Historic Counties in England
Created | Updated Nov 22, 2009
In the early 1970s the names of the counties in England were changed , and the boundaries of the counties also changed.
The Historic Counties and their County Towns were
| County | County Town | Other Towns |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | Carlisle | |
| Northumberland | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Westmorland | Kendal | |
| Durham | Durham | |
| Lancashire | Preston | Manchester,Liverpool, Lancaster |
| Yorkshire North Riding | Northallerton | Middlesborough |
| Yorkshire West Riding | Wakefield | Leeds Sheffield |
| Yorkshire East Riding | Beverley | York Kingston upon Hull |
| Cheshire | Chester | Birkenhead, New Brighton |
| Shropshire | Shrewsbury | |
| Staffordshire | Stafford | Stoke on Trent, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Derbyshire | Derby | |
| Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | |
| Lincolnshire Lindsey | Lincoln | |
| Lincolnshire Kesteven | Sleaford | |
| Lincolnshire Holland | Boston | |
| Hereford | Hereford | |
| Worcester | Worcester | |
| Warwickshire | Warwick | Coventry Birmingham |
| Leicestershire | Leicester | |
| Rutland | Oakham | |
| Northamptonshire | Northampton | |
| Huntington and Peterborough | Huntington | |
| Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely | Cambridge | |
| Norfolk | Norwich | |
| Suffolk West | Bury St Edmunds | |
| Suffolk East | Ipswich | |
| Gloucestershire | Bristol | |
| Oxfordshire | Oxford | |
| Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury | Bletchley |
| Bedfordshire | Bedford | |
| Hertfordshire | Hertford | St Albans |
| Essex | Chelmsford | |
| Somerset | Taunton | |
| Wiltshire | Trowbridge | Swindon |
| Berkshire | Reading | |
| Surrey | Kingston upon Thames | Guildford |
| Kent | Maidstone | Ashford |
| Cornwall | Truro | Falmouth |
| Devon | Exeter | Plymouth,Exmouth |
| Dorset | Dorchester | |
| Hampshire | Winchester | Southampton Portsmouth |
| Isle of Wight | Newport | |
| Sussex West | Chichester | |
| Sussex East | Lewes | |
| Greater London | London | |
| Middlesex (abolished 1965) | Brentford |
