Traditional counties of England

In the past, England was divided into 39 counties. This subdivision is now no longer used as administrative divisions, but formed the basis for the current system of regional authorities. The original 39 counties (counties with * no longer exist as administrative entity):


 * Bedfordshire
 * Berkshire
 * Buckinghamshire
 * Cambridgeshire
 * Cheshire
 * Cornwall
 * Cumberland (* now part of Cumbria)
 * Derbyshire
 * Devon
 * Dorset
 * Durham
 * Essex
 * Gloucestershire
 * Hampshire
 * Herefordshire
 * Hertfordshire
 * Huntingdonshire (* now a district of Cambridgeshire)
 * Kent
 * Lancashire
 * Lincolnshire
 * Leicestershire
 * Middlesex (* now part of London)
 * Norfolk
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northumberland
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Oxfordshire
 * Rutland
 * Shropshire
 * Somerset
 * Staffordshire
 * Suffolk
 * Surrey
 * Sussex (* now split into West Sussex and East Sussex)
 * Warwickshire
 * Westmorland (* now part of Cumbria)
 * Wiltshire
 * Worcestershire
 * Yorkshire (* now North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire)