Historic County Towns of England

Can you name all of the historic county towns of England before the reforms of 1889?

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County	Answer
Bedfordshire	Bedford
Berkshire	Reading
Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury
Cambridgeshire	Cambridge
Cheshire	Chester
Cornwall	Truro
Cumberland	Carlisle
Derbyshire	Derby
Devon	Exeter
Dorset	Dorchester
County Durham	Durham
Essex	Chelmsford
Gloucestershire	Gloucester

County	Answer
Hampshire	Winchester
Herefordshire	Hereford
Hertfordshire	Hertford
Huntingdonshire	Huntingdon
Kent	Maidstone
Lancashire	Lancaster
Leicestershire	Leicester
Lincolnshire	Lincoln
Middlesex	Brentford
Norfolk	Norwich
Northamptonshire	Northampton
Northumberland	Alnwick
Nottinghamshire	Nottingham

County	Answer
Oxfordshire	Oxford
Rutland	Oakham
Shropshire	Shrewsbury
Somerset	Taunton
Staffordshire	Stafford
Suffolk	Ipswich
Surrey	Guildford
Sussex	Lewes
Warwickshire	Warwick
Westmorland	Appleby
Wiltshire	Trowbridge
Worcestershire	Worcester
Yorkshire	York