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  1. Eastern and Midland Region. The Eastern and Midland Region has been defined as a region in Ireland since 1 January 2015. [2] It is a NUTS Level II statistical region of Ireland (coded IE06). [3] [4]

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MidlandsMidlands - Wikipedia

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    A saltire (diagonal cross) may have been used as a symbol of Mercia as early as the reign of Offa. By the 13th century, the saltire had become the attributed arms of the Kingdom of Mercia. The arms are blazoned Azure, a saltire Or, meaning a gold (or yellow) saltire on a blue field. The saltire is used as both a flag and a coat of arms. As a flag, ...

    There is no single definition for the Midlands. If defined as being made up of the statistical regions of East Midlands and West Midlands, it includes the counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, most of Lincolnshire (with the exception of North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staf...

    The West Midlands and East Midlands regions are NUTS 1 statistical regions and were formerly constituencies of the European Parliament. Local government in the Midlands is as follows: 1. Boroughs (Metropolitan or Unitary): 1.1. (1) Birmingham (Metropolitan borough). 1.2. (2) Coventry (Metropolitan borough). 1.3. (3) Derby (Unitary authority). 1.4. ...

    The area is predominantly low-lying and flat apart from isolated hills such as Turners Hill within the Black Country conurbation at 271 m (889 ft) and the Wrekin just south of Wellington in Telford at 407 m (1,335 ft). Upland areas lie in the west and north of the region with the Shropshire Hills to the west, close to the England–Wales border and t...

    The "midland" name has been used for: 1. Midland Bank, founded in Birmingham and now part of HSBC 2. Midland Metro, now called West Midlands Metro 3. Midlands Engine, a regeneration programme of the UK government 4. Midland Main Line, a railway from London through the East Midlands to Sheffield

    Allen, R.C. Enclosure and the Yeoman: the Agricultural Development of the South Midlands 1450-1850(Oxford UP, 1992)
    Beckett, John V. The East Midlands from AD 1000(Addison-Wesley Longman, 1988).
    Bennett, Michael J. "Sir Gawain and the green knight and the literary achievement of the north-west Midlands: the historical background." Journal of Medieval History5.1 (1979): 63–88.
    Betteridge, Alan. Deep Roots, Living Branches: A History of Baptists in the English Western Midlands(Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2010).
  3. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland. The region has an area of 15,811 km2 (6,105 sq mi), with a population almost 4.9 million in 2021.

  4. Midland American English. According to Labov et al.'s (2006) ANAE, the strict Midland dialect region comprises the cities represented here by circles in red (North Midland) and orange (South Midland). In the past, linguists considered the Midland dialect to cover an even larger area, extending eastward through Pennsylvania to the ...

  5. May 2, 2024 · The East Midlands includes the historic and geographic counties of Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland. The West Midlands comprises Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire.