Counties Quiz

[poodledoo]

1)Which county is william wordsworth most associated with?..........(he moved around a bit, so not sure which he is most associated with!)
answers to these cryptic clues are counties in UK and Eire:
2) Mike pays his income tax at last.
3)Some of them had broken toes.........(could it be somerset?)
4)Part of Wales you see first
no number of letters given for clues.

[dannyk13]

1.Cumbria

[grasscarp]

The poet William Wordsworth, who lived in Grasmere for fourteen years, described it as "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found"Before 1974, Grasmere lay within the former county of Westmorland, but today it is part of the county of Cumbria

[dannyk13]

2.Essex (last letters of words in clue)

[Calibax]

2 Essex (last letters of "Mike pays his income tax")

[dannyk13]

4/Powys ( initial letters in clue)

[grasscarp]

4 Powys

[scorpiojo]

4 P o w y s

[mallyh]

broKEN Toes

[poodledoo]

thank you all-you've all taught me to look harder in the clues for answers!

[grasscarp]

However Poodledoo I thought your answer of Somerset was a better one! Even if not the one required.