tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117993143431075280.post6943617006619495139..comments2024-01-14T00:25:48.878-08:00Comments on Lead Gardens: Link to the ECW campaign pdf.littlejohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469282002961211617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117993143431075280.post-11536961594389517552009-05-16T05:06:00.000-07:002009-05-16T05:06:00.000-07:00Allan,
Thanks a million for the great information...Allan,<br /><br />Thanks a million for the great information! I'll be getting right to work on revisions to the map. Since the campaign runs in real time, my "cartography section" has some time to get it right ;)<br /><br />again, Thanks,<br />Davelittlejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469282002961211617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117993143431075280.post-68849096094433590872009-05-16T01:52:00.000-07:002009-05-16T01:52:00.000-07:00Dave,
places for counties;
I copied a list of c...Dave,<br /><br />places for counties; <br /><br />I copied a list of counties of England with main towns/cities (from <br /><br />http://www.abcounties.co.uk/counties/list.htm). For starters I think it would be <br /><br />best to have one place per county being the county 'capital' or most important <br /><br />town/city; in some cases I've added other places important during the civil war <br /><br />with reason in brackets afterwards.<br /><br />1. Bedfordshire - Bedford<br />2. Berkshire - Reading, Donnington Castle (Royalist Stronghold)<br />3. Buckinghamshire - Buckingham<br />4. Cambridgeshire - Cambridge<br />5. Cheshire - Chester<br />6. Cornwall - Bodmin<br />7. Cumberland - Carlisle<br />8. Derbyshire - Derby<br />9. Devon - Exeter, Plymouth (port)<br />10. Dorset - Dorchester, Lyme Regis (port)<br />11. Durham - Durham<br />12. Essex - Colchester<br />13. Gloucestershire - Gloucester, Bristol (port)<br />14. Hampshire - Winchester, Southampton (port), Basing House (Royalist <br /><br />Stronghold), Portsmouth (port).<br />15. Herefordshire - Hereford<br />16. Hertfordshire - Hertford<br />17. Huntingdonshire - Huntingdon<br />18. Kent - Canterbury, Dover(port)<br />19. Lancashire - Lancaster<br />20. Leicestershire - Leicester<br />21. Lincolnshire - Lincoln<br />22. Middlesex - London<br />23. Norfolk - Norwich, King's Lynn (port), Great Yarmouth (Port)<br />24. Northamptonshire - Northampton<br />25. Northumberland - Newcastle<br />26. Nottinghamshire - Nottingham, Newark (royalist stronghold)<br />27. Oxfordshire - Oxford<br />28. Rutland - ??<br />29. Shropshire - Shrewsbury<br />30. Somerset - Taunton, Bridgwater (port)<br />31. Staffordshire - Stafford, Lichfield (royalist stronghold)<br />32. Suffolk - Bury St. Edmunds<br />33. Surrey - Guildford<br />34. Sussex - Chichester<br />35. Warwickshire - Warwick, Coventry (walled city)<br />36. Westmorland - Appleby<br />37. Wiltshire - Salisbury, Devizes(castle+town), Wardour (Castle)<br />38. Worcestershire - Worcester<br />39. Yorkshire - York, Hull (Port)<br /><br />For relative positions of places in the counties see <br />http://www.maps-of-britain.co.uk/map-of-england.htm and pick the relevant county.<br /><br />plenty to keep you busy ! if you need any othe infor E-mail me on<br /><br />james@tidders.freeserve.co.uk <br /><br />-- Allanold-tiddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055135576841243361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117993143431075280.post-67748431136682500982009-05-16T01:29:00.000-07:002009-05-16T01:29:00.000-07:00Dave
had a closer look at the map, couple of mino...Dave<br /><br />had a closer look at the map, couple of minor corrections needed to the counties<br /><br />- you have two suffolks, I think the one in the north is supposed to be Yorkshire.<br />- Cambridgeshire is a tad big, ? maybe should be 1 hex and Norfolk 2 hexes.<br />- Hex named Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire should be Bedfordshire/Huntingdonshire<br /><br />UK counties are a bit confusing because they renamed some of them created new ones and alterd boundaries from 1972 onwards. <br /><br />http://www.abcounties.co.uk/counties/map.htm; this shows the 'historic' counties of the UK (ie pre 1972).<br /><br />I'll put list of county place names in separate post<br /><br />-- Allanold-tiddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055135576841243361noreply@blogger.com