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English Counties by One-Word Clue

Can you match every historic English county to its correct one-word clue?
Each clue may well be applicable to more than one county, but there is always only one accepted answer. Narrow it down via a process of elimination.
Yes, some clues aren't quite one word.
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Last updated: June 2, 2026
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Clue
County
Avebury
Wiltshire
Bard
Warwickshire
Black Country
Staffordshire
Blenheim
Oxfordshire
Bosworth
Leicestershire
Canvey
Essex
Cat
Cheshire
Cheddar
Somerset
Cotton
Lancashire
Cromwell
Huntingdonshire
Dean
Gloucestershire
Enigma
Buckinghamshire
Fens
Cambridgeshire
Flitwick
Bedfordshire
Garden cities
Hertfordshire
Heathrow
Middlesex
Iceni
Norfolk
Jurassic
Dorset
Legoland
Berkshire
Lindisfarne
Northumberland
Clue
County
Lundy
Devon
Medway
Kent
Mint cake
Westmorland
Oakham
Rutland
Palatine
Durham
Peaks
Derbyshire
Pear
Worcestershire
Rapes
Sussex
Ridings
Yorkshire
Scafell
Cumberland
Scilly
Cornwall
Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
Silverstone
Northamptonshire
Solent
Hampshire
Sutton Hoo
Suffolk
Weald
Surrey
Wrekin
Shropshire
Wye
Herefordshire
Yellowbelly
Lincolnshire
Guessed
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Middlesex
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Westmorland
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire
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