeux Tapestry continues to connect people to the places where that history happened.

#OnThisday in 1986 Blue Peter presenters Simon Groom and Janet Ellis showed off a 70-metre wooden replica of the Bayeux Tapestry made over eight years from solid oak. Taking up 22 wooden panels, the carving by Pierre Bataille was so big it didn’t fit into the Blue Peter studio.

@HistoryGirlBW @HolbacheRd A lovely glimpse of the past - and of life in the wonderful county of Middlesex. Scenes like this in Hyde Park show how these enduring places have framed everyday life for generations.

A beautiful day in Hyde Park. Nannies and their prams, gentlemen in hats, and riders along Rotten Row enjoy the spring sunshine. London in the 1930s.