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Counties of England Quiz

Name the ceremonial counties of England.
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Last updated: August 30, 2018
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First submittedOctober 25, 2010
Times taken250,133
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County
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
City of Bristol
City of London
Cornwall
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
East Riding of
Yorkshire
East Sussex
Essex
County
Gloucestershire
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
County
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Anneliese18
+7
Level 57
Jun 12, 2011
Surely you should accept either 'east yorkshire' or 'east riding' for east riding of yorkshire (which, might I add, I've never heard it called)
Quizmaster
+5
Level โˆž
Jun 12, 2011
My mistake! Those will work now.
Hoofar
+3
Level 65
May 22, 2020
East Riding of Yorkshire is still its official name. When Yorkshire was split into four counties in the mid 1970s the North Riding remained much the same area and was renamed North Yorkshire; the West Riding was split in two to form West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire; and the East Riding remained much the same area and was the only part to keep its original title.

I'm surprised you've never heard it as not only is it referred to as such on anything official, most people in the area still make the distinction and call it the East Riding, rather than East Yorks.

Iain
+5
Level 18
Sep 17, 2011
48/48 :) Also I thought Middlesex was one
GeographyGeek42
+3
Level 57
Jul 25, 2019
Middlesex ceased to exist in the 1960โ€™s when the boundaries of Greater London were redrawn. The majority went to London, but the southern part went to Surrey and the North went to Hertfordshire, I believe.
mariofan367
+5
Level 15
Nov 18, 2011
Only 76% know London... Now we look bad! Usually, the English have to guess our states and cities, but now we have the pressure. LOL.
nanook
+2
Level 52
Jul 30, 2014
London is not a real county! (I know it is officially but really it isn't!) :)
RogerM
+4
Level 81
Jan 19, 2012
The old traditional counties like Middlesex, Huntingdonshire, Westmoreland and Cumberland are no more. Some were swallowed up by enlarging their neighbours, by amalgamation and others like Greater Manchester being newly created. My birth county of Lancashire north of the Sands is now Cumbria - hmm.
Kucell
+2
Level 16
Mar 16, 2012
:P 47/48
Cwej
+2
Level 64
May 8, 2012
Love this quiz - it's always Berkshire I trip up on, everytime. Would love to see a map version of this, where you have to match the county accurately. And for those missing Middlesex, Wessex etc maybe we should do an historic version one day :-)
Funkyjammy99
+2
Level 69
Sep 13, 2014
I live in Berkshire so its one of the few I can actually get :)
Yanni47
+4
Level 71
Mar 1, 2018
It's funny how there is a Wessex, Middlesex, Essex and Sussex, but no Nossex. Oh, wait - maybe you've got that too, after all!
coxbury
+6
Level 55
May 12, 2018
west saxons; east saxons; middle saxons; south saxons; no room for north saxons as that was where the angles were - eg east anglia -.... yes all right - where are the west angles - no room becasue of the mercians
kogatora
+6
Level 82
Nov 13, 2018
yeah blame the 'mericans ;)
Regtheledge1000
+2
Level 31
Feb 21, 2020
Only 2 remain today and I live in one
JockShepshed
+2
Level 34
Jun 14, 2012
good one, my typing not so quick, this is more of an "administrative area" list though, as The City of London, Bristol , Greater London, Greater Manchester etc are not counties. Greater London takes up space in the counties of Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Essex...just like Chicago (my favourite holiday destination!) goes into Cook County and DuPage county, but there is no County of Chicago. Some counties do not exist anymore
jadekelly
+7
Level 29
Dec 12, 2012
Bristol has been a county since 1353 and still is today. As a resident of Bristol, my county is always listed as Bristol on my address; there are no other counties it could be listed under. Also, having grown up in the London Borough of Bromley I agree that areas such as this are quite complicated; whilst my postcode was a Kent postcode (TN) and my address listed as Kent, my council was a London council. However there are other boroughs, such as Lewisham where I've also lived, which do not cross into any home counties, so the address is listed under the Greater London county as, like Bristol, there are no other counties it comes under. I can't comment on the other places you mentioned though.
ALA02
+3
Level 56
Apr 26, 2020
Tell me about it - I live in Orpington, Bromley - part of Greater London but people here still think its Kent for some reason
Eclatee
+2
Level 59
Jul 10, 2020
My address used to be odd, I lived in West Sussex, but the address was 'Near Petersfield, Hampshire' and the postcode was GU so Surrey!
burtviile
+4
Level 86
Dec 7, 2014
@Jock- Next time you are in Chicago look me up, I'm at 54th & Bishop. Just drive down, get out, and proclaim "I'm on holiday". The men with guns will assist you to my place.
Ozchris
+3
Level 40
Jan 5, 2013
Interesting the English don't seem to learn their counties like the Americans learns their states. I aint saying it's wrong. Just interesting.
lolrobbielol
+3
Level 55
Mar 18, 2013
Fairly pointless exercise if you ask me, what does anyone gain by knowing all the states in their own country by heart
camus
+6
Level 73
May 28, 2014
When someone says "I'm from Leicestershire" and you as a Briton don't know where it is, then I guess you've got some problems.
What
+3
Level 32
Mar 18, 2013
Maybe it's a question about size. A state in the U.S. can be a state in Europe (by population).
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Jun 11, 2014
Good point. Notice for instance the several comments on the recent California counties quiz left by Californians who claim to have gotten fewer than half the answers right. England and California have comparable population sizes.
ALA02
+3
Level 56
Apr 26, 2020
Um no England has 20 million more people in half the area
fitheach
+3
Level 58
Apr 12, 2017
Various governments have mucked about with local government so much in the UK now that there's a confusing array of different counties, from the traditional ones, new made up ones (made up in the 1970s), ceremonial ones, plus a range of other local authorities. Very often, huge lumps of one county have been taken from one county and added to another at the whim of some government official. All in all, it's very confusing and it's no wonder people don't care much these days about counties (with a few exceptions, like Yorkshire).
JackintheBox
+2
Level 67
Jul 24, 2020
The United States is a federal country, so their subdivisions (i.e. states) are of greater significance than counties in England.
lolrobbielol
+2
Level 55
Mar 18, 2013
Nerth Yerksherman, and proud!
drchurros
+2
Level 23
Oct 7, 2013
I got 15 but I live in California so I guess it is all good
manchesterutd10
+2
Level 53
Feb 1, 2014
American: Know a lot from soccer team nicknames. West Midlands, Merseyside, Oxfordshire, Bristol, Tyne and WearManchester, Yorkshire...etc
fitheach
+3
Level 58
Jun 7, 2017
Trying to work out how most of those you listed have anything to do with football teams!
yeetdeet
+2
Level 56
Oct 9, 2020
Probably local derbies, not teams (i.e. Merseyside Derby , Tyne-Wear Derby, Manchester Derby, etc.)
AzraelFarishta
+2
Level 47
Mar 17, 2014
American here. Only got 9.
burtviile
+2
Level 86
Apr 17, 2014
If you know your New England counties you can just add shire to the end and nail most of them.
Celloninja
+2
Level 41
Jan 28, 2018
Vermont...shire?
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+4
Level 47
Feb 12, 2018
Counties.
Regtheledge1000
+3
Level 31
Feb 21, 2020
Cacapoopooopeepeeshire/ Rhode Island

#familyguy

lightstream
+2
Level 65
Apr 16, 2014
I see you added a map. I like it, thx.
ab17
+2
Level 52
May 6, 2014
100% first time 48 seconds left
BobSaget
+4
Level 80
May 28, 2014
As an American, I can proudly say that my country fought a war with the British just so I wouldn't have to take this quiz.
RogerM
+2
Level 81
May 28, 2014
I bet you took the quiz anyway.
camus
+2
Level 73
May 28, 2014
I bet they froze him down in 1783 and he just came back to lead the Avengers.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Jun 11, 2014
Fighting the Jitari leaves little time for memorizing English counties.
fuanacdc
+2
Level 77
May 28, 2014
Too many questions about England on this one ... ;)
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+2
Level 47
Feb 12, 2018
It's too UK-centric.
ChipOtley
+3
Level 76
Apr 28, 2019
Manchester, Worcester, Cambridge, etc. ... all Murican places!
yeetdeet
+2
Level 56
Oct 9, 2020
(NEW) England, (NEW) Hampshire, FOUR DIFFERENT (NEW) Yorks, (NEW) London, the list goes on! Dear England, please stop copying American place names! Thank you!
Glitschko56
+2
Level 59
May 28, 2014
TIL Wessex was never a county in the first place
shoogle
+2
Level 18
May 28, 2014
Did it first time, with 5 seconds to spare!
eric29cocoanuts
+1
Level 79
May 28, 2014
Say Quizmaster, the stats seem to be missing. I assume you're just trying to spare my feelings so I can't see how badly I did (10/48) ...ouch!
Quizmaster
+1
Level โˆž
May 29, 2014
Haha. Fixed!
effeietsanders
+1
Level 28
May 29, 2014
Why is London accepted for City of London, and Bristol not for City of Bristol?
Quizmaster
+3
Level โˆž
May 29, 2014
Bristol IS accepted!
domm
+1
Level 50
Jun 14, 2014
Couldn't Tyne have been enough? -_-
Quizmaster
+1
Level โˆž
Sep 12, 2015
Okay
ChipOtley
+1
Level 76
Aug 1, 2016
Just to upset the Mackems?
GaryTJ
+1
Level 53
Jul 3, 2014
Have you checked how Bristol's looking on the map? Bristol looks less like a gentleman's sausage as this quiz's map suggests.
Quizmaster
+1
Level โˆž
Sep 12, 2015
Fixed. I originally got the map from Wikipedia. I've since made my own, which doesn't have the Bristol "appendage".
Trix
+1
Level 49
Jul 18, 2014
Got them all with 28 seconds to spare. Took me ages to get Bedfordshire, and I lived there for five years!
Trix
+1
Level 49
Jul 18, 2014
OK second attempt, got them all with two minutes to spare. Phew!
Jonathan
+1
Level 31
Oct 15, 2014
missed Surrey and Berkshire. bladdy southerners;-)
SpeedyCar
+1
Level 14
Nov 19, 2014
Wheres Middlesex?
Duzza
+1
Level 35
Apr 26, 2016
It was removed and is mainly in Greater London now...
Benfrancis1
+1
Level 74
Dec 30, 2014
Can we have a 'flags of the ceremonial counties of England' quiz please!
fitheach
+1
Level 58
May 1, 2019
Not all of them have official flags.
Benfrancis1
+1
Level 74
Jan 1, 2015
And a 'fill in the map' quiz for the Ceremonial Counties of England as well :)
ChipOtley
+2
Level 76
Apr 28, 2019
I see your flag, and raise you a bustard
CripplingVelocity
+2
Level 61
Feb 20, 2015
So many -shires.
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
May 24, 2015
It's a pity that the 'REAL' counties of England have been butchered by the bureaucrats into these so called rational areas. Tradition shouldn't be left to red-tape handlers in London.
ALA02
+2
Level 56
Jun 21, 2020
Real counties are mostly meaningless, only really Yorkshire and Cornwall are actually different enough for county to be important. For everyone else, being Northern/Midlands/Southern is enough.
cariad
+1
Level 44
Jun 1, 2015
There is nowhere like enough time if we have to write "shire" after each county; we rarely use the whole name when speaking so surely just the county name should suffice?
Greenland
+1
Level 50
Jul 22, 2015
I agree about shire, but I still managed the lot!
brandybuck96
+3
Level 77
Sep 6, 2015
Do you really never use the "shire"? Do you say North York, then, or just Hereford when referring to the county? I have never heard anyone do this.
ChipOtley
+2
Level 76
Aug 1, 2016
Generally just add an s to the end: Yorks, Herts, Berks, etc.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 77
Sep 17, 2017
^ Weird. I've never heard anyone do that, only seen it written.
yeetdeet
+1
Level 56
Oct 9, 2020
I've heard Lancs as well, but I don't think it works for all of the counties ending in -shire (Leicestershire, Derbyshire, etc.)
ChrisInTheNorth
+1
Level 33
Aug 1, 2015
The current answers can be justified as the current set-up, an the map shows the way anyway; - though I'd remove the word 'ceremonial' as I 'think' that refers to the old countries before 1970s
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Apr 12, 2017
Ceremonial counties are distinct from traditional counties (although some do match). Cumberland and Westmoreland are two traditional counties, but they are not ceremonial counties. Check out the link to the Wikipedia article used as a source for this quiz, it explains what these counties actually are.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 77
Sep 6, 2015
Argh, why do I always forget Shropshire? I look at the alphabetical list and can't think of anything to come between Rutland and Somerset and spend far too long wondering if Salisburyshire is a county.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 77
Sep 9, 2015
...And this time I got Shropshire but forgot Wiltshire. The made-up county that sprang to mind this time was Winchestershire.
Duzza
+2
Level 35
Apr 26, 2016
I also tried Winchestershire, which is really bad as I live in Hampshire... Though I did get full marks in the end at least
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Apr 12, 2017
Hampshire is named after Southampton (which used to be called Hampton before people started adding the South- prefix, to distinguish it from the other Hampton, i.e. Northampton).
ChipOtley
+1
Level 76
Apr 28, 2019
Similarly, the old county town of Wilts was Wilton (just outside Salisbury) before someone in their wisdom decided Trowbridge (gasp!) was more appropriate
lightstream
+1
Level 65
Sep 15, 2015
yikes, the auto-shire enhancement really messed me up. I usually end with 2 minutes left but barely finished in time with all the shires popping in at the front of each county name. Is Lancashire really called "Lanc" by anyone or are we to see it as abbreviation for slow typists? (I, btw, am a slow typist)
Duzza
+1
Level 35
Apr 26, 2016
Lancs, Hants, Shrops etc are all used, just not that often in common speech, its used mainly in writing and by the post office
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Apr 12, 2017
The Royal Mail don't bother with any counties or local authority names in official addresses anymore.
epicdjyoshi
+1
Level 31
Sep 22, 2015
YAY 39/48. :):):)
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 64
Jan 3, 2016
Please alphabetize "City of Bristol" to fit along with the other answers. :)
CorkSpork
+1
Level 71
Feb 22, 2016
Agree. Or put "City of London" in with the Ls.
swisscheesy
+1
Level 67
Feb 7, 2016
southyork is all you need to type in for south yorkshire, but westyork doesn't work?
AllenY
+1
Level 58
Feb 26, 2016
Some oddities. Needed Wiltshire for Wiltshire, but only Berk for stuff like Berkshire. Needed West Yorkshire, but not the shire for East, North and South, etc.
Quizmaster
+1
Level โˆž
Nov 11, 2016
Should be fixed now
cfolwer1995
+1
Level 17
Mar 1, 2016
These aren't the Cerominal Counties. These are the post 1970's counties
Quizmaster
+1
Level โˆž
Nov 11, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England
ChipOtley
+1
Level 76
Apr 28, 2019
If we were talking post 1970, Avon would be in there
beccimoo
+1
Level 59
Mar 18, 2016
Finished, but with only 5 seconds left! So much easier with the interactive map!
AwesomeAnna10
+1
Level 28
Jun 1, 2016
Shouldn't 'Telford and Wrekin' be included
WelshWizard
+1
Level 72
Aug 1, 2016
It's a unitary authority, not a county.
AlfieJMD
+1
Level 37
Aug 1, 2016
Who else lives in Cambridgeshire guys, the boring flat county full of farmers and clever people? Ayyyy it's great!
coxbury
+1
Level 55
May 12, 2018
Tut Tut - Gog Magog Hills - the highest point for many thousands of miles eastwards until you reach the Ural Mountains
BiggieSmalls
+1
Level 67
Aug 1, 2016
SO , after screwing up cause you were accepting answers before they were complete...i.e. -shire, and having to erase constantly, why is it that West Yorkshire has to be input all they way? Out of all the

-shires, this is the only one that is not accpeted in "short form" (West York)

kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 65
Aug 5, 2016
YUS! Got them all. West Midlands was the last one...!
charliesmiley
+1
Level 28
Aug 25, 2016
The autocompleting 'shire' really bugs me. You shouldn't get the answer/point for just writing "Che", or even "Gloucester"
TrueWolf
+1
Level 51
Sep 19, 2016
I keep forgetting Staffordshire!
mrnafe
+1
Level 78
Mar 21, 2018
Same, and Surrey weirdly
Findlay
+1
Level 73
Sep 19, 2016
Well, in May I got 15, in September on my second attempt I got 48. Rather pleased with that improvement.
ILikeQuizes
+1
Level 65
Oct 16, 2016
I got 15. Pretty good for an American, although I should probably know more.
Pghecto1
+2
Level 16
Nov 19, 2016
Why can't they spell the WHOLE name out. Much annoyed with the laziness. I type so fast that i can't flow into next county because I have to delete the ending of the last.
Antofagasta
+1
Level 47
Dec 30, 2016
A bit of a pain, yes, but once you get the first part of the shires, you know it.
Roger77024
+1
Level 59
Nov 27, 2016
Why not put in instructions "For counties ending in -shire, you do not need to include those 5 letters"? Might make a lot of people happier.
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Nov 23, 2017
Surely you quickly learn that you don't need those letters. Or did you just spend all the time typing out "shire" umpteen times?
yobhdgmu
+1
Level 38
Dec 4, 2016
23/49
yobhdgmu
+1
Level 38
Dec 4, 2016
27/48
Antofagasta
+1
Level 47
Dec 30, 2016
48/48
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Apr 12, 2017
Nice picture of Bodiam Castle at the top (in the proper county of Sussex).
HBKing
+3
Level 21
Apr 15, 2017
How about an Irish Badge eh?

This is too hard

Marvelquizmaster
+1
Level 8
Jun 28, 2017
Countries??
therealfrodo
+1
Level 48
Jun 29, 2017
i finally got all of them on my third attempt... but one question... what in the world is england??
tbd123
+1
Level 52
Dec 11, 2017
If you liked this, try this https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/266516/coastal-counties-of-britain
yorksguy1865
+1
Level 38
Dec 15, 2017
East East East Yorkshire!!!
coxbury
+1
Level 55
May 12, 2018
I assume that ceremonial counties means any place that has a Lord Lieutenant. Otherwise I have difficulty in east and West Sussex and NOT Lindsey; Kesteven and Holland.

Why can;t we just simply go back to pre 1974 It was so much simpler.

By the way, I think that historically Bristol has at some time counted as part of Gloucestershire, but never as Somerset

fitheach
+1
Level 58
May 1, 2019
You get my vote! Bring back the pre-'74 counties (they had been around for a 1,000 years before then, some much longer). As someone who is from Sussex, it pains me to type out East Sussex and West Sussex.
qcumber
+1
Level 47
May 29, 2018
lol im american, never been to england, never heard a name for any of the counties. but i did get six, so that was better than expected XD
qcumber
+1
Level 47
May 29, 2018
ooh, 13 on my second try
qcumber
+1
Level 47
May 30, 2018
36 on my tenth try. almost there.
qcumber
+1
Level 47
May 30, 2018
ah, man! warwick was the last one on my eleventh try.
qcumber
+1
Level 47
May 30, 2018
geez, 14th try! kept forgetting a different one each time. easier than my own state, though. theres 99 counties here.
MajorPlank
+1
Level 23
Jun 13, 2018
20/48. Well... at least I got some large ones! (Norfolk,York,Northumberland)
mhoegg
+2
Level 72
Jun 22, 2018
Finally got all of them.... From Guatemala
Paulk70
+1
Level 61
Aug 4, 2018
Very tough!
ManxMarvel
+1
Level 37
Aug 9, 2018
I just type in gsydhshire or walfshire or hafninshire then auto-correct.
Kaz60
+1
Level 50
Feb 20, 2019
Got them but get so confused North of Birmingham!! From a southern softie x
AFCW1889
+1
Level 32
Feb 26, 2019
Does anyone actually live in Rutland?
McLerristarr
+1
Level 63
Apr 27, 2019
It would be nice if you accepted some misspellings of Isle of Wight.
fitheach
+1
Level 58
May 1, 2019
Ile of Wight? Isle ov Wight?
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 45
Apr 28, 2019
At first I thought it said countries and I was a bit confused. Now I don't feel like taking it, I'd be surprised if I even got 3.
erikj
+1
Level 55
Apr 29, 2019
Anyone else who tried New Glouckenshire thanks to Phoebe Buffay? :D
Walacama
+1
Level 76
Apr 29, 2019
Living in New England helps on this quiz. I guessed a bunch of counties and towns from New England and a lot of them were there. It's also nice that it gave them without adding shire.
jupiter0cyclops
+1
Level 45
May 27, 2019
I'm actually proud of myself for getting 100% as an American. Thankfully the quiz is generous with the spellings.
RedLightning
+1
Level 48
Jul 31, 2019
There's Sussex, Wessex, Essex, and historically Middlesex, but no Nussex :(
sorra
+1
Level 28
Aug 3, 2019
I missed out West Midlands :P
ALA02
+1
Level 56
Aug 5, 2019
All those irrelevant ones in the West Midlands ๐Ÿ˜ก
Fuse
+1
Level 68
Apr 24, 2020
That is very offensive. As a person living in Worcestershire, this is just down-right rude. But, what do you expect from someone living in London? They are just oblivious of the rest of the UK.
yeetdeet
+1
Level 56
Oct 9, 2020
Two West Midland counties have already been mentioned, let's keep the chain! Warwickshire!
Drizzle
+1
Level 36
Nov 22, 2019
This is nearly Impossible!!!๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก
Drizzle
+1
Level 36
Nov 22, 2019
I can do this!!!๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Ž
ooftownroad
+2
Level 35
Jan 23, 2020
have you noticed that nearly every county ends in "Shire"?
Pandora49
+1
Level 51
Apr 26, 2020
Ya
Iliza
+1
Level 43
May 21, 2020
Ok but why โ€œshire?โ€ Can someone explain?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Jul 24, 2020
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the origin of the word 'shire' is from Old English scฤซr, meaning โ€˜care, official charge, countyโ€™, of Germanic origin.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Jul 24, 2020
Aaarrrgghhh..... I forgot Dorset, my favourite county (although I've never been there, but I've heard that it has the most beautiful scenery, and it is the setting of most of Enid Blyton's Famous Five books (my favourite childhood author))!
QuadVortex
+1
Level 35
Aug 18, 2020
Noooooooo! there was just two more and I accidentally refrshed the page!
Genesis
+2
Level 35
Aug 23, 2020
after 6 tries I got 48..
yeetdeet
+1
Level 56
Oct 9, 2020
Same! I got Northampton the first time and then forgot about it for the next three takes (OK, maybe it was more than six).
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