Sentence examples for medieval county from inspiring English sources

Toulouse, medieval county of southern France from the 8th to the 13th century.

Along with Brugge (Bruges) and Ypres, Ghent was one of the chief towns of the medieval county of Flanders.

Part of the medieval county of Hainaut, and later of the Spanish Netherlands, the town was ceded to France by the Peace of Nijmegen (1678).

According to genealogist Edward MacLysaght the surname Lundy is from Norman de la Lounde, a name recorded in medieval documents in counties Tipperary and Kilkenny in Ireland.

The county's medieval prosperity, which lasted until the 18th century, was based largely upon the woolen cloth industry and is reflected in the many large village churches such as those at Lavenham, Blythburgh, and Southwold.

Exeter is one of the best examples of the historic English town, which developed from a Roman-British centre to a medieval cathedral city and county town and now is an administrative and service centre for an extensive region.

The early medieval inhabitants of the county were known as the Cantwara, or Kent people.

Halmstad, the capital, and several other cities in the county are of medieval origin.

County identities are medieval in origin but they lurk on in many modern consciousnesses.

And Lincolnshire possesses what Simon Jenkins, in his guidebook "England's Thousand Best Churches (2000)," calls "the finest collection of medieval churches overall of any county in England".

Bristol is unusual in having been a city with county status since medieval times.