| LC control no. | n 81018213 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Hereford and Worcester (England) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--Hereford and Worcester |
| Variant(s) | Hereford and Worcester, Eng. Hereford & Worcester (England) Hereford and Worcester |
| See also | Herefordshire (England) Worcestershire (England) |
| Beginning date | 19740401 |
| Ending date | 19980401 |
| Associated country | England Great Britain |
| Found in | Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. Hereford ... Ency. Brit., 1975: microp., v. 4, p. 1044 (Hereford and Worcester; western English county; created in 1974 by the amalgamation of the former counties of Worcestershire and Herefordshire) Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. Hereford & Worcester, administrative area diagram, c1987. Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001 (former name: Hereford and Worcester--ADM1, 52°09ʹN 02°30ʹW (UK20); new name: delete; new name: Herefordshire [short form], County of--ADM1, 52°05ʹN 02°45ʹW (UKF7); new name: Worcestershire [short form], County of--ADM1, 52°10ʹN 02°10ʹW (UKQ4)) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (civil; 52°09ʹ00ʺN 002°30ʹ00ʺW) GeoNames, 7 November 2013 (Hereford and Worcester; country: United Kingdom; 52° 09ʹ 00ʺ N, 002° 30ʹ 00ʺ W; 52.15 [N], -2.5 [W]; historical first-order administrative division) Wikipedia, 7 November 2013 (Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, from the area of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbridge and Warley, which became part of the West Midlands) and the county borough of Worcester; was abolished 1 April 1998 and reverted, with some trading of territory, to the two separate historic counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire; despite the abolition, some remnants of Hereford & Worcester's existence remain; for example, there is still a Hereford and Worcester Fire Service) |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-en |
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