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Swindon School of English
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/
31
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.
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