Cornwall is a unitary non-metropolitan and ceremonial county of England. However, a number of organisations and individuals actively dispute this constitutional status. Cornwall is the remnant of the former "West Wales" region of south west Britain which was known to the Romans as Dumnonia. Its history is highly idiosyncratic with various survivals, such as a Celtic language surviving into the early modern period (which was revived in the twentieth century) giving it a distinct identity.

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  • Cornwall is a unitary non-metropolitan and ceremonial county of England. However, a number of organisations and individuals actively dispute this constitutional status. Cornwall is the remnant of the former "West Wales" region of south west Britain which was known to the Romans as Dumnonia. Its history is highly idiosyncratic with various survivals, such as a Celtic language surviving into the early modern period (which was revived in the twentieth century) giving it a distinct identity. Cornish nationalists and others consider that Cornwall is legally entitled to greater autonomy. They consider that the United Kingdom is not a homogeneous nation-state, but is instead composed of several Home Nations. Cornish nationalists who assert that Cornwall is, or ought to be, separate from England, do not necessarily mean to advocate separation from the United Kingdom, but merely Cornwall's recognition as a fifth "home nation". They also cite laws and constitutional peculiarities related to the Duchy of Cornwall that seem to them to indicate that the territory of Cornwall is not simply an English county. However, there has been no formal challenge to its constitutional status as a county of England, nor has a group wishing to make such a challenge achieved any electoral representation.
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  • Cornwall is a unitary non-metropolitan and ceremonial county of England. However, a number of organisations and individuals actively dispute this constitutional status. Cornwall is the remnant of the former "West Wales" region of south west Britain which was known to the Romans as Dumnonia. Its history is highly idiosyncratic with various survivals, such as a Celtic language surviving into the early modern period (which was revived in the twentieth century) giving it a distinct identity.
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  • Constitutional status of Cornwall
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