West Country




For the region in Norway translated as "West Country", see Vestlandet.






One interpretation of the West Country, shown on this map as identical to the South West region of England, incorporating the counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.


The West Country is a loosely defined area of south-western England.[1] The term usually encompasses the historic counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and often the counties of Bristol, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, in the South West region.[2] The region is host to distinctive regional dialects and accents.[3] Some definitions also include Herefordshire.



Extent


Apart from the Bristol Channel and English Channel, the West Country's boundaries are not precisely defined and as a consequence different definitions are used. Some definitions are roughly synonymous with South West England,[4][5][6] while others use it more specifically to refer to just the southwestern part,[7] or in a wider sense to include areas such as Herefordshire (in the West Midlands region).


The term is also used to refer to sports matches between such cities as Bristol and Bath[8] or Gloucester and Bath.[9]West Country Carnival events take place in Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset. ITV Westcountry is an ITV franchise covering Devon, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and areas of Somerset and Dorset. Local news and sport website "This is the Westcountry", part of the Newsquest group, similarly covers Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.[10]


"West Country Lamb" and "West Country Beef" have EU Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status which can be applied only to lamb and beef products from animals born and reared in Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset or Gloucestershire.[11] "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar" is a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) that can be applied to Cheddar cheese made in the traditional way only in the four counties of Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.[12]


The Department for Culture, Media and Sport-supported website "Icons of England"[13] defines the West Country as including Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, and the former Avon area, but excluding Gloucestershire (defined as part of the "West Midlands") and Dorset (in "South England").


The "West Country" edition of the 2005 BBC TV series Seven Natural Wonders featured "wonders" in Wiltshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Herefordshire (Symonds Yat), but not those in Devon or Cornwall which were the subject of a separate programme on the "South West", nor Dorset which was covered in a programme on "The South".


The "West Country Clothing District" was an area that made woollen cloth, but only part of the region described above. It covered east Somerset and parts of the counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and at some periods extended into Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The clothing district around Tiverton and Exeter in Devon and west Somerset tended to make different kinds of cloth and is best regarded as distinct.


The former brewery in Cheltenham traded as West Country Ales, whose ceramic plaques can still be seen built into pub walls.[14]



See also




  • Scrumpy and Western music

  • South West Peninsula

  • Thomas Hardy's Wessex

  • Wessex

  • West of England

  • West Country derby



References





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  2. ^ "Town Hall - The West Country". 140townhall.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.


  3. ^ "THE DEVON DIALECT CHALLENGE". Retrieved 2 May 2017.


  4. ^ "BBC - "ITV West Country staff to be axed", referring to Bristol and Plymouth". BBC News. 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2010-05-22.


  5. ^ "Blue Badge Tourist Guides - The West Country". Blue-badge-guides.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-05-22.


  6. ^ "The West Country". Pictures of England. 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2010-05-22.


  7. ^ "Latest local news from Thisisthewestcountry.co.uk covering Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset". Thisisthewestcountry.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2018.


  8. ^ "Derby match excites Hill & Meehan". BBC News. 2008-07-04.


  9. ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2018.


  10. ^ "Latest local news, sport, what's on, weather, travel from Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, South West". Thisisthewestcountry.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2018.


  11. ^ "West Country meat wins EU protection". Bbc.co.uk. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.


  12. ^ "PDO - our provenance". West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers. Retrieved 2008-09-20.


  13. ^ "West Country - Icons of England". Icons.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-22.


  14. ^ "West Country Ales Ceramic Plaques". CAMRA Gloucestershire. Retrieved 3 September 2017.









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