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The [[United Kingdom]] has 92 '''counties''' or '''shires'''. The British counties are the oldest extant national divisions in the world.
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The [[United Kingdom]] has 92 '''counties''' or '''shires'''. The British counties are the oldest extant national divisions in the world.
  
Where a distinction has to be made with statutory "counties" so called for [[Local government in the United Kingdom|administrative purposes]], the counties are variously known as ''historic counties'', ''traditional counties'' or ''ancient or geographical counties''<ref>Census Report, 1891 (General Register Office)</ref>.
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Where a distinction has to be made with statutory "counties" so called for administrative purposes, the counties are variously known as ''historic counties'', ''traditional counties'' or ''ancient or geographical counties''<ref>Census Report, 1891 (General Register Office)</ref>.
  
The counties have no administrative function, existing as geographical and cultural areas. Most of the counties have an existence stretching back to the [[Middle Ages]] and almost all of the English counties have been established for over a thousand years. Even the relatively young Highland shires, only 450 years old as such, have a much older existence as geographical and cultural areas.
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The counties have no administrative function, existing as geographical and cultural areas. Most of the counties have an existence stretching back to the Middle Ages and almost all of the English counties have been established for over a thousand years.<ref>''"From the [[Domesday Book]] of the Conqueror (completed AD 1086) it is known that County limits have since that time undergone no alteration; in fact they have been jealously maintained"''. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zQFDAAAAcAAJ Abstract of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George IV Intituled "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain and of the Increase or Diminution thereof" Enumeration Abstract Vol. I], 2 April 1833.</ref> Even the relatively young Highland shires, only 450 years old as such, have a much older existence as geographical and cultural areas.
  
 
In this time many activities many activities and much social understanding and local identity has grown up intertwined with the counties, and so they have become a vital part of British and Irish culture.
 
In this time many activities many activities and much social understanding and local identity has grown up intertwined with the counties, and so they have become a vital part of British and Irish culture.
  
Until the late twentieth century, administrative functions have been carried on using the counties' boundaries or approximations to them, and so centuries of public records have been organised county by county, for which reason an understanding of the counties is vital for genealogical and historic research.
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Until the late twentieth century, administrative functions were carried out by bodies using the counties' boundaries or approximations to them, and so centuries of public records have been organised county by county, for which reason an understanding of the counties is vital for genealogical and historic research.
  
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==History==
 
==History==
 
 
===Wessex===
 
===Wessex===
 
The shire has its origin in the Kingdom of [[Wessex]].
 
The shire has its origin in the Kingdom of [[Wessex]].
 
 
===The shiring of England===
 
===The shiring of England===
 
 
===Scotland===
 
===Scotland===
 
 
===Ireland and Wales===
 
===Ireland and Wales===
 
 
==County names==
 
==County names==
 
 
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==List of the counties==
 
==List of the counties==
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The following table lists each county, along with its proper name, area (in square miles), population, population density (in persons/square mile) and a selection of its principal towns. [[County town]]s are listed first and [[List of cities in the United Kingdom|cities]] are shown in bold. Population figures are taken from the Historic Counties Trust's ''The Demography of the Historic Counties''.<ref>Historic Counties Trust [http://historiccountiestrust.co.uk/The_Demography_of_the_Historic_Counties.pdf The Demography of the Historic Counties] 21 March 2020</ref>
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable toccolours" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid grey;"
 
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!County!!Area!!Principal towns in the county
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!Name!!County of!!Area!!Population!!Density!!class="unsortable"|Principal towns in the county
 
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|<big>[[Aberdeenshire]]</big>||1,950 square miles||[[Aberdeen]], [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]], [[Fraserburgh]], [[Huntly, Aberdeenshire|Huntly]], [[Inverurie]], [[Peterhead]], [[Turriff]]
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|<big>[[Aberdeenshire]]</big>||Aberdeen||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Aberdeenshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Aberdeenshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Aberdeenshire|population}} / {{database|Aberdeenshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Aberdeen]]''' (part), [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]], [[Fraserburgh]], [[Huntly, Aberdeenshire|Huntly]], [[Inverurie]], [[Peterhead]], [[Turriff]]
 
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|<big>[[Anglesey]]</big>||276 square miles||[[Beaumaris]], [[Amlwch]], [[Holyhead]], [[Llangefni]], [[Menai Bridge]]
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|<big>[[Anglesey]]</big>||Anglesey||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Anglesey|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Anglesey|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Anglesey|population}} / {{database|Anglesey|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Beaumaris]], [[Amlwch]], [[Holyhead]], [[Llangefni]], [[Menai Bridge]]
 
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|<big>[[Angus]]</big> (Forfarshire)||889 square miles||[[Forfar]], [[Dundee]], [[Arbroath]], [[Brechin]], [[Carnoustie]], [[Kirriemuir]], [[Montrose, Angus|Montrose]]
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|<big>[[Angus]]</big>||Forfar||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Angus|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Angus|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Angus|population}} / {{database|Angus|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Forfar]], '''[[Dundee]]''', [[Arbroath]], [[Brechin]], [[Carnoustie]], [[Kirriemuir]], [[Montrose]]
 
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|<big>[[County Antrim|Antrim]]</big>||1,175 square miles||[[Belfast]], [[Antrim]], [[Ballymena]], [[Ballymoney]], [[Carnlough]], [[Larne]], [[Portrush]]
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|<big>[[County Antrim|Antrim]]</big>||Antrim||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Antrim|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Antrim|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Antrim|population}} / {{database|County Antrim|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Belfast]]''' (part), [[Antrim]], [[Ballymena]], [[Ballymoney]], [[Carnlough]], [[Larne]], [[Portrush]] (part)
 
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|<big>[[Argyll]]</big> (Argyllshire)||3,110 square miles||[[Lochgilphead]], [[Campbeltown]], [[Dunoon]], [[Inveraray]], [[Oban]], [[Tobermory]]
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|<big>[[Argyll]]shire</big>||Argyll||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Argyllshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Argyllshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Argyllshire|population}} / {{database|Argyllshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Lochgilphead]], [[Campbeltown]], [[Dunoon]], [[Inverary]], [[Oban]], [[Tobermory]]
 
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|<big>[[County Armagh|Armagh]]</big>||512 square miles||[[Armagh]], [[Newry]]
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|<big>[[County Armagh|Armagh]]</big>||Armagh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Armagh|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Armagh|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Armagh|population}} / {{database|County Armagh|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Armagh]]''', '''[[Newry]]''' (part)
 
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|<big>[[Ayrshire]]</big>||1,129 square miles||[[Ayr]], [[Cumnock]], [[Irvine, Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[Kilmarnock]], [[Kilwinning]], [[Largs]], [[Saltcoats]], [[Troon]]
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|<big>[[Ayrshire]]</big>||Ayr||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ayrshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ayrshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Ayrshire|population}} / {{database|Ayrshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Ayr]], [[Cumnock]], [[Irvine, Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[Kilmarnock]], [[Kilwinning]], [[Largs]], [[Saltcoats]], [[Troon]]
 
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|<big>[[Banffshire]]</big>||641 square miles||[[Banff]], [[Buckie]], [[Dufftown]], [[Keith, Banffshire|Keith]], [[Macduff, Banffshire|Macduff]], [[Portsoy]]
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|<big>[[Banffshire]]</big>||Banff||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Banffshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Banffshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Banffshire|population}} / {{database|Banffshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Banff]], [[Buckie]], [[Dufftown]], [[Keith, Banffshire|Keith]], [[Macduff, Banffshire|Macduff]], [[Portsoy]]
 
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|<big>[[Bedfordshire]]</big>||465 square miles||[[Bedford]], [[Biggleswade]], [[Dunstable]], [[Leighton Buzzard]], [[Luton]], [[Sandy, Bedfordshire|Sandy]]
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|<big>[[Bedfordshire]]</big>||Bedford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Bedfordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Bedfordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Bedfordshire|population}} / {{database|Bedfordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Bedford]], [[Biggleswade]], [[Dunstable]], [[Leighton Buzzard]], [[Luton]], [[Sandy, Bedfordshire|Sandy]]
 
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|<big>[[Berkshire]]</big>||722 square miles||[[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Abingdon]], [[Bracknell]], [[Maidenhead]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[Windsor]], [[Wokingham]]
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|<big>[[Berkshire]]</big>||Berks||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Berkshire|population}} / {{database|Berkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Reading]] (part), [[Abingdon]], [[Bracknell]], [[Maidenhead]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[Windsor]], [[Wokingham]]
 
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|<big>[[Berwickshire]]</big>||457 square miles||[[Greenlaw]], [[Coldstream]], [[Duns]], [[Eyemouth]], [[Lauder]]
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|<big>[[Berwickshire]]</big>||Berwick||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berwickshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berwickshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Berwickshire|population}} / {{database|Berwickshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Greenlaw]], [[Coldstream]], [[Duns]], [[Eyemouth]], [[Lauder]]
 
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|<big>[[Brecknockshire]]</big> (Breconshire)||743 square miles||[[Brecon]], [[Builth Wells]], [[Hay-on-Wye]], [[Llanwrtyd Wells]], [[Talgarth]]
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|<big>[[Brecknockshire]]</big>||Brecon||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Brecknockshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Brecknockshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Brecknockshire|population}} / {{database|Brecknockshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Brecon]], [[Builth Wells]], [[Hay-on-Wye]], [[Llanwrtyd Wells]], [[Talgarth]]
 
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|<big>[[Buckinghamshire]]</big>||745 square miles||[[Aylesbury]], [[Buckingham]], [[High Wycombe]], [[Milton Keynes]], [[Slough]]
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|<big>[[Buckinghamshire]]</big>||Buckingham||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Buckinghamshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Buckinghamshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Buckinghamshire|population}} / {{database|Buckinghamshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Aylesbury]], [[Buckingham]], [[High Wycombe]], '''[[Milton Keynes]]''', [[Slough]]
 
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|<big>[[Buteshire]]</big>||225 square miles||[[Rothesay, Isle of Bute|Rothesay]], [[Brodick]], [[Lochranza]], [[Millport, Isle of Cumbrae|Millport]]
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|<big>[[Buteshire]]</big>||Bute||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Buteshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Buteshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Buteshire|population}} / {{database|Buteshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Rothesay]], [[Brodick]], [[Lochranza]], [[Millport, Isle of Cumbrae|Millport]]
 
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|<big>[[Caernarfonshire]]</big>||480 square miles||[[Caernarfon]], [[Bangor, Caernarfonshire|Bangor]], [[Conwy]], [[Llandudno]], [[Porthmadog]], [[Pwllheli]]
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|<big>[[Caernarfonshire]]</big>||Caernarfon||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Caernarfonshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Caernarfonshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Caernarfonshire|population}} / {{database|Caernarfonshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Caernarfon]], '''[[Bangor, Caernarfonshire|Bangor]]''', [[Conwy]], [[Llandudno]], [[Porthmadog]], [[Pwllheli]]
 
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|<big>[[Caithness]]</big>||618 square miles||[[Wick, Caithness|Wick]], [[Castletown, Caithness|Castletown]], [[Halkirk]], [[Thurso]]
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|<big>[[Caithness]]</big>||Caithness||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Caithness|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Caithness|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Caithness|population}} / {{database|Caithness|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Wick, Caithness|Wick]], [[Castletown, Caithness|Castletown]], [[Halkirk]], [[Thurso]]
 
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|<big>[[Cambridgeshire]]</big>||820 square miles||[[Cambridge]], [[Ely]], [[Chatteris]], [[March, Cambridgeshire]], [[Whittlesey]], [[Wisbech]]
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|<big>[[Cambridgeshire]]</big>||Cambridge||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cambridgeshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cambridgeshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Cambridgeshire|population}} / {{database|Cambridgeshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Cambridge]]''', '''[[Ely]]''', [[Chatteris]], [[March, Cambridgeshire|March]], [[Whittlesey]], [[Wisbech]]
 
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|<big>[[Cardiganshire]]</big>||815 square miles||[[Cardigan]], [[Aberystwyth]], [[Lampeter]], [[New Quay]], [[Tregaron]]
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|<big>[[Cardiganshire]]</big>||Cardigan||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cardiganshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cardiganshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Cardiganshire|population}} / {{database|Cardiganshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Cardigan]], [[Aberystwyth]], [[Lampeter]], [[New Quay]], [[Tregaron]]
 
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|<big>[[Carmarthenshire]]</big>||1,095 square miles||[[Carmarthen]], [[Ammanford]], [[Kidwelly]], [[Llandovery]], [[Llanelli]], [[St Clears]]
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|<big>[[Carmarthenshire]]</big>||Carmarthen||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Carmarthenshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Carmarthenshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Carmarthenshire|population}} / {{database|Carmarthenshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Carmarthen]], [[Ammanford]], [[Kidwelly]], [[Llandovery]], [[Llanelli]], [[St Clears]]
 
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|<big>[[Cheshire]]</big>||1,027 square miles||[[Chester]], [[Birkenhead]], [[Crewe]], [[Macclesfield]], [[Runcorn]], [[Stockport]], [[Wallasey]]
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|<big>[[Cheshire]]</big>||Chester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cheshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cheshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Cheshire|population}} / {{database|Cheshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Chester]]''', [[Birkenhead]], [[Crewe]], [[Macclesfield]], [[Runcorn]], [[Stockport]], [[Wallasey]]
 
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|<big>[[Clackmannanshire]]</big>||48 square miles||[[Clackmannan]], [[Alloa]], [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire|Dollar]], [[Tillicoultry]], [[Tullibody]]
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|<big>[[Clackmannanshire]]</big>||Clackmannan||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Clackmannanshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Clackmannanshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Clackmannanshire|population}} / {{database|Clackmannanshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Clackmannan]], [[Alloa]], [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire|Dollar]], [[Tillicoultry]], [[Tullibody]]
 
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|<big>[[Cornwall]]</big>||1,349 square miles||[[Bodmin]], [[Truro]], [[Camborne]], [[Falmouth]], [[Newquay]], [[Penzance]], [[Redruth]], [[St Austell]]
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|<big>[[Cornwall]]</big>||Cornwall||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cornwall|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cornwall|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Cornwall|population}} / {{database|Cornwall|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Bodmin]], '''[[Truro]]''', [[Camborne]], [[Falmouth]], [[Newquay]], [[Penzance]], [[Redruth]], [[St Austell]]
 
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|<big>[[Cromartyshire]]</big>||370 square miles||[[Cromarty]], [[Ullapool]]
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|<big>[[Cromartyshire]]</big>||Cromarty||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cromartyshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cromartyshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Cromartyshire|population}} / {{database|Cromartyshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Cromarty]], [[Ullapool]]
 
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|<big>[[Cumberland]]</big>||1,516 square miles||[[Carlisle]], [[Brampton, Cumberland|Brampton]], [[Keswick]], [[Penrith]], [[Whitehaven]], [[Workington]]
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|<big>[[Cumberland]]</big>||Cumberland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cumberland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Cumberland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Cumberland|population}} / {{database|Cumberland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Carlisle]]''', [[Brampton, Cumberland|Brampton]], [[Keswick]], [[Penrith]], [[Whitehaven]], [[Workington]]
 
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|<big>[[Denbighshire]]</big>||640 square miles||[[Ruthin]], [[Abergele]], [[Denbigh]], [[Llangollen]], [[Wrexham]]
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|<big>[[Denbighshire]]</big>||Denbigh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Denbighshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Denbighshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Denbighshire|population}} / {{database|Denbighshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Ruthin]], [[Abergele]], [[Denbigh]], [[Llangollen]], '''[[Wrexham]]'''
 
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|<big>[[Derbyshire]]</big>||1,029 square miles||[[Derby]], [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire|Ashbourne]], [[Buxton]], [[Chesterfield]], [[Ilkeston]], [[Matlock]], [[Swadlincote]]
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|<big>[[Derbyshire]]</big>||Derby||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Derbyshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Derbyshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Derbyshire|population}} / {{database|Derbyshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Derby]]''', [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire|Ashbourne]], [[Buxton]], [[Chesterfield]], [[Ilkeston]], [[Matlock]], [[Swadlincote]]
 
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|<big>[[Devon]]</big>||2,405 square miles||[[Exeter]], [[Plymouth]], [[Barnstaple]], [[Newton Abbot]], [[Paignton]], [[Tavistock]], [[Tiverton]], [[Torquay]]
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|<big>[[Devon]]</big>||Devon||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Devon|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Devon|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Devon|population}} / {{database|Devon|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Exeter]]''', '''[[Plymouth]]''', [[Barnstaple]], [[Newton Abbot]], [[Paignton]], [[Tavistock]], [[Tiverton]], [[Torquay]]
 
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|<big>[[Dorset]]</big>||980 square miles||[[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]], [[Poole]], [[Shaftesbury]], [[Sherborne]], [[Weymouth]], [[Wimborne Minster]]
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|<big>[[Dorset]]</big>||Dorset||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Dorset|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Dorset|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Dorset|population}} / {{database|Dorset|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Dorchester]], [[Poole]], [[Shaftesbury]], [[Sherborne]], [[Weymouth]], [[Wimborne Minster]]
 
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|<big>[[County Down|Down]]</big>||950 square miles||[[Downpatrick]], [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]], [[Holywood]], [[Newcastle, County Down|Newcastle]], [[Strangford]]
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|<big>[[County Down|Down]]</big>||Down||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Down|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Down|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Down|population}} / {{database|County Down|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Downpatrick]], '''[[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]]''', [[Holywood]], [[Newcastle, County Down|Newcastle]], [[Strangford]]
 
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|<big>[[Dumfriesshire]]</big>||1,063 square miles||[[Dumfries]], [[Annan]], [[Gretna]], [[Langholm]], [[Lockerbie]], [[Moffat]], [[Sanquhar]]
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|<big>[[Dumfriesshire]]</big>||Dumfries||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Dumfriesshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Dumfriesshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Dumfriesshire|population}} / {{database|Dumfriesshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Dumfries]], [[Annan]], [[Gretna]], [[Langholm]], [[Lockerbie]], [[Moffat]], [[Sanquhar]]
 
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|<big>[[Dumbartonshire]]</big>||241 square miles||[[Dumbarton]], [[Alexandria, Dumbartonshire|Alexandria]], [[Clydebank]], [[Cumbernauld]], [[Helensburgh]], [[Kirkintilloch]]
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|<big>[[Dunbartonshire]]</big>||Dunbarton||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Dunbartonshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Dunbartonshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Dunbartonshire|population}} / {{database|Dunbartonshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Dumbarton]], [[Alexandria]], [[Clydebank]], [[Cumbernauld]], [[Helensburgh]], [[Kirkintilloch]]
 
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|<big>[[County Durham|Durham]]</big>||1,015 square miles||[[Durham]], [[Gateshead]], [[Darlington]], [[Hartlepool]], [[Stockton-on-Tees]], [[Sunderland]], [[Washington, County Durham|Washington]]
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|<big>[[County Durham|Durham]]</big>||Durham||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Durham|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Durham|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Durham|population}} / {{database|County Durham|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Durham]]''', [[Gateshead]], [[Darlington]], [[Hartlepool]], [[Stockton-on-Tees]], '''[[Sunderland]]''', [[Washington]]
 
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|<big>[[East Lothian]]</big> (Haddingtonshire)||267 square miles||[[Haddington]], [[Dunbar]], [[East Linton]], [[North Berwick]], [[Tranent]]
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|<big>[[East Lothian]]</big>||Haddington||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|East Lothian|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|East Lothian|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|East Lothian|population}} / {{database|East Lothian|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Haddington]], [[Dunbar]], [[East Linton]], [[North Berwick]], [[Tranent]]
 
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|<big>[[Essex]]</big>||1,542 square miles||[[Chelmsford]], [[Basildon]], [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]], [[Colchester]], [[Harlow]], [[Romford]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Stratford, Essex|Stratford]]
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|<big>[[Essex]]</big>||Essex||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Essex|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Essex|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Essex|population}} / {{database|Essex|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Chelmsford]]''', [[Basildon]], [[Brentwood]], '''[[Colchester]]''', [[Harlow]], [[Romford]], '''[[Southend-on-Sea]]''', [[Stratford, Essex|Stratford]]
 
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|<big>[[Fermanagh]]</big>||715 square miles||[[Enniskillen]], [[Belleek, Fermanagh|Belleek]], [[Irvinestown]]
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|<big>[[Fermanagh]]</big>||Fermanagh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Fermanagh|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Fermanagh|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Fermanagh|population}} / {{database|Fermanagh|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Enniskillen]], [[Belleek, Fermanagh|Belleek]], [[Irvinestown]]
 
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|<big>[[Fife]]</big>||504 square miles||[[Cupar]], [[Dunfermline]], [[Burntisland]], [[Cowdenbeath]], [[Glenrothes]], [[Kirkcaldy]], [[St Andrews]]
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|<big>[[Fife]]</big>||Fife||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Fife|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Fife|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Fife|population}} / {{database|Fife|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Cupar]], '''[[Dunfermline]]''', [[Burntisland]], [[Cowdenbeath]], [[Glenrothes]], [[Kirkcaldy]], [[St Andrews]]
 
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|<big>[[Flintshire]]</big>||640 square miles||[[Mold, Flintshire|Mold]], [[Connah's Quay]], [[Buckley]], [[Flint, Flintshire|Flint]], [[Holywell]], [[Prestatyn]], [[Rhyl]], [[St Asaph]]
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|<big>[[Flintshire]]</big>||Flint||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Flintshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Flintshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Flintshire|population}} / {{database|Flintshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Mold]], [[Connah's Quay]], [[Buckley, Flintshire|Buckley]], [[Flint]], [[Holywell, Flintshire|Holywell]], [[Prestatyn]], [[Rhyl]], '''[[St Asaph]]'''
 
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|<big>[[Glamorgan]]</big>||845 square miles||[[Cardiff]], [[Swansea]], [[Barry, Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Bridgend]], [[Caerphilly]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Neath]], [[Pontypridd]]
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|<big>[[Glamorgan]]</big>||Glamorgan||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Glamorgan|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Glamorgan|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Glamorgan|population}} / {{database|Glamorgan|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Cardiff]]''' (part), '''[[Swansea]]''', [[Barry, Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Bridgend]], [[Caerphilly]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Neath]], [[Pontypridd]]
 
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|<big>[[Gloucestershire]]</big>||1,225 square miles||[[Gloucester]], [[Bristol]], [[Cheltenham]], [[Cirencester]], [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]], [[Tewkesbury]]
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|<big>[[Gloucestershire]]</big>||Gloucester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Gloucestershire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Gloucestershire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Gloucestershire|population}} / {{database|Gloucestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Gloucester]]''', '''[[Bristol]]''' (part), [[Cheltenham]], [[Cirencester]], [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]], [[Tewkesbury]]
 
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|<big>[[Hampshire]]</big>||1,622 square miles||[[Winchester]], [[Portsmouth]], [[Southampton]], [[Basingstoke]], [[Bournemouth]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]]
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|<big>[[Hampshire]]</big>||Southampton||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hampshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hampshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Hampshire|population}} / {{database|Hampshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Winchester]]''', '''[[Portsmouth]]''', '''[[Southampton]]''', [[Basingstoke]], [[Bournemouth]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]]
 
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|<big>[[Herefordshire]]</big>||833 square miles||[[Hereford]], [[Bromyard]], [[Kington, Herefordshire|Kington]], [[Ledbury]], [[Leominster]], [[Ross-on-Wye]]
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|<big>[[Herefordshire]]</big>||Hereford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Herefordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Herefordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Herefordshire|population}} / {{database|Herefordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Hereford]]''', [[Bromyard]], [[Kington, Herefordshire|Kington]], [[Ledbury]], [[Leominster]], [[Ross-on-Wye]]
 
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|<big>[[Hertfordshire]]</big>||727 square miles||[[Hertford]], [[St Albans]], [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]], [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[Stevenage]], [[Watford]]
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|<big>[[Hertfordshire]]</big>||Hertford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hertfordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hertfordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Hertfordshire|population}} / {{database|Hertfordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Hertford]], '''[[St Albans]]''', [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]], [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[Stevenage]], [[Watford]]
 
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|<big>[[Huntingdonshire]]</big>||359 square miles||[[Huntingdon]], [[Ramsey, Huntingdonshire|Ramsey]], [[St Ives, Huntingdonshire|St Ives]], [[St Neots]], [[Yaxley]]
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|<big>[[Huntingdonshire]]</big>||Huntingdon||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Huntingdonshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Huntingdonshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Huntingdonshire|population}} / {{database|Huntingdonshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Huntingdon]], [[Ramsey, Huntingdonshire|Ramsey]], [[Godmanchester]], [[St Ives, Huntingdonshire|St Ives]], [[St Neots]], [[Yaxley]]
 
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|<big>[[Inverness-shire]]</big>||4,211 square miles||[[Inverness]], [[Fort William]], [[Kingussie]], [[Newtonmore]], [[Portree]]
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|<big>[[Inverness-shire]]</big>||Inverness||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Inverness-shire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Inverness-shire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Inverness-shire|population}} / {{database|Inverness-shire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Inverness]]''', [[Fort William]], [[Kingussie]], [[Newtonmore]], [[Portree]]
 
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|<big>[[Kent]]</big>||1,555 square miles||[[Maidstone]], [[Canterbury]], [[Bromley]], [[Dover]], [[Folkestone]], [[Greenwich]], [[Rochester]]
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|<big>[[Kent]]</big>||Kent||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kent|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kent|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Kent|population}} / {{database|Kent|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Maidstone]], '''[[Canterbury]]''', [[Bromley]], [[Dover]], [[Folkestone]], [[Greenwich]], '''[[Rochester]]'''
 
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|<big>[[Kincardineshire]]</big>||380 square miles||[[[Stonehaven]], [[Banchory]], [[Inverbervie]], [[Laurencekirk]]
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|<big>[[Kincardineshire]]</big>||Kincardine||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kincardineshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kincardineshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Kincardineshire|population}} / {{database|Kincardineshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Stonehaven]], [[Banchory]], [[Inverbervie]], [[Laurencekirk]]
 
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|<big>[[Kinross-shire]]</big>||73 square miles||[[Kinross]], [[Milnathort]]
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|<big>[[Kinross-shire]]</big>||Kinross||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kinross-shire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kinross-shire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Kinross-shire|population}} / {{database|Kinross-shire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kinross]], [[Milnathort]]
 
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|<big>[[Kirkcudbrightshire]]</big>||899 square miles||[[Kirkcudbright]], [[Castle Douglas]], [[Dalbeattie]], [[New Galloway]]
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|<big>[[Kirkcudbrightshire]]</big>||Kirkcudbright||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|population}} / {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kirkcudbright]], [[Castle Douglas]], [[Dalbeattie]], [[New Galloway]]
 
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|<big>[[Lanarkshire]]</big>||879 square miles||[[Lanark]], [[Glasgow]], [[Coatbridge]], [[Carluke]], [[East Kilbride]], [[Hamilton, Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Motherwell]]
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|<big>[[Lanarkshire]]</big>||Lanark||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lanarkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lanarkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Lanarkshire|population}} / {{database|Lanarkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Lanark]], '''[[Glasgow]]''' (part), [[Coatbridge]], [[Carluke]], [[East Kilbride]], [[Hamilton, Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Motherwell]]
 
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|<big>[[Lancashire]]</big>||1,880 square miles||[[Lancaster]], [[Liverpool]], [[Manchester]], [[Preston]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Bolton]], [[Warrington]]
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|<big>[[Lancashire]]</big>||Lancaster||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lancashire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lancashire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Lancashire|population}} / {{database|Lancashire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Lancaster]]''', '''[[Liverpool]]''', '''[[Manchester]]''' (part), '''[[Salford]]''', '''[[Preston]]''', [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Bolton]], [[Warrington]] (part)
 
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|<big>[[Leicestershire]]</big>||800 square miles||[[Leicester]], [[Coalville]], [[Hinckley]], [[Loughborough]], [[Lutterworth]], [[Melton Mowbray]]
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|<big>[[Leicestershire]]</big>||Leicester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Leicestershire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Leicestershire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Leicestershire|population}} / {{database|Leicestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Leicester]]''', [[Coalville]], [[Hinckley]], [[Loughborough]], [[Lutterworth]], [[Melton Mowbray]]
 
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|<big>[[Lincolnshire]]</big>||2,646 square miles||[[Lincoln]], [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]], [[Grantham]], [[Grimsby]], [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]], [[Scunthorpe]], [[Skegness]], [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]]
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|<big>[[Lincolnshire]]</big>||Lincoln||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lincolnshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lincolnshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Lincolnshire|population}} / {{database|Lincolnshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Lincoln]]''', [[Boston]], [[Grantham]], [[Grimsby]], [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]], [[Scunthorpe]], [[Skegness]], [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]]
 
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|<big>[[County Londonderry|Londonderry]]</big>||816 square miles||[[Londonderry]], [[Coleraine]], [[Limavady]]
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|<big>[[County Londonderry|Londonderry]]</big>||Londonderry||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Londonderry|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Londonderry|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Londonderry|population}} / {{database|County Londonderry|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Londonderry]]''', [[Coleraine]], [[Limavady]]
 
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|<big>[[Merioneth]]</big>||780 square miles|| [[Bala]], [[Barmouth]], [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]], [[Dolgellau]], [[Harlech]], [[Tywyn]]
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|<big>[[Merionethshire]]</big>||Merioneth||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Merionethshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Merionethshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Merionethshire|population}} / {{database|Merionethshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Bala]], [[Barmouth]], [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]], [[Dolgellau]], [[Harlech]], [[Tywyn]]
 
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|<big>[[Middlesex]]</big>||285 square miles||[[London]], [[Brentford]], [[Westminster]], [[Ealing]], [[Enfield]], [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[Potters Bar]], [[Staines]], [[Twickenham]]
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|<big>[[Middlesex]]</big>||Middlesex||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Middlesex|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Middlesex|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Middlesex|population}} / {{database|Middlesex|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[London]]''' (part), [[Brentford]], '''[[Westminster]]''', [[Ealing]], [[Enfield]], [[Harrow on the Hill|Harrow]], [[Potters Bar]], [[Staines]], [[Twickenham]]
 
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|<big>[[Midlothian]]</big> (Edinburghshire)||362 square miles||[[Edinburgh]], [[Bonnyrigg]], [[Dalkeith]], [[Musselburgh]], [[Penicuik]]
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|<big>[[Midlothian]]</big>||Edinburgh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Midlothian|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Midlothian|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Midlothian|population}} / {{database|Midlothian|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Edinburgh]]''', [[Bonnyrigg]], [[Dalkeith]], [[Musselburgh]], [[Penicuik]]
 
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|<big>[[Monmouthshire]]</big>||530 square miles||[[Monmouth]], [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]], [[Abergavenny]], [[Blackwood, Monmouthshire|Blackwood]], [[Chepstow]], [[Cwmbran]], [[Tredegar]]
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|<big>[[Monmouthshire]]</big>||Monmouth||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Monmouthshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Monmouthshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Monmouthshire|population}} / {{database|Monmouthshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Monmouth]], '''[[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]]''', [[Abergavenny]], [[Blackwood, Monmouthshire|Blackwood]], [[Chepstow]], [[Cwmbran]], [[Tredegar]]
 
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|<big>[[Montgomeryshire]]</big>||780 square miles||[[Montgomery, Montgomeryshire|Montgomery]], [[Llanidloes]], [[Machynlleth]], [[Newtown, Montgomeryshire|Newtown]], [[Welshpool]]
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|<big>[[Montgomeryshire]]</big>||Montgomery||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Montgomeryshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Montgomeryshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Montgomeryshire|population}} / {{database|Montgomeryshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Montgomery]], [[Llanidloes]], [[Machynlleth]], [[Newtown, Montgomeryshire|Newtown]], [[Welshpool]]
 
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|<big>[[Morayshire]]</big> (Moray, Elginshire)||476 square miles||[[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]], [[Fochabers]], [[Lossiemouth]], [[Forres]], [[Rothes]]
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|<big>[[Morayshire]]</big>||Elgin/Moray||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Morayshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Morayshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Morayshire|population}} / {{database|Morayshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Elgin]], [[Fochabers]], [[Lossiemouth]], [[Forres]], [[Rothes]]
 
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|<big>[[Nairnshire]]</big>||200 square miles||[[Nairn]], [[Auldearn]], [[Cawdor]]
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|<big>[[Nairnshire]]</big>||Nairn||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nairnshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nairnshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Nairnshire|population}} / {{database|Nairnshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Nairn]], [[Auldearn]], [[Cawdor]]
 
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|<big>[[Norfolk]]</big>||2,044 square miles||[[Norwich]], [[Cromer]], [[East Dereham]], [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Hunstanton]], [[King's Lynn]]
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|<big>[[Norfolk]]</big>||Norfolk||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Norfolk|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Norfolk|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Norfolk|population}} / {{database|Norfolk|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Norwich]]''', [[Cromer]], [[East Dereham]], [[Great Yarmouth]] (part), [[Hunstanton]], [[King's Lynn]]
 
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|<big>[[Northamptonshire]]</big>||984 square miles||[[Northampton]], [[Peterborough]], [[Corby]], [[Kettering]], [[Wellingborough]]
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|<big>[[Northamptonshire]]</big>||Northampton||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northamptonshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northamptonshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Northamptonshire|population}} / {{database|Northamptonshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Northampton]], '''[[Peterborough]]''' (part), [[Corby]], [[Kettering]], [[Wellingborough]]
 
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|<big>[[Northumberland]]</big>||2,018 square miles||[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], [[Alnwick]], ([[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]), [[Hexham]], [[Morpeth]]
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|<big>[[Northumberland]]</big>||Northumberland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northumberland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northumberland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Northumberland|population}} / {{database|Northumberland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]''', [[Alnwick]], ([[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]), [[Hexham]], [[Morpeth]]
 
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|<big>[[Nottinghamshire]]</big>||825 square miles||[[Nottingham]], [[Mansfield]], [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Retford]], [[Southwell, Nottinghamshire|Southwell]], [[Worksop]]
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|<big>[[Nottinghamshire]]</big>||Nottingham||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nottinghamshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nottinghamshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Nottinghamshire|population}} / {{database|Nottinghamshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Nottingham]]''', [[Mansfield]], [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Retford]], [[Southwell, Nottinghamshire|Southwell]], [[Worksop]]
 
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|<big>[[Orkney]]</big>||376 square miles||[[Kirkwall]], [[Balfour, Orkney|Balfour]], [[Stromness]]
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|<big>[[Orkney]]</big>||Orkney||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Orkney|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Orkney|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Orkney|population}} / {{database|Orkney|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kirkwall]], [[Balfour, Orkney|Balfour]], [[Stromness]]
 
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|<big>[[Oxfordshire]]</big>||756 square miles||[[Oxford]], [[Banbury]], [[Bicester]], [[Carterton, Oxfordshire|Carterton]], [[Henley-on-Thames]], [[Thame]], [[Witney]]
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|<big>[[Oxfordshire]]</big>||Oxford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Oxfordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Oxfordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Oxfordshire|population}} / {{database|Oxfordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Oxford]]''' (part), [[Banbury]], [[Bicester]], [[Carterton, Oxfordshire|Carterton]], [[Henley-on-Thames]], [[Thame]], [[Witney]]
 
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|<big>[[Peeblesshire]]</big>||548 square miles||[[Peebles]], [[Innerleithen]], [[West Linton]]
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|<big>[[Peeblesshire]]</big>||Peebles||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Peeblesshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Peeblesshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Peeblesshire|population}} / {{database|Peeblesshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Peebles]], [[Innerleithen]], [[West Linton]]
 
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|<big>[[Pembrokeshire]]</big>||655 square miles||[[Pembroke]], [[Fishguard]], [[Haverfordwest]], [[Milford Haven]], [[Tenby]], [[St David's]]
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|<big>[[Pembrokeshire]]</big>||Pembroke||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Pembrokeshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Pembrokeshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Pembrokeshire|population}} / {{database|Pembrokeshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Pembroke]], [[Fishguard]], [[Haverfordwest]], [[Milford Haven]], [[Tenby]], '''[[St David's]]'''
 
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|<big>[[Perthshire]]</big>||2,493 square miles||[[Perth]], [[Blairgowrie]], [[Callander]], [[Coupar Angus]], [[Crieff]], [[Kincardine,  Perthshire|Kincardine]], [[Pitlochry]], [[Rattray]]
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|<big>[[Perthshire]]</big>||Perth||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Perthshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Perthshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Perthshire|population}} / {{database|Perthshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Perth]]''', [[Blairgowrie]], [[Callander]], [[Coupar Angus]], [[Crieff]], [[Kincardine-on-Forth|Kincardine]], [[Pitlochry]], [[Rattray]]
 
|-
 
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|<big>[[Radnorshire]]</big>||485 square miles||[[Presteigne]], [[Knighton, Radnorshire|Knighton]], [[Llandrindod Wells]], [[New Radnor]], [[Rhayader]]
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|<big>[[Radnorshire]]</big>||Radnor||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Radnorshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Radnorshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Radnorshire|population}} / {{database|Radnorshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Presteigne]], [[Knighton, Radnorshire|Knighton]], [[Llandrindod Wells]], [[New Radnor]], [[Rhayader]]
 
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|<big>[[Renfrewshire]]</big>||245 square miles||[[Renfrew]], [[Barrhead]], [[Greenock]], [[Johnstone]], [[Kilmacolm]], [[Paisley]], [[Port Glasgow]]
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|<big>[[Renfrewshire]]</big>||Renfrew||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Renfrewshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Renfrewshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Renfrewshire|population}} / {{database|Renfrewshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Renfrew]], [[Barrhead]], [[Greenock]], [[Johnstone]], [[Kilmacolm]], [[Paisley]], [[Port Glasgow]]
 
|-
 
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|<big>[[Ross-shire]]</big>||3,089 square miles||[[Dingwall]], [[Alness]], [[Invergordon]], [[Stornaway]], [[Tain]]
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|<big>[[Ross-shire]]</big>||Ross||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ross-shire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ross-shire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Ross-shire|population}} / {{database|Ross-shire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Dingwall]], [[Alness]], [[Invergordon]], [[Stornoway]], [[Tain]]
 
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|<big>[[Roxburghshire]]</big>||666 square miles||[[Jedburgh]], [[Hawick]], [[Kelso]], [[Melrose]], [[Roxburgh]]
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|<big>[[Roxburghshire]]</big>||Roxburgh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Roxburghshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Roxburghshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Roxburghshire|population}} / {{database|Roxburghshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Jedburgh]], [[Hawick]], [[Kelso]], [[Melrose]], [[Roxburgh]]
 
|-
 
|-
|<big>[[Rutland]]</big>||152 square miles||[[Oakham]], [[Cottesmore]], [[Uppingham]]
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|<big>[[Rutland]]</big>||Rutland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Rutland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Rutland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Rutland|population}} / {{database|Rutland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Oakham]], [[Cottesmore]], [[Uppingham]]
 
|-
 
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|<big>[[Selkirkshire]]</big>||267 square miles||[[Selkirk]], [[Galashiels]]
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|<big>[[Selkirkshire]]</big>||Selkirk||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Selkirkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Selkirkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Selkirkshire|population}} / {{database|Selkirkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Selkirk]], [[Galashiels]] (part)
 
|-
 
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|<big>[[Shetland]]</big>||551 square miles||[[Lerwick]], [[Baltasound]], [[Scalloway]]
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|<big>[[Shetland]]</big>||Shetland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Shetland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Shetland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Shetland|population}} / {{database|Shetland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Lerwick]], [[Baltasound]], [[Scalloway]]
 
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|<big>[[Shropshire]]</big>||1,343 square miles||[[Shrewsbury]], [[Bridgnorth]], [[Ludlow]], [[Market Drayton]], [[Oswestry]], [[Telford]], [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]
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|<big>[[Shropshire]]</big>||Shrewsbury/Salop||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Shropshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Shropshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Shropshire|population}} / {{database|Shropshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Shrewsbury]], [[Bridgnorth]], [[Ludlow]], [[Market Drayton]], [[Oswestry]], [[Telford]], [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]
 
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|<big>[[Somerset]]</big>||1,640 square miles||[[Taunton]], [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Bridgwater]], [[Glastonbury]], [[Wells]], [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Yeovil]]
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|<big>[[Somerset]]</big>||Somerset||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Somerset|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Somerset|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Somerset|population}} / {{database|Somerset|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Taunton]], '''[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]''', [[Bridgwater]], [[Glastonbury]], '''[[Wells]]''', [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Yeovil]]
 
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|<big>[[Staffordshire]]</big>||1,171 square miles||[[Stafford]], [[Lichfield]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]], [[Wolverhampton]], [[Cannock]], [[Walsall]]
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|<big>[[Staffordshire]]</big>||Stafford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Staffordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Staffordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Staffordshire|population}} / {{database|Staffordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Stafford]], '''[[Lichfield]]''', '''[[Stoke-on-Trent]]''', '''[[Wolverhampton]]''', [[Cannock]], [[Walsall]]
 
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|<big>[[Stirlingshire]]</big>||447 square miles||[[Stirling]], [[Bridge of Allan]], [[Denny, Stirlingshire|Denny]], [[Falkirk]], [[Grangemouth]], [[Kilsyth]]
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|<big>[[Stirlingshire]]</big>||Stirling||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Stirlingshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Stirlingshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Stirlingshire|population}} / {{database|Stirlingshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Stirling]]''' (part), [[Bridge of Allan]], [[Denny, Stirlingshire|Denny]], [[Falkirk]], [[Grangemouth]], [[Kilsyth]]
 
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|<big>[[Suffolk]]</big>||1,489 square miles||[[Ipswich]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Bungay, Suffolk|Bungay]], [[Felixstowe]], [[Haverhill]], [[Lowestoft]], [[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]]
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|<big>[[Suffolk]]</big>||Suffolk||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Suffolk|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Suffolk|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Suffolk|population}} / {{database|Suffolk|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Ipswich]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Bungay, Suffolk|Bungay]], [[Felixstowe]], [[Haverhill]] (part), [[Lowestoft]], [[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]]
 
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|<big>[[Surrey]]</big>||758 square miles||[[Guildford]], [[Brixton]], [[Croydon]], [[Egham]], [[Farnham]], [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[Southwark]], [[Sutton, Surrey|Sutton]], [[Wandsworth]], [[Wimbledon]], [[Woking]]
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|<big>[[Surrey]]</big>||Surrey||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Surrey|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Surrey|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Surrey|population}} / {{database|Surrey|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Guildford]], [[Brixton]], [[Croydon]], [[Egham]], [[Farnham]], [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[Southwark]], [[Sutton, Surrey|Sutton]], [[Wandsworth]], [[Wimbledon]], [[Woking]]
 
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|<big>[[Sussex]]</big>||1,458 square miles||[[Chichester]], [[Bognor Regis]], [[Brighton]], [[Crawley]], [[Eastbourne]], [[Hastings]], [[Horsham]], [[Worthing]]
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|<big>[[Sussex]]</big>||Sussex||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Sussex|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Sussex|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Sussex|population}} / {{database|Sussex|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Chichester]]''', [[Bognor Regis]], '''[[Brighton]] and [[Hove]]''', [[Crawley]], [[Eastbourne]], [[Hastings]], [[Horsham]], [[Worthing]]
 
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|<big>[[Sutherland]]</big>||2,028 square miles||[[Dornoch]], [[Brora]], [[Durness]], [[Golspie]], [[Helmsdale]], [[Lairg]], [[Tongue, Sutherland|Tongue]]
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|<big>[[Sutherland]]</big>||Sutherland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Sutherland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Sutherland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Sutherland|population}} / {{database|Sutherland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Dornoch]], [[Brora]], [[Durness]], [[Golspie]], [[Helmsdale]], [[Lairg]], [[Tongue, Sutherland|Tongue]]
 
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|<big>[[Tyrone]]</big>||1,260 square miles||[[Omagh]], [[Cookstown]], [[Dungannon]], [[Strabane]]
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|<big>[[Tyrone]]</big>||Tyrone||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Tyrone|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Tyrone|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Tyrone|population}} / {{database|Tyrone|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Omagh]], [[Cookstown]], [[Dungannon]], [[Strabane]]
 
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|<big>[[Warwickshire]]</big>||885 square miles||[[Warwick]], [[Birmingham]], [[Coventry]], [[Nuneaton]], [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], [[Solihull]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]
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|<big>[[Warwickshire]]</big>||Warwick||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Warwickshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Warwickshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Warwickshire|population}} / {{database|Warwickshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Warwick]], '''[[Birmingham]]''' (part), '''[[Coventry]]''', [[Nuneaton]], [[Rugby]], [[Solihull]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]
 
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|<big>[[West Lothian]]</big> (Linlithgowshire)||120 square miles||[[Linlithgow]], [[Armadale, West Lothian|Armadale]], [[Bathgate]], [[Bo'ness]], [[Broxburn, West Lothian|Broxburn]], [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]], [[Whitburn, West Lothian|Whitburn]]
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|<big>[[West Lothian]]</big>||Linlithgow||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|West Lothian|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|West Lothian|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|West Lothian|population}} / {{database|West Lothian|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Linlithgow]], [[Armadale, West Lothian|Armadale]], [[Bathgate]], [[Bo'ness]], [[Broxburn, West Lothian|Broxburn]], [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]], [[Whitburn, West Lothian|Whitburn]]
 
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|<big>[[Westmorland]]</big>||783 square miles||[[Appleby in Westmorland|Appleby]], [[Ambleside]], [[Kendal]], [[Kirkby Lonsdale]], [[Windermere (town)|Windermere]]
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|<big>[[Westmorland]]</big>||Westmorland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Westmorland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Westmorland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Westmorland|population}} / {{database|Westmorland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Appleby in Westmorland|Appleby]], [[Ambleside]], [[Kendal]], [[Kirkby Lonsdale]], [[Windermere]]
 
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|<big>[[Wigtownshire]]</big>||487 square miles||[[Wigtown]], [[Newton Stewart]], [[Stranraer]], [[Whithorn]]
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|<big>[[Wigtownshire]]</big>||Wigtown||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Wigtownshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Wigtownshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Wigtownshire|population}} / {{database|Wigtownshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Wigtown]], [[Newton Stewart]], [[Stranraer]], [[Whithorn]]
 
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|<big>[[Wiltshire]]</big>||1,370 square miles||[[Salisbury]], [[Chippenham]], [[Devizes]], [[Marlborough]], [[Swindon]], [[Trowbridge]], [[Warminster]]
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|<big>[[Wiltshire]]</big>||Wilts||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Wiltshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Wiltshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Wiltshire|population}} / {{database|Wiltshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Salisbury]]''', [[Chippenham]], [[Devizes]], [[Marlborough]], [[Swindon]], [[Trowbridge]], [[Warminster]]
 
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|<big>[[Worcestershire]]</big>||738 square miles||[[Worcester]], [[Dudley]], [[Evesham]], [[Great Malvern]], [[Halesowen]], [[Kidderminster]], [[Stourbridge]]
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|<big>[[Worcestershire]]</big>||Worcester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Worcestershire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Worcestershire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Worcestershire|population}} / {{database|Worcestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Worcester]]''', [[Dudley]], [[Evesham]], [[Great Malvern]], [[Halesowen]], [[Kidderminster]], [[Stourbridge]]
 
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|<big>[[Yorkshire]]</big>||6,066 square miles||[[York]]
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|<big>[[Yorkshire]]</big>||York||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Yorkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Yorkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Yorkshire|population}} / {{database|Yorkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[York]]'''
  
[[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]]: [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[Beverley]], [[Bridlington]], [[Driffield]], [[Filey]], [[Hornsea]]
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''[[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]]:'' '''[[Kingston upon Hull]]''', [[Beverley]], [[Bridlington]], [[Driffield]], [[Filey]] (part), [[Hornsea]]
  
[[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]]: [[Middlesbrough]], [[Northallerton]], [[Redcar]], [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[Whitby]]
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''[[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]]:'' [[Middlesbrough]], [[Northallerton]], [[Redcar]], [[Scarborough]], [[Whitby]]
  
[[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]]: [[Bradford]], [[Leeds]], [[Sheffield]], [[Wakefield]], [[Halifax]], [[Harrogate]]
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''[[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]]:'' '''[[Bradford]]''', '''[[Leeds]]''', '''[[Sheffield]]''', '''[[Wakefield]]''', '''[[Doncaster]]''', [[Halifax]], [[Harrogate]], '''[[Ripon]]'''
 
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==See also==
 
  
* [[Counties of the Republic of Ireland]]
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[[File:Population Density of the Historic Counties of the UK from the 2011 Census.jpg|thumb|center|1000px|Population Density (persons per square mile) of the Historic Counties of the UK from the 2011 Census]]
* The [[Association of British Counties]]
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* The [[Historic Counties Trust]]
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==See also==
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*[[Counties of the Republic of Ireland]]
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*The [[Historic Counties Standard]]
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*The [[Association of British Counties]]
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*The [[Historic Counties Trust]]
  
 
==Notes and References==
 
==Notes and References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
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==External references==
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==Outside links==
* [http://www.gazetteer.co.uk The Gazetteer of British Place Names]
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* [http://www.gazetteer.org.uk/ The Gazetteer of British Place Names]
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[[Category:Counties]]

Latest revision as of 13:21, 11 September 2023

The United Kingdom has 92 counties or shires. The British counties are the oldest extant national divisions in the world.

Where a distinction has to be made with statutory "counties" so called for administrative purposes, the counties are variously known as historic counties, traditional counties or ancient or geographical counties[1].

The counties have no administrative function, existing as geographical and cultural areas. Most of the counties have an existence stretching back to the Middle Ages and almost all of the English counties have been established for over a thousand years.[2] Even the relatively young Highland shires, only 450 years old as such, have a much older existence as geographical and cultural areas.

In this time many activities many activities and much social understanding and local identity has grown up intertwined with the counties, and so they have become a vital part of British and Irish culture.

Until the late twentieth century, administrative functions were carried out by bodies using the counties' boundaries or approximations to them, and so centuries of public records have been organised county by county, for which reason an understanding of the counties is vital for genealogical and historic research.

List of the counties

The following table lists each county, along with its proper name, area (in square miles), population, population density (in persons/square mile) and a selection of its principal towns. County towns are listed first and cities are shown in bold. Population figures are taken from the Historic Counties Trust's The Demography of the Historic Counties.[3]

Name County of Area Population Density Principal towns in the county
Aberdeenshire Aberdeen 1,950 380,495 195.13 Aberdeen (part), Ellon, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie, Peterhead, Turriff
Anglesey Anglesey 277 69,751 251.81 Beaumaris, Amlwch, Holyhead, Llangefni, Menai Bridge
Angus Forfar 899 264,044 293.71 Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir, Montrose
Antrim Antrim 1,175 615,701 524.00 Belfast (part), Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carnlough, Larne, Portrush (part)
Argyllshire Argyll 3,110 64,819 20.84 Lochgilphead, Campbeltown, Dunoon, Inverary, Oban, Tobermory
Armagh Armagh 512 178,598 348.82 Armagh, Newry (part)
Ayrshire Ayr 1,129 367,676 325.67 Ayr, Cumnock, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning, Largs, Saltcoats, Troon
Banffshire Banff 641 46,537 72.60 Banff, Buckie, Dufftown, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy
Bedfordshire Bedford 468 602,847 1,288.13 Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Sandy
Berkshire Berks 722 842,804 1,167.32 Reading (part), Abingdon, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham
Berwickshire Berwick 457 26,458 57.89 Greenlaw, Coldstream, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder
Brecknockshire Brecon 742 67,598 91.10 Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Llanwrtyd Wells, Talgarth
Buckinghamshire Buckingham 746 916,903 1,229.09 Aylesbury, Buckingham, High Wycombe, Milton Keynes, Slough
Buteshire Bute 225 12,534 55.71 Rothesay, Brodick, Lochranza, Millport
Caernarfonshire Caernarfon 563 139,065 247.01 Caernarfon, Bangor, Conwy, Llandudno, Porthmadog, Pwllheli
Caithness Caithness 618 26,486 42.86 Wick, Castletown, Halkirk, Thurso
Cambridgeshire Cambridge 858 460,448 536.65 Cambridge, Ely, Chatteris, March, Whittlesey, Wisbech
Cardiganshire Cardigan 693 75,784 109.36 Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron
Carmarthenshire Carmarthen 937 184,232 196.62 Carmarthen, Ammanford, Kidwelly, Llandovery, Llanelli, St Clears
Cheshire Chester 1,035 1,668,894 1,612.46 Chester, Birkenhead, Crewe, Macclesfield, Runcorn, Stockport, Wallasey
Clackmannanshire Clackmannan 48 50,957 1,061.60 Clackmannan, Alloa, Dollar, Tillicoultry, Tullibody
Cornwall Cornwall 1,365 533,594 390.91 Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Falmouth, Newquay, Penzance, Redruth, St Austell
Cromartyshire Cromarty 370 7,074 19.12 Cromarty, Ullapool
Cumberland Cumberland 1,525 306,241 200.81 Carlisle, Brampton, Keswick, Penrith, Whitehaven, Workington
Denbighshire Denbigh 668 277,680 415.69 Ruthin, Abergele, Denbigh, Llangollen, Wrexham
Derbyshire Derby 1,017 1,148,373 1,129.18 Derby, Ashbourne, Buxton, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Matlock, Swadlincote
Devon Devon 2,621 1,133,463 432.45 Exeter, Plymouth, Barnstaple, Newton Abbot, Paignton, Tavistock, Tiverton, Torquay
Dorset Dorset 1,005 543,296 540.59 Dorchester, Poole, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Weymouth, Wimborne Minster
Down Down 950 528,983 556.82 Downpatrick, Bangor, Holywood, Newcastle, Strangford
Dumfriesshire Dumfries 1,063 77,160 72.59 Dumfries, Annan, Gretna, Langholm, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar
Dunbartonshire Dunbarton 241 262,419 1,088.88 Dumbarton, Alexandria, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Kirkintilloch
Durham Durham 1,022 1,467,037 1,435.46 Durham, Gateshead, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Washington
East Lothian Haddington 267 74,882 280.46 Haddington, Dunbar, East Linton, North Berwick, Tranent
Essex Essex 1,591 2,999,248 1,885.13 Chelmsford, Basildon, Brentwood, Colchester, Harlow, Romford, Southend-on-Sea, Stratford
Fermanagh Fermanagh 715 61,170 85.55 Enniskillen, Belleek, Irvinestown
Fife Fife 504 365,493 725.18 Cupar, Dunfermline, Burntisland, Cowdenbeath, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St Andrews
Flintshire Flint 260 215,390 828.42 Mold, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Flint, Holywell, Prestatyn, Rhyl, St Asaph
Glamorgan Glamorgan 827 1,321,460 1,597.90 Cardiff (part), Swansea, Barry, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath, Pontypridd
Gloucestershire Gloucester 1,293 1,147,106 887.17 Gloucester, Bristol (part), Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, Tewkesbury
Hampshire Southampton 1,656 2,099,640 1,267.90 Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Newport
Herefordshire Hereford 837 183,631 219.39 Hereford, Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Ross-on-Wye
Hertfordshire Hertford 633 1,157,166 1,828.07 Hertford, St Albans, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon 366 211,776 578.62 Huntingdon, Ramsey, Godmanchester, St Ives, St Neots, Yaxley
Inverness-shire Inverness 4,211 118,077 28.04 Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree
Kent Kent 1,611 2,747,715 1,705.60 Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Dover, Folkestone, Greenwich, Rochester
Kincardineshire Kincardine 380 77,670 204.39 Stonehaven, Banchory, Inverbervie, Laurencekirk
Kinross-shire Kinross 73 11,223 153.74 Kinross, Milnathort
Kirkcudbrightshire Kirkcudbright 899 47,546 52.89 Kirkcudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway
Lanarkshire Lanark 879 1,008,014 1,146.77 Lanark, Glasgow (part), Coatbridge, Carluke, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell
Lancashire Lancaster 1,909 4,942,364 2,588.98 Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester (part), Salford, Preston, Barrow-in-Furness, Bolton, Warrington (part)
Leicestershire Leicester 836 975,403 1,166.75 Leicester, Coalville, Hinckley, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Melton Mowbray
Lincolnshire Lincoln 2,687 1,038,510 386.49 Lincoln, Boston, Grantham, Grimsby, Louth, Scunthorpe, Skegness, Stamford
Londonderry Londonderry 816 247,971 303.89 Londonderry, Coleraine, Limavady
Merionethshire Merioneth 676 37,874 56.03 Bala, Barmouth, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Dolgellau, Harlech, Tywyn
Middlesex Middlesex 285 4,000,927 14,038.34 London (part), Brentford, Westminster, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Potters Bar, Staines, Twickenham
Midlothian Edinburgh 362 621,610 1,717.15 Edinburgh, Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Musselburgh, Penicuik
Monmouthshire Monmouth 542 514,723 949.67 Monmouth, Newport, Abergavenny, Blackwood, Chepstow, Cwmbran, Tredegar
Montgomeryshire Montgomery 796 61,956 77.83 Montgomery, Llanidloes, Machynlleth, Newtown, Welshpool
Morayshire Elgin/Moray 476 67,654 142.13 Elgin, Fochabers, Lossiemouth, Forres, Rothes
Nairnshire Nairn 200 13,894 69.47 Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor
Norfolk Norfolk 2,057 807,721 392.67 Norwich, Cromer, East Dereham, Great Yarmouth (part), Hunstanton, King's Lynn
Northamptonshire Northampton 998 838,786 840.47 Northampton, Peterborough (part), Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough
Northumberland Northumberland 2,019 797,006 394.75 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Alnwick, (Berwick-upon-Tweed), Hexham, Morpeth
Nottinghamshire Nottingham 843 1,096,617 1,300.85 Nottingham, Mansfield, Newark-on-Trent, Retford, Southwell, Worksop
Orkney Orkney 376 21,349 56.78 Kirkwall, Balfour, Stromness
Oxfordshire Oxford 754 512,345 679.50 Oxford (part), Banbury, Bicester, Carterton, Henley-on-Thames, Thame, Witney
Peeblesshire Peebles 548 19,074 34.81 Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton
Pembrokeshire Pembroke 625 122,122 195.40 Pembroke, Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Tenby, St David's
Perthshire Perth 2,493 156,371 62.72 Perth, Blairgowrie, Callander, Coupar Angus, Crieff, Kincardine, Pitlochry, Rattray
Radnorshire Radnor 470 25,821 54.94 Presteigne, Knighton, Llandrindod Wells, New Radnor, Rhayader
Renfrewshire Renfrew 245 508,064 2,073.73 Renfrew, Barrhead, Greenock, Johnstone, Kilmacolm, Paisley, Port Glasgow
Ross-shire Ross 3,089 69,503 22.50 Dingwall, Alness, Invergordon, Stornoway, Tain
Roxburghshire Roxburgh 666 50,800 76.28 Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh
Rutland Rutland 152 37,677 247.88 Oakham, Cottesmore, Uppingham
Selkirkshire Selkirk 267 16,010 59.96 Selkirk, Galashiels (part)
Shetland Shetland 551 23,167 42.05 Lerwick, Baltasound, Scalloway
Shropshire Shrewsbury/Salop 1,342 472,027 351.73 Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Telford, Whitchurch
Somerset Somerset 1,633 1,053,504 645.13 Taunton, Bath, Bridgwater, Glastonbury, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil
Staffordshire Stafford 1,176 2,159,392 1,836.22 Stafford, Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Cannock, Walsall
Stirlingshire Stirling 447 244,092 546.07 Stirling (part), Bridge of Allan, Denny, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth
Suffolk Suffolk 1,505 775,099 515.02 Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Bungay, Felixstowe, Haverhill (part), Lowestoft, Sudbury
Surrey Surrey 759 2,975,836 3,920.73 Guildford, Brixton, Croydon, Egham, Farnham, Kingston upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Woking
Sussex Sussex 1,466 1,612,454 1,099.90 Chichester, Bognor Regis, Brighton and Hove, Crawley, Eastbourne, Hastings, Horsham, Worthing
Sutherland Sutherland 2,028 12,803 6.31 Dornoch, Brora, Durness, Golspie, Helmsdale, Lairg, Tongue
Tyrone Tyrone 1,260 178,440 141.62 Omagh, Cookstown, Dungannon, Strabane
Warwickshire Warwick 918 1,632,885 1,778.74 Warwick, Birmingham (part), Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon
West Lothian Linlithgow 120 154,830 1,290.25 Linlithgow, Armadale, Bathgate, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Livingston, Whitburn
Westmorland Westmorland 785 87,466 111.42 Appleby, Ambleside, Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Windermere
Wigtownshire Wigtown 487 26,618 54.66 Wigtown, Newton Stewart, Stranraer, Whithorn
Wiltshire Wilts 1,374 682,380 496.64 Salisbury, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster
Worcestershire Worcester 709 1,125,037 1,586.79 Worcester, Dudley, Evesham, Great Malvern, Halesowen, Kidderminster, Stourbridge
Yorkshire York 6,081 5,218,838 858.22 York

East Riding: Kingston upon Hull, Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Filey (part), Hornsea

North Riding: Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Redcar, Scarborough, Whitby

West Riding: Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, Wakefield, Doncaster, Halifax, Harrogate, Ripon


Population Density (persons per square mile) of the Historic Counties of the UK from the 2011 Census

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Notes and References

  1. Census Report, 1891 (General Register Office)
  2. "From the Domesday Book of the Conqueror (completed AD 1086) it is known that County limits have since that time undergone no alteration; in fact they have been jealously maintained". Abstract of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George IV Intituled "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain and of the Increase or Diminution thereof" Enumeration Abstract Vol. I, 2 April 1833.
  3. Historic Counties Trust The Demography of the Historic Counties 21 March 2020

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