Three Counties popular apple and pear derived alcoholic beverages, many of which are made in this area. The Three Choirs Festival is a festival of sacred choral music which has been held since 1724. It rotates between the three county towns (Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester). It often features music by local composer Edward Elgar. Three Counties The Three Counties of England are traditionally the three agrarian counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Including towns and cities such as Worcester, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford, Leominster, Stourbridge, Evesham, Malvern and Kidderminster, they extend from the southern boundaries of Birmingham in the north to Bristol in
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