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The county has formed the upper tier of local government over much of the United Kingdom at one time or another, [1] and has been used for a variety of other purposes, such as for Lord Lieutenants, land registration and postal delivery. This list of 184 counties is split by constituent country, time period and purpose. Colour key in tables below.
Counties of the United Kingdom. The counties of the United Kingdom are subnational divisions of the United Kingdom, used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. The older term, shire is historically equivalent to county. By the Middle Ages, county had become established as the unit of local government, at ...
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties which were used for ...
Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies.A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area.
This is a list of settlements and other places in Dorset, England. ... Coombe Keynes, Corfe Castle, Corfe Mullen, Corscombe, County Gates, Cranborne, Creekmoor, ...
Examples of cities in the United Kingdom; Liverpool, Edinburgh, Worcester; and London. This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such as of 12 November 2022. [1][2] It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. [3][4] There are currently 76 such cities in the ...
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In accordance with gazetteers, Cornish names are in the standard written form approved by the Maga signage panel. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Cornwall is thus a blend of Cornubia + Wealas. Cumberland. CD. Ancient. Brythonic + Old English. Cumbraland[1] 'Cumber' is derived from Cymry, the word that the Brythonic inhabitants of the region used to identify themselves (similar to the Welsh name for Wales, Cymru). Thus Cumberland means 'Land of the Cumbrians'.