RE: [canals-list] 4th County of the 4 counties?

[Keir Gale]

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Subject: [canals-list] 4th County of the 4 counties?




I don't think any part of the "Four counties Ring" has ever been in Worcs.
My guess would be that the 4th county is indeed the West Midlands, which
would have been administratively a county at the time that these rings were
being given names (sometime in the late 70s early 80s I'd guess).

Keir
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The 4th county would have been Lancashire which became part of Manchester in

1974.

Phil


Or rather, Manchester ceased to be administratively part of Lancs in '74.
But I don't think that works either.... I'm sure the Cheshire sections of
the ring have always been Cheshire. It doesn't get as far as Greater
Manchester. 

Keir