Cornwall a Country???

Question

I've heard that cornwall used to be its own country. Can anyone find me a source to prove/disprove this??

Answer 1

Thousands of years ago, but then England wasn't one country- it was made up many areas, all ruled by different kings.

In the late 1st millennium CE, England  was united as one country with one ruler

King Arthur comes into the story somehow, but I'm not quite sure about that one

During King Offa's reign, this is how the British Isles was divided http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Briti...

Also see this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumnonia

and this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_...

Cornwall is a COUNTY not a COUNT*R*Y. They are completely different things. Counties are just subdivisions of the UK, not independent countries.

Answer 2

kernow

read the Wikipedia article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernow

Answer 3

Cornwall still is it's own country.

The history on this is fascinating and is far too much to give you in one go.

The absolute best place to get all your answers is the Cornwall24 forum at http://www.cornwall24.co.uk

The people there are made up of Cornish nationalists, regular Cornish people, welsh and English and they are allvery willing to give answers on every single part of Cornwall whether related to its constitutional status or not.

Cornwall is today an extra territorial Duchy, seperate from the United Kingdom but ruled by Prince Charles the duke of Cornwall.