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Counties of England

England has 48 ceremonial counties. How many can you name?
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First submittedOctober 25, 2010
Times taken737,984
Average score56.3%
Rating4.97
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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
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100 Recent Comments
fitheach
+3
Level 58
Apr 12, 2017
Nice picture of Bodiam Castle at the top (in the proper county of Sussex).
HBKing
+5
Level 20
Apr 15, 2017
How about an Irish Badge eh?

This is too hard

riverscuomo
+1
Level 55
Mar 23, 2024
agree we need an ireland badge QM
Marvelquizmaster
+1
Level 11
Jun 28, 2017
Countries??
therealfrodo
+2
Level 71
Jun 29, 2017
i finally got all of them on my third attempt... but one question... what in the world is england??
MD396
+2
Level 58
Apr 30, 2022
Idk
tbd123
+1
Level 46
Dec 11, 2017
If you liked this, try this https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/266516/coastal-counties-of-britain
yorksguy1865
+2
Level 34
Dec 15, 2017
East East East Yorkshire!!!
coxbury
+5
Level 57
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
+3
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.
Chatsworh
+1
Level 20
Mar 2, 2025
Agreed! I left the UK 40 years ago, and to me Yorkshire is Yorkshire, etc. None of this East West etc nonsense.
Chatsworh
+1
Level 20
Mar 2, 2025
Agreed! I left the UK 40 years ago, and to me Yorkshire is Yorkshire, etc. None of this East West etc nonsense.
sihollett
+1
Level 90
Nov 1, 2025
The Avon is the historic border, and the City (that kept hold of Avon's Lord Lieutenant rather than be part of Gloucestershire as the 1888-1974 County Borough that had the same borders was) straddles that border. While the city centre is north of the river, Ashton, Bedminster, Brislington, Hengrove et all are in historic Somerset.
qcumber
+2
Level 45
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 45
May 29, 2018
ooh, 13 on my second try
qcumber
+1
Level 45
May 30, 2018
36 on my tenth try. almost there.
qcumber
+1
Level 45
May 30, 2018
ah, man! warwick was the last one on my eleventh try.
qcumber
+2
Level 45
May 30, 2018
geez, 14th try! kept forgetting a different one each time. easier than my own state, though. theres 99 counties here.
CambodianQuizzer
+5
Level 74
Jul 24, 2021
You're from Iowa.
MajorPlank
+1
Level 23
Jun 13, 2018
20/48. Well... at least I got some large ones! (Norfolk,York,Northumberland)
mhoegg
+4
Level 70
Jun 22, 2018
Finally got all of them.... From Guatemala
Paulk70
+1
Level 67
Aug 4, 2018
Very tough!
ManxMarvel
+1
Level 43
Aug 9, 2018
I just type in gsydhshire or walfshire or hafninshire then auto-correct.
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 70
Jan 6, 2022
a very unconventional yet effective way to get answers lol
Kaz60
+1
Level 48
Feb 20, 2019
Got them but get so confused North of Birmingham!! From a southern softie x
AFCW1889
+2
Level 31
Feb 26, 2019
Does anyone actually live in Rutland?
CurtisNewton
+2
Level 59
Mar 30, 2025
I did, for 8 years, and our child would have been born there if not for all the hospital closures.
McLerristarr
+1
Level 62
Apr 27, 2019
It would be nice if you accepted some misspellings of Isle of Wight.
fitheach
+4
Level 58
May 1, 2019
Ile of Wight? Isle ov Wight?
clivey
+1
Level 69
Nov 12, 2021
IsLe Of WiGhT?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 76
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
+4
Level 67
Apr 29, 2019
Anyone else who tried New Glouckenshire thanks to Phoebe Buffay? :D
Walacama
+1
Level 83
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.
RedLightning
+1
Level 47
Jul 31, 2019
There's Sussex, Wessex, Essex, and historically Middlesex, but no Nussex :(
CurtisNewton
+1
Level 59
Mar 30, 2025
Shouldn't that be Nossex?
sjj93gg
+1
Level 56
Apr 2, 2025
Speak for yourself! ;-)
sorra
+1
Level 27
Aug 3, 2019
I missed out West Midlands :P
ALA02
+1
Level 65
Aug 5, 2019
All those irrelevant ones in the West Midlands 😡
Fuse
+1
Level 79
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.
morcaca
+1
Level 59
Oct 9, 2020
Two West Midland counties have already been mentioned, let's keep the chain! Warwickshire!
Drizzle
+1
Level 35
Nov 22, 2019
This is nearly Impossible!!!😡😡😡
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Dec 14, 2020
hmm
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Jan 14, 2021
Nearly. I got 47/48 some time ago. I yields 4/5 points !
Drizzle
+1
Level 35
Nov 22, 2019
I can do this!!!😎😎😎
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Dec 14, 2020
hmm
ooftownroad
+2
Level 66
Jan 23, 2020
have you noticed that nearly every county ends in "Shire"?
sacheth9
+1
Level 64
Apr 26, 2020
Ya
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 70
Jan 6, 2022
yesshire
ooftownroad
+1
Level 66
Aug 29, 2024
who hasn't dummy
sjj93gg
+1
Level 56
Apr 2, 2025
Erm, yes. And?
Iliza
+1
Level 49
May 21, 2020
Ok but why “shire?” Can someone explain?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 81
Jul 24, 2020
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the origin of the word 'shire' is from Old English scīr, meaning ‘care, official charge, county’, of Germanic origin.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 81
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 34
Aug 18, 2020
Noooooooo! there was just two more and I accidentally refrshed the page!
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Dec 14, 2020
oof
SouthKorea
+2
Level 48
Aug 23, 2020
after 6 tries I got 48..
morcaca
+1
Level 59
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).
parkave
+1
Level 56
Dec 22, 2020
Got 23, more than I expected but still disappointing. Tons of directional pieces that I missed, also spelling with stuff like Leicestershire
stylus
+1
Level 79
Dec 29, 2020
alphabetically, shouldn’t north yorkshire come after northamptonshire and northumberland?
sikh
+2
Level 27
Jan 21, 2021
no
Danibread
+1
Level 57
Feb 18, 2021
can you add a type in so when you write warkwick it will count as warwick? The wikipedia source is wrong, i know, but people reading it and taking the quiz can get muddled up in confusion.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 59
Mar 22, 2021
Why are there so many Shires?
TheAnimationGuy
+1
Level 44
May 5, 2021
I did this from my Robot Wars memory. First thought: From Derby, Carbide!
AiJiyao
+2
Level 67
Jul 13, 2021
The feeling when some answers are words you've never used before, words that you've probably read only once or twice in your life many years ago without really paying attention to what it refers to, but your brain unconsiously stored them in an obscure part of your memory, and suddenly, years later, as you read the statement of the quiz you're about to take, you don't know why but you want to type those words. You start the quiz, you're full of doubts but your fingers start typing anyway, and, surprisingly, the score goes +1.
Ender
+1
Level 29
Jul 18, 2021
Shire: *exists*

The english: Yes

BigGeographyGuy
+1
Level 62
Jul 25, 2021
I'm surprised North Yorkshire is the most guessed county. I was thinking it would be London.
PlaceQuizzes
+1
Level 43
Aug 11, 2021
York is a type-in.
Jxnny9
+1
Level 52
Aug 10, 2021
How did you program it so when you typed in say 'Devon' it would light up on your screen in green? (I'm trying to do this for another country but i'm unsure how?)
Hammond7249
+3
Level 49
Sep 2, 2021
The only counties that matter are the 39 historic counties. Ceremonial counties are nonsense.
mal
+1
Level 64
Sep 5, 2021
haven't done his one for a while so missed a few. Any chance of this becoming a minigame like the United States one?? :-)
TheQuizzler
+1
Level 64
Sep 20, 2021
American who managed 15

Cambridge/Oxfordshire - universities

Cheshire - Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland

Cornwall - based on location and reading a bit about Celtic culture/language/history of the place

Devon - I actually thought it was called "Devonshire"...

Essex - I have heard the accent on YouTube. Plus there is a county with the same name in Massachusetts

Gloucester/Leicester/Worcestershire - Remembered based on long names

Greater Manchester - Just typed in "Manchester"

Hampshire - Assumed this would exist based on New Hampshire

Isle of Wight - Remembered because I think I have heard that Brits like to holiday here

Kent - This one comes up a lot when reading about England. I assumed it must've been wealthy suburban London for that reason

North Yorkshire - typed in Yorkshire b/c Wuthering Heights

Nottinghamshire - Sherriff of Nottingham of Robin Hood

danmoody
+1
Level 34
May 13, 2022
it is called devonshire! devon is its most common name though
kaprizzy
+3
Level 59
Oct 18, 2021
I finally got 100% as an American!
goofycritter
+1
Level 29
Oct 28, 2021
ugh british people can't name countys or citys i just did british citys for the british badge
semisnotcolon
+1
Level 46
Dec 21, 2021
Personally i think York shouldn’t be a type-in for Yorkshire, Yorkshire is a series of counties while York is simply a city.
LuigiDood227
+3
Level 70
Jan 6, 2022
Tip: Just go JSwuhuefrhuewnishire on your keyboard a bunch
driehoek25
+2
Level 69
Mar 5, 2022
why is "leics" allowed for Leicestershire?
DoughnutLad1
+1
Level 23
Mar 25, 2022
I was born in Taunton, Somerset and then moved to Craghead, Durham then Harelaw, Durham then finally Chester-le-Street,Durham. Whew!
203C
+1
Level 41
Apr 16, 2022
Great Quiz!

I think you could do one about the historic counties of the UK or England

Or the Ceremonial Counties of all of the UK

Remster
+1
Level 80
Sep 12, 2023
I've already done it!

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/35470/traditional-counties-of-england

203C
+1
Level 41
Apr 16, 2022
Although Historic Counties have detached bits, for example Derbyshire has 1 detached bit.
tykgoodey007
+1
Level 60
Jun 15, 2022
West Midlands isn't a county... only an administrative area within Staffs and Shropshire
sihollett
+1
Level 90
Nov 2, 2025
No part of the West Midlands Lieutenancy Area is part of historic Shropshire - it's all Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
geographynerd8
+3
Level 44
Jul 8, 2022
Since both Greater London and City of London come up when you type "London", shouldn't both North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire come up when you type "Yorkshire"?

I'm American though so let me know if this is intentional.

Eli73
+5
Level 27
Aug 6, 2022
I did it! *closes wikipedia page*
Azerk
+1
Level 64
Jan 18, 2023
Lmao
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 65
Aug 29, 2022
Finally managed 100%!
Uzbekiman
+1
Level 40
Feb 22, 2023
wessex???
nicedream
+1
Level 20
Sep 7, 2023
I would say that these are a mixture of ceremonial counties and administrative ones
EvaR
+1
Level 67
Sep 12, 2023
City of London doesn't show on the map!!! That's why i missed it
Remster
+2
Level 80
Sep 12, 2023
A little plug here:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/35470/traditional-counties-of-england

RJG
+1
Level 64
Feb 25, 2024
I got 37 and from Wales.
kaper67
+1
Level 32
Mar 11, 2024
got it last second so i finished with a time in total of 5 minutes so I think i broke the game
polygong
+1
Level 46
Apr 2, 2025
33 / 48. Not bad for a Canadian
burgerking1984
+1
Level 39
Apr 2, 2025
have been training for this for a while, finally came up on the featured quizzes and i got my fastest time.
maryfait
+1
Level 21
Jun 25, 2025
North Somerset should be on here :)
Amilcar
+1
Level 72
Jul 17, 2025
Glad this accepts old postal abbreviations like SALOP for Shropshire, NORTHANTS for Northamptonshire and OXON for Oxfordshire.
Pulmonologist
+1
Level 34
Jul 31, 2025
Please accept "Northumbria" for "Northumberland"!
stylus
+2
Level 79
Aug 10, 2025
can there be some orange dot to represent the City of London on the map, like on other quizzes? otherwise you're left at 47/48 and wondering what you've missed. alternatively add the "show dots for missing answers" option like on Countries of the World
REECEH
+2
Level 66
Aug 12, 2025
I would prefer to have to type out the full county names, I feel like accepting answers missing the -shire is only a bad habit especially when a lot of the accepted answers are towns and cities like bedford and leicester which are different things to the county itself not just an abbreviation.
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