“List of county days in the United Kingdom”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

County days in the United Kingdom are relatively recent observances, formed to celebrate the cultural heritage of a particular British county. County days may be selected to coincide with the observance of a Saint's Day that has local significance.

County

Date

First observed

Origin

Bedfordshire

2015|2015}}

Date decided by a public vote organised by The Friends of Bedfordshire society ^[1]

Buckinghamshire

29/7|29 July}}

2015

Date selected to remember the founding of the Paralympic Movement at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, near Aylesbury.

Cornwall
(St Piran's Day)

03/05|5 March}}

1900|c1900}} (Cornwall)

Previously a local holiday, revived as part of Cornish nationalism movement

Devon

06/04|4 June}}

Traditional

It is Saint Petroc’s Day

Dorset

06/01|1 June}}

Traditional

The Feast Day of St Wite.

Durham

03/20|20 March}}

Traditional

The Feast Day of St Cuthbert.^[2]

Huntingdonshire

04/25|25 April}}

2002

Huntingdonshire Society^[3]

Kent

05/26|26 May}}

Traditional

The feast day of Augustine of Canterbury, first Archbishop of Canterbury

Lancashire

11/27|27 November}}

1996

Friends of Real Lancashire

Lincolnshire
(Lincolnshire Day)

10/01|1 October}}

2006

Commemorates Lincolnshire Rising 1536

Middlesex

05/16|16 May}}

2003|c2003}}

John Randall originated early day motion^[4]

Norfolk

05/27|27 July}}

2018

Norfolk Day is a project between BBC Radio Norfolk and the Eastern Daily Press (EDP).^[5]

Northamptonshire

10/25|25 October}}

2014

The feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, the patron saints of cobblers, date decided by a public vote^[6]

Orkney

04/16|16 April}}

Traditional

The feast day of Saint Magnus

Oxfordshire
(Oxfordshire Day)

10/19|19 October}}

Also called Saint Frideswide's Day.

Shetland

06/21|21 June}}

Traditional

Celebrated in the Shetland Isles annually.

Shropshire

02/23|23 February}}

Traditional

The feast day of St Milburga, the abbess of Wenlock Priory, Shropshire.

Staffordshire

1 May

2016

Date decided by a public vote organised by Destination Staffordshire

Suffolk

21 June

2017

Sussex
(Sussex Day, also known as St Richard's Day)

06/16|16 June}}

2007

The feast day of St Richard of Chichester, Sussex's patron saint
Recognised by county councils of East and West Sussex^[7]

Yorkshire
(Yorkshire Day)

08/01|1 August}}

1975

Yorkshire Ridings Society

A proposal also exists to make the 29th of July Buckinghamshire Day. The date was chosen as a truly Global event can be traced back to this date, the founding of the Paralympic Games which goes from strength to strength and started in Stoke Maderville in Buckinghamshire. Although in 2015 as the 29th of July falls in midweek, events are taking place on the 18th and 26 July across the county.

The Memorial Mob a Bucks-based group who create Memorials to Lost & Forgotten events of the Armed & Emergency Services, felt it was appropriate to honour Buckinghamshire.

References

1. ^The Friends of Bedfordshire Society - Bedfordshire Day {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145802/http://www.friendsofbedfordshire.org.uk/day.php |date=2015-04-02 }}
2. ^{{cite web|title=[New] County Durham Flag|url=http://andystrangeway.wordpress.com/county-durham-flag/l|website=Andy Strangeway, Traditional Counties Campaigner|accessdate=1 August 2014}}
3. ^Huntingdonshire Day page
4. ^UK Parliament - Early Day Motions By Details
5. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-43293847 Prince William backs Norfolk Day county celebration]
6. ^Flag ceremony celebrates Northamptonshire’s first County Day
7. ^Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907061253/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/community-and-living/sussex-day/ |date=2009-09-07 }}, Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010
8. ^Somerset, England