Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of UK They were used for various functions for several hundred years and continue to form the basis of modern local government. They are alternatively known as ancient counties^[1] and traditional counties.

The counties

The historic counties are as follows:^[2]

Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire (County of Chester) * Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Devon Dorset County Durham * Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire † Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire (County of Lancaster) * Leicestershire		Lincolnshire Middlesex Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire (County of Salop) Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire
* = county palatine \| † = also known as the County of Southampton or Southamptonshire \| Monmouthshire is not shown

References

↑ Vision of Britain - Type details for ancient county. Retrieved 19 October 2006.
↑ Vision of Britain Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine - List of subdivisions of England. Retrieved 19 October 2006.

Other websites

GENUKI - Family history links to historic counties
The Historic Counties Trust

[1] Vision of Britain - Type details for ancient county. Retrieved 19 October 2006.

[2] Vision of Britain Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine - List of subdivisions of England. Retrieved 19 October 2006.

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