Here is a list of the historic Counties of Great Britain in an inconsistent order with some overlaps as some existed at different times:
- 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
- Caithness
- Sutherland
- Ross and Cromarty
- Inverness-shire
- Nairnshire
- Morayshire (Elginshire)
- Banffshire
- Aberdeenshire
- Kincardineshire
- Angus (Forfarshire)
- Perthshire
- Argyll
- Bute
- Ayrshire
- Renfrewshire
- Dumbartonshire
- Stirlingshire
- Clackmannanshire
- Kinross
- Fife
- West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- Berwickshire
- Roxburgh
- Dumfries
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Wigtown
- Lanarkshire
- Selkirkshire
- Peebles-shire
- Zetland (Shetland)
- Orkney
- Monmouthshire
- Glamorgan
- Carmarthenshire
- Pembrokeshire
- Cardiganshire
- Brecknockshire
- Radnorshire
- Montgomeryshire
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Merioneth
- Caernarfonshire
- Anglesey
and here is the list again separated with a |
|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|Caithness|Sutherland|Ross and Cromarty|Inverness-shire|Nairnshire|Morayshire|Elginshire|Banffshire|Aberdeenshire|Kincardineshire|Angus|Forfarshire |Perth|Argyllshire|Buteshire|Ayrshire|Renfrewshire|Dumbartonshire|Stirlingshire|Clackmannanshire|Kinross-shire|Fife|Linlithgowshire|West Lothian|Edinburghshire|MidLothian|Haddingtonshire|EastLothian|Berwickshire|Roxburghshire|Dumfries-shire|Kirkcudbrightshire|Wigtownshire|Lanarkshire|Selkirkshire|Peebles-shire|Monmouthshire|Glamorgan|Carmarthenshire|Pembrokeshire|Cardiganshire|Brecknockshire|Radnorshire|Montgomeryshire|Denbighshire|Flintshire|Merioneth|Caernarfonshire|Anglesey|