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- ↑ "Celebrating the first 'Hampshire Day' | Hampshire County Council". www.hants.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2019-12-31.
- ↑ Huntingdonshire Day page
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- ↑ Prince William backs Norfolk Day county celebration
- ↑ Flag ceremony celebrates Northamptonshire’s first County Day
- ↑ Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine , Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010
- ↑ "Warwickshire Day – 23rd April". 22 April 2021.
- ↑ Somerset, England