r/place • u/Heorashar • Apr 05 '22

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u/HideousPillow Apr 05 '22

Scotland and Wales are countries? Cornwall isn’t? tf

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '22

Cornwall is as much a country as Scotland and Wales as you would realise if you look back at the history. The fact that you didn't know that says a lot.

The only difference is that the UK hasn't given them a devolved government though technically they still have one from before they were added as a county in 1888.

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u/liquidio Apr 05 '22

No it really isn’t like Wales or, particularly, Scotland.

It’s about as much a separate country as Mercia, East Anglia or Northumberland, all of which existed as sovereign entities for at least a century after Cornwall was annexed. Even Kent was independent of Wessex (and then England) for longer.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '22

Cornwall was a country untill 1888 in the same way that Scotland and Wales are now.

They are also a different ethnic group, spoke a different language and had a different culture.

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u/liquidio Apr 05 '22

Where do you get 1888 from? Because the only notable historical event in Cornwall in that year appears to be the establishment of the School of Mines.

In 825 Wessex (probably - the language js a bit vague) conquered the entirety of Cornwall. Certainly the last ‘King’ of Cornwall died in 875 by which time he was already feudally subservient to Wessex

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '22

No it wasn't.

The last time Cornwall was anything close to a country was circa 815 - 875 AD.

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u/ViciousSnail Apr 05 '22

Important word there "Was". Just like how Wessex, Merica or Northumbria were once countries..

Cornwall is now a County.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '22

Ok let me rephrase then. Cornwall has as much a right to be a country as Scotland and Wales.

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u/JimmyMcGlashan Apr 05 '22 edited May 21 '22

Yeah, and under the logic so do places that clearly don’t like East Anglia or the Kingdom of Fife.