Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844 where more parishes or manors changed hands with neighbouring counties, usually as 'gifts' by the monarchy, church or through conquest. By 1844; the administration of Worcestershire was carried out by the Courts of Quarter Sessions, who were responsible for law and order, civil jurisdiction and certain administrative functions in the county. These roles included the licensing of alehouses, police, weights and measures, construction/maintenance of highways and bridges, poor law disputes and setting taxes. The county was then divided into five hundreds, four separate boroughs for the larger towns (Bewdley, Kidderminster, Droitwich, and Evesham), and Worcester itself, which was a county
French Towns and Lands of Art and History were part of this network. A more accurate and readily-understandable translation of "pays" would be "district" (Towns and Districts of Art and History), as the word "pays" refers to an administrative area centered on a town or village - akin to a district or subdivision of an English county. The numbers in brackets are those assigned by the Ministry to the départements. - Towns of Art and of History: Mulhouse (68), Strasbourg (67) - Land of Art and of History : Pays du Val d'Argent, Pays de Guebwiller (68) - Towns of Art and of History : Autun (71), Auxerre