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Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, City of London, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire

There are 39 Historic counties, with the following changes to the above list:

Cumbria -> Cumberland & Westmorland

Merseyside, Greater Manchester & Lancashire -> Lancashire

North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire & South Yorkshire -> Yorkshire

West Midlands & Warwickshire -> Warwickshire

Cambridgeshire -> Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire

Greater London & City of London -> Middlesex

East Sussex & West Sussex -> Sussex

Somerset & Bristol -> Somerset

County Durham & Tyne and Wear -> Durham

Isle of Wight & Hampshire -> Hampshire

There were a few slight border adjustments along the way, but this is pretty much the gist of it.

Over the Years they have changed but the following links have an up-to-date list.

See the Related Links below.

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