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Traditional Counties of the United Kingdom (view source)
Revision as of 01:21, September 13, 2011
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The '''Traditional Counties of the United Kingdom''' , also called '''ancient counties''', are the original [[county|counties]] of the [[United Kingdom]] of [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Wales]], and [[Northern Ireland]] that have existed since ancient times. They usually refer to counties that have existed before having their boundaries changed and parts of their original land being given to new counties like Merseyside or West Midlands (or in some cases, some counties are dissolved, e.g. Middlesex and Huntingdonshire) in 1965 and 1974. Some further local government reforms in 1996 and 2009-2010 broke up counties into [[unitary authority|unitary authorities]], while still keeping the ceremonial counties.
The traditional counties still exist though, as cultural regions, and are a source of pride for their inhabitants. Most of them, albeit with significantly-altered boundaries, form ceremonial and non-metropolitan counties in the UK.
There is an organization in England called the Association of British Counties, who has the goal of increasing awareness of the counties in the minds of the Britons.
==List of Counties==
===England===
*[[Bedfordshire]]
*[[Berkshire]]
*[[Buckinghamshire]]
*[[Cambridgeshire]]
*[[Cheshire]]
*[[Cornwall]]
*[[County Durham]]
*[[Cumberland]]
*[[Derbyshire]]
*[[Devon]]
*[[Dorset]]
*[[Essex]]
*[[Gloucestershire]]
*[[Hampshire]]
*[[Herefordshire]]
*[[Hertfordshire]]
*[[Huntingdonshire]]
*[[Kent]]
*[[Lancashire]]
*[[Leicestershire]]
*[[Lincolnshire]]
*[[Middlesex]]
*[[Norfolk]]
*[[Northamptonshire]]
*[[Northumberland]]
*[[Nottinghamshire]]
*[[Oxfordshire]]
*[[Rutland]]
*[[Shropshire]]
*[[Somerset]]
*[[Staffordshire]]
*[[Suffolk]]
*[[Surrey]]
*[[Sussex]]
*[[Warwickshire]]
*[[Westmorland]]
*[[Wiltshire]]
*[[Worcestershire]]
*[[Yorkshire]]
===Wales===
*[[Anglesey]]
*[[Brecknockshire]]
*[[Caernarfonshire]]
*[[Carmarthenshire]]
*[[Ceredigion|Cardiganshire]]
*[[Denbighshire]]
*[[Flintshire]]
*[[Glamorgan]]
*[[Merionethshire]]
*[[Monmounthshire]]
*[[Montgomeryshire]]
*[[Pembrokeshire]]
*[[Radnorshire]]
===Scotland===
*[[Aberdeenshire]]
*[[Angus]]
*[[Argyllshire]]
*[[Ayrshire]]
*[[Banffshire]]
*[[Berwickshire]]
*[[Buteshire]]
*[[Catithness]]
*[[Cromartyshire]]
*[[Clackmannanshire]]
*[[Dumfriesshire]]
*[[Dunbartonshire]]
*[[East Lothian]]
*[[Fife]]
*[[Inverness-shire]]
*[[Kincardineshire]]
*[[Kinross-shire]]
*[[Kirkcudbrightshire]]
*[[Lanarkshire]]
*[[Midlothian]]
*[[Morayshire]]
*[[Nairnshire]]
*[[Orkney]]
*[[Peeblesshire]]
*[[Renfrewshire]]
*[[Ross-shire]]
*[[Roxburghshire]]
*[[Selkirkshire]]
*[[Shetland]]
*[[Stirlingshire]]
*[[Sutherland]]
*[[West Lothian]]
*[[Wigtownshire]]
===Northern Ireland===
*[[County Antrim]]
*[[County Armagh]]
*[[County Down]]
*[[County Fermanagh]]
*[[County Londonderry]]
*[[County Tyrone]]
==External Links==
[http://www.abcounties.co.uk/ Association of British Counties Official Site]
[[Category: United Kingdom]]
The traditional counties still exist though, as cultural regions, and are a source of pride for their inhabitants. Most of them, albeit with significantly-altered boundaries, form ceremonial and non-metropolitan counties in the UK.
There is an organization in England called the Association of British Counties, who has the goal of increasing awareness of the counties in the minds of the Britons.
==List of Counties==
===England===
*[[Bedfordshire]]
*[[Berkshire]]
*[[Buckinghamshire]]
*[[Cambridgeshire]]
*[[Cheshire]]
*[[Cornwall]]
*[[County Durham]]
*[[Cumberland]]
*[[Derbyshire]]
*[[Devon]]
*[[Dorset]]
*[[Essex]]
*[[Gloucestershire]]
*[[Hampshire]]
*[[Herefordshire]]
*[[Hertfordshire]]
*[[Huntingdonshire]]
*[[Kent]]
*[[Lancashire]]
*[[Leicestershire]]
*[[Lincolnshire]]
*[[Middlesex]]
*[[Norfolk]]
*[[Northamptonshire]]
*[[Northumberland]]
*[[Nottinghamshire]]
*[[Oxfordshire]]
*[[Rutland]]
*[[Shropshire]]
*[[Somerset]]
*[[Staffordshire]]
*[[Suffolk]]
*[[Surrey]]
*[[Sussex]]
*[[Warwickshire]]
*[[Westmorland]]
*[[Wiltshire]]
*[[Worcestershire]]
*[[Yorkshire]]
===Wales===
*[[Anglesey]]
*[[Brecknockshire]]
*[[Caernarfonshire]]
*[[Carmarthenshire]]
*[[Ceredigion|Cardiganshire]]
*[[Denbighshire]]
*[[Flintshire]]
*[[Glamorgan]]
*[[Merionethshire]]
*[[Monmounthshire]]
*[[Montgomeryshire]]
*[[Pembrokeshire]]
*[[Radnorshire]]
===Scotland===
*[[Aberdeenshire]]
*[[Angus]]
*[[Argyllshire]]
*[[Ayrshire]]
*[[Banffshire]]
*[[Berwickshire]]
*[[Buteshire]]
*[[Catithness]]
*[[Cromartyshire]]
*[[Clackmannanshire]]
*[[Dumfriesshire]]
*[[Dunbartonshire]]
*[[East Lothian]]
*[[Fife]]
*[[Inverness-shire]]
*[[Kincardineshire]]
*[[Kinross-shire]]
*[[Kirkcudbrightshire]]
*[[Lanarkshire]]
*[[Midlothian]]
*[[Morayshire]]
*[[Nairnshire]]
*[[Orkney]]
*[[Peeblesshire]]
*[[Renfrewshire]]
*[[Ross-shire]]
*[[Roxburghshire]]
*[[Selkirkshire]]
*[[Shetland]]
*[[Stirlingshire]]
*[[Sutherland]]
*[[West Lothian]]
*[[Wigtownshire]]
===Northern Ireland===
*[[County Antrim]]
*[[County Armagh]]
*[[County Down]]
*[[County Fermanagh]]
*[[County Londonderry]]
*[[County Tyrone]]
==External Links==
[http://www.abcounties.co.uk/ Association of British Counties Official Site]
[[Category: United Kingdom]]