English counties

England is divided into counties.
The counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times.

1 Northumberland

/ˌnɔːˈθʌmbələnd/

2 Tyne and Wear

/ˌtaɪn ən ˈwɪə/

3 Durham

/ˈdʌrəm/

4 Cumbria

/ˈkʌmbriə/

5 North Yorkshire

/ˌnɔːθ ˈjɔːkʃə/

6 Lancashire

/ˈlænkəʃə/

7 East Riding

/iːstˈraɪdɪŋ/

8 West Yorkshire

/ˌwest ˈjɔːkʃə/

9 Lincolnshire

/ˈlɪŋkənʃə/

10 South Yorkshire

/ˌsaʊθ ˈjɔːkʃə/

11 Manchester

/ˈmæntʃestə/

Merseyside

/ˈmɜːzisaɪd/

12

13 Cheshire

/ˈtʃeʃə/

14 Derbyshire

/ˈdɑːbɪʃə/

16 Shropshire

/ˈʃrɒpʃə/

15 Nottinghamshire

/ˈnɒtɪŋəmʃə/

17 Staffordshire

/ˈstæfədʃə/

18 Leicestershire

/ˈlestəʃə/

19 Rutland

/ˈrʌtlənd/

20 Norfolk

/ˈnɔːfək/

21 Suffolk

/ˈsʌfək/

22 Cambridgeshire

/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒʃə/

23 Northamptonshire

/nɔːˈθæmptənʃə/

24 West Midlands

/west ˈmɪdləndz/

25 Herefordshire

/ˈherədfədʃə/

26 Worcestershire

/ˈwʊstəʃə/

27 Warwickshire

/ˈwɒrɪkʃə/

28 Gloucestershire

/ˈɡlɒstəʃə/

29 Oxfordshire

/ˈɒksfədʃə/

30 Buckinghamshire

/ˈbʌkɪŋəmʃə/

Bedfordshire

/ˈbedfədʃə/

32 Hertfordshire

/ˈhɑːtfədʃə/

33 Essex

/ˈesɪks/

34 Greater London

/ˌɡreɪtə ˈlʌndən/

35 Berkshire

/ˈbɑːkʃə/

36 Wiltshire

/ˈwɪltʃə/

37 Kent

/kent/

38 East Sussex

/ˌiːst ˈsʌsɪks/

39 Surrey

/ˈsʌri/

40 West Sussex

/ˌwest ˈsʌsɪks/

41 Hampshire

/ˈhæmpʃə/

42 Dorset

/ˈdɔːsɪt/

43 Somerset

/ˈsʌməset/

44 Devon

/ˈdevn/

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45 Cornwall

/ˈkɔːnwəl/

46 Isle of wight

/ði ˌaɪl əv ˈwaɪt/

1 Northumberland

/ˌnɔːˈθʌmbələnd/

Located on the Scottish border. It has a number of castles and Roman remains, including Hadrian's Wall. Its administrative centre is Morpeth.

2 Tyne and Wear

/ˌtaɪn ən ˈwɪə(r)/

A small county in the north-east, formed in 1974 from parts of Durham and Northumberland.

3 Durham

/ˈdʌrəm/

A county in north-east that used to be a major centre of coal mining, shipbuilding and steel making.