Excerpt from Worcestershire
Now although it is well established in what way the diocese came into existence, there is considerable doubt as to who instituted the political county. The present division of England into counties is often attributed to King Alfred. This part of England appears to have been divided into Shires after its reconquest from the Danes by Edward the Elder in 922.
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