Sussex Day takes place annually on 16 June, the feast of St Richard of Chichester (1197–1253), the patron saint of Sussex.

Also known as Richard de Wych, the saint was bishop of Chichester.

Cumberland Day takes place each year on 24 September.

It marks the anniversary of the baptism of renowned local character John Peel (1776-1854).

Lincolnshire Day takes place annually on 1 October.

It commemorates the Lincolnshire Rising, which began at Louth on 1 October 1536.

The rebels were protesting against the English Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

St Cuthbert (c.634–87), prior of Lindisfarne, is buried in Durham Cathedral.

Northamptonshire Day takes place annually on 25 October, the feast of St Crispin.

St Crispin is the patron saint of shoemakers, cobblers and leather workers – an important industry in the county.

This date was selected by public vote from a shortlist of five.

The four other options were:

• 5 January – death of Philippa of Lancaster (1430), queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
• 26 February – radar first demonstrated in Upper Stowe (1935)
• 31 May – death of Waltheof (1076), 1st Earl of Northampton, the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls
• 28 July – battle of Talavera (1809), battle honour of the Northamptonshire Regiment, the ‘Heroes of Talavera’

Northamptonshire

Mercia Day takes place annually on 22 June, the feast of St Alban.

St Alban is the first recorded British Christian martyr, by tradition beheaded in Verulamium (modern St Albans) during the third or fourth centuries.