...This chapter examines the regional identity and associational life of English migrants in New Zealand before the First World War. It describes the nature and activities of English county associations and Yorkshire societies. It suggests that organisations celebrating ‘Englishness’ had little...

...–ranging as Yorkshire societies in New Zealand and St George's societies in Montreal, to Anglo–Saxonism in the Atlantic World and the English Diaspora of the sixteenth century, this collection explores these and related key issues about the nature and character of English identity during the creation...