Counties in the UK

[deanna]

An friend from the USA asked me how many counties there are in the UK. I am ashamed to say that I have no idea. Any help would be appreciated.
deanna

[Big Al1st]

Not counting Northern Ireland I reckon 86 Rgds Al

[deanna]

Gosh Big Al1st! that was quick. Grateful thanks.
deanna.

[Grunty]

As Northern Ireland is part of the UK, we should mention that it has six counties.

[deanna]

Thank you Grunty - you are quite right.
deanna.

[Big Al1st]

mmmm. Forgot about those Grunty Al

[sddsddean]

Heres a nice map with them all on (except NI) http://www.abcounties.co.uk/counties/map.htm
so heres NI http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/images/maps/map3.htm

[littleoldme]

That British map is historical and very much out of date though - places such as Huntingdonshire and Westmorland are long gone, Sussex hasn't been one county for about 160 years, and Scotland and Wales have had complete overhauls.

For an up-to-date list, check out the right-hand column of the table on this page:

http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/tables/ counties.php

So that's England 47 counties, Scotland 32 and Wales 22. Together with the 6 in Northern Ireland, that brings the total to 107.

[littleoldme]

Oops - Sussex did remain a single ceremonial county until 1974 - fair enough. ;-)

[shammydodger]

And there is no such county as Yorkshire anymore!

[littleoldme]

True - there's four of the bu99ers now! ;-)

[deanna]

Thank you 'sddsddean' and 'littleoldme' - I appreciate your help. I hadn't realised that there were so many. You live and learn.
deanna.