Walking the 39 English counties
 

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39 counties

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The 39 historic English counties from 1851 to 1965.

English counties in which we have, together, walked at least 8 miles, are listed below and linked to the associated page. Unwalked counties for the time being remain in white. Map of the counties here.
More information about counties, on wikipedia, here and from The Historic Counties Trust, including a UK map. In covering the 39 English counties we hope to show how easy it is to find good walks and places of interest everywhere in England, while enjoying good company. We dare not - yet - aim to walk all 92 UK counties - though in fact, between us, we have visited most and walked not a few!

Bedfordshire Hampshire Oxfordshire
Berkshire Herefordshire Rutland
Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire Shropshire
Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Somerset
Cheshire Kent Staffordshire
Cornwall Lancashire Suffolk
Cumberland Leicestershire Surrey
Derbyshire Lincolnshire Sussex
Devon Middlesex Warwickshire
Dorset Norfolk Westmorland
Durham Northamptonshire Wiltshire
Essex Northumberland Worcestershire
Gloucestershire Nottinghamshire Yorkshire

What about Wales and Scotland?

Ancient Counties of Wales (1891)
1. Carmarthenshire, 2. Glamorganshire, 3. Montgomeryshire, 4. Brecknockshire, 5. Cardiganshire, 6. Merionethshire. 7. Denbighshire, 8. Pembrokeshire, 9. Caernarfonshire, 10. Monmouthshire, 11. Radnorshire, 12. Anglesey, 13. Flintshire

Ancient Counties of Scotland 1890 to 1975

1. Caithness, 2. Sutherland, 3. Ross-shire, (later Ross & Cromarty) 4. Inverness-shire, 5. Nairnshire, 6. County of Moray, (also known as Elginshire until 1918), 7. Banffshire, 8. Aberdeenshire, 9. Kincardineshire, 10. Angus (Forfarshire until 1928), 11. Perthshire, 12. Argyll, 13. County of Bute, 14. Ayrshire, 15. Renfrewshire, 16. Dunbartonshire, 17. Stirlingshire, 18. Clackmannanshire, 19. Kinross-shire, 20. Fife, 21. East Lothian, (Haddingtonshire until 1921), 22. Midlothian (County of Edinburgh until 1890), 23. West Lothian (Linlithgowshire until 1924), 24. Lanarkshire, 25. Peeblesshire, 26. Selkirkshire, 27. Berwickshire, 28. Roxburghshire, 29. Dumfriesshire, 30. Kirkcudbrightshire, 31. Wigtownshire, 32. Zetland (Shetland), 33. Orkney 34. Cromarty-shire

Northern Ireland

Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone (6)

Key facts about the 92 historic counties of the UK are here and more information is at The Historic Counties Trust.

 
Duncan Grey