List of counties of the United Kingdom

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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 for each constituent country and the subnational divisions 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.


Contents

[edit] England

Main article: Counties of England
County Before 1889 1889-1974 1974+[2] Current
ceremonial[3]		 Postal
1974+[4]
County Administrative Metropolitan Non-metropolitan
Avon Check markY 1974-1996 Check markY
Bedfordshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY 1974-2009 Check markY Check markY
Berkshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY[5] Check markY Check markY
City of Bristol County corporate Check markY
Buckinghamshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Cambridgeshire Check markY Check markY 1889-1965 Check markY 1889-1965 Check markY Check markY Check markY
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Check markY 1965-1974 Check markY 1965-1974
Cheshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY 1974-2009 Check markY Check markY
Cleveland Check markY 1974-1996 Check markY
Cornwall Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Cumberland Check markY Check markY Check markY
Cumbria Check markY Check markY Check markY
Derbyshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Devon Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Dorset Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Durham Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
East Suffolk Division Check markY
East Sussex Division Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Essex Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Gloucestershire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Greater London Check markY
Greater Manchester Check markY Check markY
Hampshire (County of Southampton) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Hereford and Worcester Check markY 1974-1998
Herefordshire Check markY Check markY Check markY UA 1998+[6] Check markY Check markY
Hertfordshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Humberside Check markY 1974-1996
Huntingdon and Peterborough Check markY 1965-1974 Check markY 1965-1974
Huntingdonshire Check markY Check markY 1889-1965 Check markY 1889-1965
Isle of Ely Division Check markY 1889-1965
Isle of Wight Check markY 1890-1974 Check markY Check markY Check markY
Kent Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Lancashire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Leicestershire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Lincolnshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland Division Check markY
Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven Division Check markY
Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey Division Check markY
London The Metropolis Check markY Check markY Check markY
City of London County corporate Check markY
Merseyside Check markY Check markY Check markY
Middlesex Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Norfolk Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Northamptonshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Northumberland Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
North Humberside Check markY
North Yorkshire Check markY Check markY Check markY
Nottinghamshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Oxfordshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Soke of Peterborough Liberty Check markY 1889-1965
Rutland Check markY Check markY Check markY UA 1997+[6] Check markY Check markY 2008+[7]
Shropshire (Salop) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Somerset Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
South Humberside Check markY
South Yorkshire Check markY Check markY Check markY
Staffordshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Suffolk Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Surrey Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Sussex Check markY Check markY
Tyne and Wear Check markY Check markY Check markY
Warwickshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
West Midlands Check markY Check markY Check markY
Westmorland Check markY Check markY Check markY
West Suffolk Division Check markY
West Sussex Division Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
West Yorkshire Check markY Check markY Check markY
Wiltshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Worcestershire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY 1998+ Check markY Check markY
Yorkshire Check markY Check markY
Yorkshire, East Riding Division L[8] Check markY UA 1996+[6] Check markY
Yorkshire, North Riding Division L[8] Check markY
Yorkshire, West Riding Division L[8] Check markY

[edit] Northern Ireland

Main article: Counties of Northern Ireland
County Before 1899 1899-1973 Current
lieutenancy[9]		 Postal[4]
County Administrative
Antrim Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Armagh Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
City of Belfast Included in Counties Antrim and Down Check markY CB[10] Check markY Check markY
Down (Downshire) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Fermanagh Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Londonderry Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
City of Londonderry County of city Check markY CB[10] Check markY Check markY
Tyrone Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY

[edit] Scotland

Main article: Counties of Scotland
County Before 1890 1890-1975 Lieutenancy Registration[11] Postal[4]
City of Aberdeen Check markY 1900 Check markY
Aberdeenshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Angus (Forfarshire) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Argyll Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Ayrshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Banffshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Berwickshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Bute Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Caithness Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Clackmannanshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Cromartyshire Check markY
Dumfriesshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Dunbartonshire (Dumbarton) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
City of Dundee Check markY 1894 Check markY
East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
City of Edinburgh Check markY Check markY
Fife Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
City of Glasgow Check markY 1893 Check markY Check markY
Inverness-shire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Kincardineshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Kinross-shire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Kirkcudbrightshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Lanarkshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Midlothian (County of Edinburgh) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Moray (Elginshire) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Nairnshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Orkney Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Peeblesshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Perthshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Renfrewshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Ross and Cromarty Check markY Check markY Check markY
Ross-shire Check markY Check markY
Roxburghshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Selkirkshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Shetland (Zetland) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Stirlingshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Sutherland Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Wigtownshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY

[edit] Wales

Main article: History of local government in Wales
County Before 1889 1889-1974 1974-1996 1996+ Postal
1974+[4]
Preserved[3] County[12]
Anglesey Check markY Check markY Check markY
Brecknockshire Check markY Check markY
Caernarfonshire Check markY Check markY
Cardiganshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Ceredigion
Carmarthenshire Check markY Check markY Check markY
Clwyd Check markY Check markY Check markY
Denbighshire Check markY Check markY Check markY
Dyfed Check markY Check markY Check markY
Flintshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Flintshire
Glamorgan Check markY Check markY
Gwent Check markY Check markY Check markY
Gwynedd Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Merionethshire Check markY Check markY
Mid Glamorgan Check markY Check markY Check markY
Monmouthshire Check markY Check markY Check markY Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire Check markY Check markY
Pembrokeshire Check markY Check markY Check markY
Powys Check markY Check markY Check markY Check markY
Radnorshire Check markY Check markY
South Glamorgan Check markY Check markY Check markY
West Glamorgan Check markY Check markY Check markY

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ HMSO, Aspects of Britain: Local Government, (1996)
  2. ^ Local Government Act 1972
  3. ^ a b Lieutenancies Act 1997
  4. ^ a b c d Royal Mail - PAF Digest Issue 6.0 Since 1996 these have been known as "former postal counties", and need no longer be used in addressing mail. Post Towns created since 1996 are not allocated to a postal county. The PAF also includes an "Alias File" that includes postally not required information including "Traditional County" and "Administrative County" fields. The list is not comprehensive and Royal Mail does not guarantee its accuracy.
  5. ^ The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996; SI 1996 No. 1879
  6. ^ a b c Non-metropolitan district with the powers of a county, following the Local Government Act 1992
  7. ^ AFD Software - Latest PAF Data News
  8. ^ a b c Appointed a Lord Lieutenant, but not a county under the Local Government Act 1888
  9. ^ Northern Ireland (Lieutenancy) Order 1975 (SI 1975 No. 156)
  10. ^ a b County styled as county borough by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
  11. ^ Registers of Scotland - Land Register Counties
  12. ^ Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 S.1 - Principal areas styled as a county