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This is a list of the counties of the United Kingdom. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the subnational divisions within these which have been called counties have varied over time and by purpose. The county has formed the upper tier of local government over much of the United Kingdom at one time or another,^[1] and has been used for a variety of other purposes, such as for Lord Lieutenants, land registration and postal delivery. This list is split by constituent country, time period and purpose.

England

Changes dated between the 1990s and 2009 subdivided the 20th century short-lived non-metropolitan counties of Cleveland and Humberside into unitary authorities but the once-county names continue for fire services and police forces, (see {{section link|Non-metropolitan county|List of non-metropolitan counties}}). Similarly the short-lived county of Avon provides part of the area and name of Avon and Somerset Police and its area is roughly that of Avon Fire and Rescue Service.

The historic counties of Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmorland, Huntingdonshire and Middlesex are the five defunct ceremonial counties of a traditional county size. After their ceremonial abolition, Yorkshire has become ceremonially subdivided along the four compass point axes, Cumberland and Westmorland were added to a detached part of Lancashire to form Cumbria, Huntingdonshire merged ceremonially into Cambridgeshire and the vast majority of Middlesex became part of Greater London.

Contemporary reference to the Isle of Ely and nearby Soke of Peterborough is very rare since the early 20th century and they have scant public resonance. The counties marked in italics below are neither ceremonial nor historic.

County

Current
ceremonial^[2]

1974+^[3]

Postal
1974–1996^[4]

1889–1974

Before 1889

Metropolitan

Non-metropolitan

County

Administrative

Avon

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Bedfordshire

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Berkshire♠

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City of Bristol

Special post town

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County borough

County corporate

Buckinghamshire

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Cambridgeshire

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Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

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Cheshire

1974–2009}}

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Cleveland

1974–1996}}

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Cornwall

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Cumberland

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Cumbria

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Derbyshire♠

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Devon

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Dorset

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Durham (County Durham)♠

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East Suffolk♠

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Division

East Sussex

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Division

Essex

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Gloucestershire

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Greater London

County^[6]

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Greater Manchester

Hampshire

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Hereford and Worcester♠

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Herefordshire♠

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Hertfordshire♠

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Humberside

1974–1996}}

Huntingdon and Peterborough

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Huntingdonshire

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Isle of Ely

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Division

Isle of Wight

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}} 1890–1974

Kent

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Lancashire

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Leicestershire

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Lincolnshire

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Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland

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Division

Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven

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Division

Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey

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Division

London♠

Special post town

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The Metropolis^[8]

City of London♠

County corporate

Merseyside

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Middlesex

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Norfolk♠

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Northamptonshire

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Northumberland

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North Humberside

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North Yorkshire

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Nottinghamshire

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Oxfordshire

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Soke of Peterborough

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Liberty

Rutland

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Shropshire

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Somerset

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South Humberside

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South Yorkshire

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Staffordshire

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Suffolk♠

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Surrey

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Sussex

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Tyne and Wear

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Warwickshire

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West Midlands

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Westmorland

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West Suffolk♠

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Division

West Sussex

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Division

West Yorkshire

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Wiltshire

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Worcestershire♠

{{ya}} 1998+

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Yorkshire

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Yorkshire, East Riding

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Division

Yorkshire, North Riding

L^[10]

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Division

Yorkshire, West Riding

L^[10]

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Division

♠ denotes a counter-intuitive pronunciation. See list of places in the United Kingdom and Ireland with counterintuitive pronunciations.

Northern Ireland

County

Before 1899

1899–1973

Current
lieutenancy^[11]

Postal
before 1996^[4]

County

Administrative

Antrim

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Armagh

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City of Belfast

Part of counties Antrim and Down

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Special post town

Down

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Fermanagh

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Londonderry

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City of Derry

Part of County Londonderry

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Special post town

Tyrone

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Scotland

County

Before 1890

1890–1975

Lieutenancy

Registration^[13]

Postal
before 1996^[4]

City of Aberdeen

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Special post town

Aberdeenshire

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Angus (Forfarshire)

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Argyll♠

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Ayrshire

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Banffshire

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Berwickshire♠

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Bute

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Caithness

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Clackmannanshire

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Cromartyshire

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Dumfriesshire♠

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Dunbartonshire (Dumbarton)

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City of Dundee

color=}} 1894

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Special post town

East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)

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City of Edinburgh

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Special post town

Fife

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City of Glasgow

color=}} 1893

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Special post town

Inverness-shire

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Kincardineshire♠

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Kinross-shire

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Kirkcudbrightshire♠

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Lanarkshire

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Midlothian (County of Edinburgh)

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Moray♠ (Elginshire)

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Nairnshire

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Orkney

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Peeblesshire

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Perthshire

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Renfrewshire

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Ross and Cromarty

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Ross-shire

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Roxburghshire

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Selkirkshire

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Shetland (Zetland)

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Stirlingshire

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Sutherland

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)

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Wigtownshire♠

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Wales

County

Before 1889

1889–1974

1974–1996

1996+

Postal
1974–1996^[4]

Preserved^[2]

County^[14]

Anglesey

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color=}} Isle of Anglesey

Brecknockshire

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Caernarfonshire

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Cardiganshire

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color=}} Ceredigion

Carmarthenshire

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Clwyd

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Denbighshire

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Dyfed

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Flintshire

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Glamorgan

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Gwent

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Gwynedd

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Merionethshire

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Mid Glamorgan

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Monmouthshire

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Montgomeryshire

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Pembrokeshire♠

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Powys

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Radnorshire

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South Glamorgan

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West Glamorgan

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Wrexham

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♠ denotes counter-intuitive pronunciation for counties of English etymology which all have Welsh language counterparts. Welsh etymology county names reflect standard Welsh pronunciation rules. In Welsh most of the counties ending '-shire' are instead preceded by the Welsh near-homophone translation 'Sir'.

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

See also

References