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England

Prior to 1888, England was divided into 38 counties. (I exclude Monmouthshire, which was sometimes counted with England, and sometimes Wales. The territory of Monmouthshire is contained in the modern Standard Statistical Region of Wales.) They had existed for hundreds of years with little change. Their significance was geographical, historical, and social, but not administrative. The Local Government Act of 1888 created county councils with executive powers. By the same stroke, seven of the counties were split into two or three parts each, corresponding to traditional subdivisions. A new county, London, was formed from parts of Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey. In addition, 57 county boroughs were created. These were administratively on a par with the counties, but consisted of the urban areas of the larger cities. Informal lists of divisions often showed only the counties, implicitly combining each county borough with the geographical county it had come from. The counties were divided into districts of several types: non-county boroughs (cities too small to become county boroughs), urban districts, and rural districts. The rural districts were subdivided into parishes. London county was an exception: it consisted of 28 metropolitan boroughs and one city, the City of London (the historical center of London, about one square mile around Saint Paul's).

As time went by, more cities were split from their counties to become county boroughs, until there were 79 in 1931. Also, the county boroughs annexed adjacent land as the cities grew. The eventual result was that the counties had to provide a constant level of service with a diminishing tax base. This was one of the problems addressed by the 1974 reform.

These were the 47 administrative counties of England between 1900 and 1974.

County 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 Area(km.²) Capital
Buckinghamshire 197,046 219,551 236,171 271,586 386,291 505,130 586,211 1,940 Aylesbury
Cambridgeshire 120,264 128,322 129,602 140,004 166,887 193,390 302,507 1,275 Cambridge
Isle of Ely 64,495 69,752 73,817 77,698 89,049 89,420 971 March
Cheshire 835,941 954,779 1,020,257 1,087,655 1,258,507 1,392,220 1,542,624 2,628 Chester
Cornwall 322,334 328,098 320,705 317,968 345,442 340,880 379,892 3,513 Truro
Cumberland 266,933 265,746 273,173 263,151 285,338 294,130 292,009 3,938 Carlisle
Derbyshire 599,694 683,423 714,634 757,374 826,437 890,180 884,339 2,604 Matlock
Devonshire 662,196 699,703 709,614 732,968 797,738 825,340 896,245 6,764 Exeter
Dorsetshire 202,063 223,266 224,731 239,352 291,323 319,800 361,213 2,521 Dorchester
Durham 1,187,474 1,369,860 1,479,033 1,486,175 1,463,868 1,530,170 1,408,103 2,628 Durham
Essex 1,083,998 1,350,881 1,470,257 1,755,459 2,044,984 2,324,120 1,353,564 3,957 Chelmsford
Gloucestershire 708,439 736,097 756,574 786,000 939,433 1,013,740 1,069,454 3,257 Gloucester
Hampshire 717,164 862,393 913,681 1,014,316 1,197,170 1,384,030 1,561,605 3,892 Winchester
Isle of Wight 82,418 88,186 94,666 88,454 96,625 93,090 109,284 381 Newport
Herefordshire 114,125 114,269 113,189 111,767 127,159 132,670 138,425 2,181 Hereford
Hertfordshire 258,423 311,284 333,195 401,206 609,775 857,200 922,188 1,637 Hertford
Huntingdonshire 54,125 55,577 54,741 56,206 69,302 85,520 202,337 947 Huntingdon
Peterborough 41,122 44,718 46,959 51,839 63,791 77,400 216 Peterborough
Kent 961,139 1,045,591 1,141,666 1,219,273 1,564,324 1,726,280 1,396,030 3,950 Maidstone
Lancashire 4,378,293 4,767,832 4,932,951 5,039,455 5,117,853 5,160,660 5,106,123 4,864 Preston
Leicestershire 437,490 476,553 494,469 541,861 631,077 691,530 771,213 2,154 Leicester
Holland 77,610 82,849 85,870 92,330 101,555 104,030 105,643 1,084 Boston
Kesteven 103,962 111,324 107,634 110,060 130,717 140,260 232,215 1,876 Sleaford
Lindsey 318,450 369,787 408,698 422,199 473,550 512,210 470,526 3,938 Lincoln
London 4,536,267 4,521,685 4,484,523 4397,003 3,347,982 3,185,770 7,379,014 303 London
Middlesex 792,476 1,126,465 1,253,002 1,638,728 2,269,315 2,239,770 602 London
Norfolk 476,553 499,116 504,293 504,940 548,062 568,420 616,427 5,319 Norwich
Northamptonshire 294,506 303,798 302,404 309,474 359,690 405,870 467,843 2,368 Northampton
Northumberland 603,119 696,893 746,096 756,782 798,424 825,650 794,975 5,228 Newcastle upon Tyne
Nottinghamshire 514,459 604,098 641,149 712,731 841,211 916,520 974,640 2,185 Nottingham
Oxfordshire 186,460 199,269 189,615 209,621 275,808 317,880 380,814 1,939 Oxford
Rutlandshire 19,709 20,346 18,376 17,401 20,537 26,390 27,463 394 Oakham
Shropshire 239,783 246,307 243,062 244,156 289,802 306,150 336,934 3,488 Shrewsbury
Somersetshire 434,950 458,025 465,691 475,142 551,453 609,410 681,974 4,178 Taunton
Staffordshire 1,231,113 1,328,644 1,353,511 1,431,359 1,621,034 1,765,550 1,856,890 2,989 Stafford
East Suffolk 255,800 277,155 291,073 294,977 321,909 353,290 380,524 2,256 Ipswich
West Suffolk 117,553 116,905 108,985 106,137 120,652 135,080 164,201 1,582 Bury Saint Edmunds
Surrey 893,920 1,123,569 930,086 1,180,878 1,602,483 1,744,690 999,588 1,869 Kingston upon Thames
East Sussex 450,979 489,070 532,187 546,864 618,516 673,190 750,312 2,147 Lewes
West Sussex 151,276 176,308 195,810 222,995 318,823 418,470 491,020 1,627 Chichester
Warwickshire 940,879 1,040,409 1,394,741 1,535,007 1,861,670 2,058,950 2,079,799 2,545 Warwick
Westmorland 64,409 63,575 65,746 65,408 67,383 32,550 72,724 2,043 Kendal
Wiltshire 271,394 286,822 291,838 303,373 386,692 439,260 486,048 3,483 Trowbridge
Worcestershire 458,565 545,699 397,910 420,056 522,846 581,270 692,605 1,812 Worcester
East Riding 144,748 154,768 460,880 482,936 510,904 530,170 542,565 3,036 Beverley
North Riding 377,338 419,546 456,436 469,375 525,481 565,080 724,463 5,510 Northallerton
West Riding 2,839,235 3,127,659 3,265,241 3,437,368 3,691,645 3,677,220 3,780,539 7,227 Wakefield
47 counties 30,090,689 33,185,972 34,728,942 36,827,067 40,550,517 43,060,000 44,773,112 127,246

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WALES
Wales was never a united, independent kingdom. It was conquered gradually by England. The conquest was complete by 1282. The Act of Union of 1536 brought the two countries under one law. Wales was defined as a region by language and class, not by government. Before the Local Government Act of 1888, Wales consisted of thirteen geographical counties (counting Monmouthshire). As in England, the act created county councils for the counties, and split off four cities as county boroughs: Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, and Swansea from Glamorganshire, and Newport from Monmouthshire.
County 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 Area(km.²) Capital
Anglesey 50,590 50,928 51,744 49,029 50,660 51,430 59,705 715 Llangefni
Brecknockshire 59,906 59,287 61,222 57,775 56,508 54,460 53,234 1,899 Brecon
Caernarvonshire 126,385 125,043 128,183 120,829 124,140 120,460 122,852 1,473 Caernarvon
Cardiganshire 60,237 59,879 60,881 55,184 53,278 53,390 54,844 1,794 Aberystwyth
Carmarthenshire 135,325 160,406 175,073 179,100 172,034 167,110 162,313 2,381 Carmarthen
Denbighshire 129,935 144,783 157,634 157,648 170,726 174,180 184,824 1,732 Ruthin
Flintshire 81,727 92,705 106,617 112,889 145,297 150,430 175,396 663 Mold
Glamorganshire 860,022 1,120,910 1,252,481 1,225,717 1,202,581 1,236,980 1,255,374 2,117 Cardiff
Merionethshire 49,130 45,565 45,087 43,201 41,465 38,360 35,277 1,709 Dolgellau
Monmouthshire 292,327 395,719 450,794 434,958 425,115 449,370 461,459 1,403 Newport
Montgomeryshire 54,892 53,146 51,263 48,473 45,990 43,690 42,761 2,064 Welshpool
Pembrokeshire 88,749 89,960 91,978 87,206 90,906 93,050 97,295 1,590 Haverfordwest
Radnorshire 23,263 22,590 23,517 21,323 19,993 18,430 18,262 1,219 Llandrindod Wells
13 counties 2,012,488 2,420,921 2,656,474 2,593,332 2,598,693 2,651,340 2,723,596 20,759

 

1974: The Local Government Act of 1972, mentioned above, created eight counties, subdivided into 37 districts and further into parishes. These are the new counties.

County HASC ISO FIPS NUTS Conv Population Area(km.²) Capital Former
Clwyd GB.CD CWD UK90 UK91 413,800 2,426 Mold Flint, Denbigh (most), Merioneth (part)
Dyfed GB.DF DFD UK91 UK91 350,900 5,766 Carmarthen Cardigan, Carmarthen, Pembroke
Gwent GB.GW GNT UK92 UK92 446,900 1,376 Cwmbran Monmouth
Gwynedd GB.GD GWN UK93 UK91 Gwyn 240,100 3,869 Caernarvon Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh (part), Merioneth (most)
Mid Glamorgan GB.MG MGM UK94 UK92 M Glam 541,600 1,018 Cardiff Glamorgan (part), Brecknock (part)
Powys GB.PO POW UK95 UK91 118,700 5,076 Llandrindod Wells Montgomery, Radnor, Brecknock (most)
South Glamorgan GB.SG SGM UK96 UK92 S Glam 405,900 416 Cardiff Glamorgan (part)
West Glamorgan GB.WG WGM UK97 UK92 W Glam 368,700 816 Swansea Glamorgan (part)
8 counties 2,886,600 20,763
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
  • ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2.
  • FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4.
  • NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.
  • Conv: Conventional abbreviation.
  • Population: 1991-04-21 census
  • Former: Old counties corresponding to each new county.

 

Note: the capital of Mid Glamorgan is in South Glamorgan county.

  1. ~1989: Capital of Gwent moved from Newport to Cwmbran.
  2. 1996-04-01: Wales reorganized into 22 unitary authorities. District councils abolished. The new unitary authorities created from each of the counties are listed here. Seven pre-1974 county names reappeared on the map, but only four of them had the same extent as before: Anglesey, Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke.
Unitary authority Population Area(km.²) Capital Former
Aberconwy and Colwyn 110,700 1,130 Colwyn Bay Clwyd, Gwynedd
Anglesey 68,500 719 Llangefni Gwynedd
Blaenau Gwent 73,300 109 Ebbw Vale Gwent
Bridgend 130,900 246 Bridgend Mid Glamorgan
Caerphilly 171,000 279 Hengoed Gwent, Mid Glamorgan
Cardiff 306,600 139 Cardiff South Glamorgan
Cardiganshire 69,700 1,797 Aberaeron Dyfed
Carmarthenshire 169,000 2,398 Carmarthen Dyfed
Denbighshire 91,300 844 Ruthin Clwyd
Flintshire 145,300 437 Mold Clwyd
Gwynedd 117,000 2,548 Caernarvon Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil 59,500 111 Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan
Monmouthshire 84,200 851 Cwmbran Gwent
Neath Port Talbot 140,100 441 Port Talbot West Glamorgan
Newport 137,400 191 Newport Gwent
Pembrokeshire 113,600 1,590 Haverfordwest Dyfed
Powys 121,800 5,204 Llandrindod Wells Powys, Clwyd
Rhondda Cynon Taff 239,000 424 Cardiff Mid Glamorgan
Swansea 230,900 378 Swansea West Glamorgan
Torfaen 90,600 126 Pontypool Gwent
Vale of Glamorgan 119,200 337 Barry Mid and South Glamorgan
Wrexham 123,500 499 Wrexham Clwyd
22 u.a.s 2,913,100 20,798
  • Population: 1993 estimate
  • Former: county or counties from which this unitary authority was formed.

 

Note: Two unitary authorities have capitals which are outside of their territory: Monmouthshire (Cwmbran is in Torfaen) and Rhondda Cynon Taff (Cardiff is in Cardiff).

  1. 1996-04-02: Name of Aberconwy and Colwyn changed to Conwy; name of Anglesey changed to Isle of Anglesey; name of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire changed to Gwynedd; name of Cardiganshire changed to Ceredigion; name of Neath and Port Talbot changed to Neath Port Talbot.

 

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Scotland:
Scotland was united with England by the Act of Union of 1707, constituting Great Britain. The Local Government Act of 1889 created county councils, as had been done in England and Wales in 1888. Underneath was a complex structure of burghs and parishes. The Local Government Act of 1929 brought Scotland more into line with England and Wales by abolishing parish councils and creating four burghs (also called counties of a city), analogous to county boroughs. The burghs were Aberdeen (in the geographical county of Aberdeen), Dundee (Angus county), Edinburgh (Midlothian), and Glasgow (Lanark).
County 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 Area(km.²) Capital Subsequent
Aberdeen 303,889 312,177 301,016 300,436 308,008 321,783 324,574 5,105 Aberdeen Grampian
Angus 283,729 281,417 271,052 270,190 274,876 278,399 281,131 2,262 Forfar Tayside
Argyll 73,166 70,902 76,862 63,050 63,361 59,390 59,926 8,092 Lochgilphead Strathclyde, Highland
Ayr 254,133 268,337 299,273 285,217 321,237 342,822 369,636 2,932 Ayr Strathclyde
Banff 61,439 61,402 57,298 54,907 50,148 46,454 43,767 1,631 Banff Grampian
Berwick 30,785 29,643 28,246 26,612 25,068 22,437 21,224 1,184 Duns Borders
Bute 18,659 18,186 33,771 18,823 19,283 15,170 12,743 565 Rothesay Strathclyde
Caithness 33,619 32,010 28,285 25,656 22,710 27,370 27,901 1,776 Wick Highland
Clackmannan 31,991 31,121 32,542 31,948 37,532 41,394 46,611 141 Alloa Central
Dumfries 72,562 72,825 75,370 81,047 85,660 88,440 88,540 2,777 Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway
Dunbarton 113,660 139,831 150,861 147,744 164,269 184,559 244,354 637 Dumbarton Strathclyde
East Lothian 38,653 43,254 47,487 47,338 52,258 52,677 56,966 692 Haddington Lothian
Fife 218,350 267,739 292,925 276,368 306,778 320,692 337,690 1,307 Cupar Fife
Inverness 89,901 87,272 82,455 82,108 84,930 83,480 91,698 10,907 Inverness Highland, Western Isles
Kincardine 40,891 41,008 41,779 39,865 47,403 48,810 27,188 989 Stonehaven Grampian
Kinross 6,980 7,527 7,963 7,454 7,418 6,702 7,090 212 Kinross Tayside
Kirkcudbright 39,359 38,367 37,155 30,341 30,725 28,870 27,761 2,330 Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway
Lanark 1,337,848 1,447,034 1,539,442 1,586,047 1,614,363 1,626,424 1,456,151 2,278 Glasgow Strathclyde
Midlothian 437,553 507,666 506,377 526,296 565,735 580,329 603,615 948 Edinburgh Lothian, Borders
Moray 44,757 43,427 41,558 40,806 48,218 49,170 54,833 1,234 Elgin Grampian, Highland
Nairn 9,291 9,319 8,790 8,294 8,719 8,423 8,906 422 Nairn Highland
Orkney 27,723 25,897 24,111 22,077 21,255 18,747 17,462 975 Kirkwall Orkney
Peebles 15,066 15,258 15,332 15,051 15,232 14,156 13,584 899 Peebles Borders
Perth 123,255 124,342 125,503 120,793 128,029 127,056 128,692 6,458 Perth Tayside, Central
Renfrew 268,418 314,552 298,904 288,586 324,660 338,872 366,485 621 Paisley Strathclyde
Ross & Cromarty 76,149 77,364 70,818 62,799 60,508 57,642 61,464 8,002 Dingwall Highland, Western Isles
Roxburgh 48,793 47,192 44,989 45,788 45,557 43,183 42,255 1,724 Newtown St Boswells Borders
Selkirk 23,339 24,601 22,607 22,608 21,729 21,052 20,743 691 Selkirk Borders
Shetland 27,755 27,911 25,520 16,114 19,352 17,812 18,445 1,426 Lerwick Shetland
Stirling 141,894 160,991 161,719 166,447 187,527 194,878 211,994 1,169 Stirling Central, Strathclyde
Sutherland 21,389 20,179 17,802 16,101 13,670 13,507 12,728 5,252 Golspie Highland
West Lothian 64,787 80,155 83,962 81,431 88,577 92,768 112,833 311 Linlithgow Lothian, Central
Wigtown 32,591 31,998 30,783 29,331 31,620 29,124 27,410 1,263 Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway
33 counties 4,412,374 4,760,904 4,882,557 4,837,673 5,096,415 5,202,592 5,226,400 77,212
  • Subsequent: regions or island areas formed from this county in 1975. Largest portion listed first.
  1. 1989: Capital of Fife moved from Cupar to Glenrothes.
  2. 1996-04-01: Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act of 1994 took effect. Scotland reorganized into the 29 unitary districts and three island areas (ia) shown here, each with a unitary council. The division was made mostly, but not entirely, along district boundaries. District councils were abolished. Angus, Clackmannan, East Lothian, Fife, Orkney, and Shetland were restored to essentially the same name and territory that they had before 1975.

 

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Northern Ireland:
The 1801 Act of Union merged Ireland with Great Britain, forming the United Kingdom. By 1900, Ireland was subdivided into 32 counties, which were grouped into four provinces with no administrative function. After a long and painful independence struggle, Ireland became an independent country with dominion status by the Anglo-Irish Treaty, on 1921-12-06. However, a referendum was held, and on 1922-12-12, six of the nine counties, and two county boroughs, in the northern province of Ulster voted to revert to the United Kingdom. The county boroughs were Belfast (in the geographical county of Antrim) and Londonderry (in Londonderry county).
County 1901 1911 1937 1951 1961 1971 Area(km.²) Capital
Antrim 545,270 580,811 635,352 674,820 692,500 717,798 2,907 Belfast
Armagh 125,392 120,291 108,815 114,254 117,900 133,969 1,266 Armagh
Down 205,889 204,303 210,687 241,181 270,200 311,876 2,465 Downpatrick
Fermanagh 65,430 61,836 54,569 53,044 52,400 50,255 1,701 Enniskillen
Londonderry 144,404 140,625 142,736 155,540 167,900 183,094 2,083 Londonderry
Tyrone 150,567 142,665 127,586 132,082 134,500 139,073 3,155 Omagh
1,236,952 1,250,531 1,279,745 1,370,921 1,435,400 1,536,065 13,577

 

1973: By the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) of 1971, Northern Ireland was reorganized into 26 districts, each with its own district council, and further subdivided into 526 wards. These are the new districts thus formed.

District HASC ISO FIPS Population Area(km.²) Capital Counties
Antrim GB.AN ANT UK52 46,600 563 Antrim Antrim
Ards GB.AD ARD UK53 63,600 369 Newtownards Down
Armagh GB.AM ARM UK54 50,700 672 Armagh Armagh
Ballymena GB.BL BLA UK55 56,100 637 Ballymena Antrim
Ballymoney GB.BY BLY UK56 23,800 419 Ballymoney Antrim
Banbridge GB.BB BNB UK57 32,000 445 Banbridge Down
Belfast GB.BF BFS UK58 303,800 115 Belfast Antrim
Carrickfergus GB.CF CKF UK59 29,300 87 Carrickfergus Antrim
Castlereagh GB.CS CSR UK60 57,900 85 Belfast Antrim, Down
Coleraine GB.CL CLR UK61 47,700 485 Coleraine Antrim
Cookstown GB.CK CKT UK62 27,700 623 Cookstown Tyrone
Craigavon GB.CR CGV UK63 76,600 382 Craigavon Antrim, Armagh, Down
Down GB.DW DOW UK64 56,400 647 Downpatrick Down
Dungannon GB.DN DGN UK65 43,900 780 Dungannon Armagh, Tyrone
Fermanagh GB.FE FER UK66 50,300 1,876 Enniskillen Fermanagh
Larne GB.LR LRN UK67 28,700 338 Larne Antrim
Limavady GB.LM LMV UK68 29,600 587 Limavady Londonderry
Lisburn GB.LB LSB UK69 92,900 444 Lisburn Antrim, Down
Londonderry GB.LD DRY UK70 97,500 387 Londonderry Londonderry
Magherafelt GB.MF MFT UK71 33,300 572 Magherafelt Londonderry
Moyle GB.MY MYL UK72 15,200 495 Ballycastle Antrim
Newry and Mourne GB.NM NYM UK73 87,100 895 Newry Armagh, Down
Newtownabbey GB.NW NTA UK74 72,300 150 Newtownabbey Antrim
North Down GB.ND NDN UK75 70,700 73 Bangor Down
Omagh GB.OM OMH UK76 45,800 1,129 Omagh Tyrone
Strabane GB.SB STB UK77 35,700 870 Strabane Tyrone
26 districts 1,575,200 14,125
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
  • ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2.
  • FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4.
  • Population: 1991-04-21 census
  • Counties: Counties from which each district was formed.

 

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Isle of Man:
Although the Isle of Man is tributary to the British crown, it is not in fact part of the United Kingdom. It is listed here in emulation of the standards. It is divided into six sheadings. Its population in successive censuses was 60,284 (1921); 49,308 (1931); 55,253 (1951); 48,151 (1961); 56,289 (1971); 64,679 (1981); 64,282 (1991). The conventional abbreviation for Isle of Man is "I o M".

Other names of subdivisions: 

Names often appear with generics, such as "City of London", "County Durham", or "Isle of Anglesey".

When a division name consists of three words with "on" or "upon" in the middle, hyphens may be inserted or omitted between the words. For example, "Stoke-on-Trent" is the usual form, but "Stoke on Trent" is also seen.

Some variant names for major divisions are:

  1. Channel Islands: Îles Anglo-Normandes (French); Ilhas do Canal (Portuguese); Islas Anglonormandas (Spanish); Isole del Canale, Isole Normanne (Italian); Kanaal Eilanden (Dutch); Kanal-Inseln, Normannische Inseln (German); Kanalöarna (Swedish); Kanaløyene (Norwegian); Normannaeyjar (Icelandic)
  2. England: Angleterre (French); Engeland (Dutch); Inghilterra (Italian); Inglaterra (Portuguese, Spanish)
  3. Isle of Man: Île de Man (French); Ilha de Man (Portuguese); Insel Man (German); Isla de Man (Spanish); Isola di Man (Italian); Man (Norwegian); Mön (Icelandic)
  4. Northern Ireland: Irlanda del Nord (Italian); Irlanda del Norte (Spanish); Irlanda do Norte (Portuguese); Irlande du Nord (French); Noord-Ierland (Dutch); Nord-Irland (Norwegian, Swedish); Nordirland (German); Norður-Írland (Icelandic)
  5. Scotland: Écosse (French); Escocia (Spanish); Escócia (Portuguese); Schotland (Dutch); Schottland (German); Scozia (Italian); Skotland (Icelandic); Skottland (Norwegian, Swedish)
  6. Wales: Gales (Portuguese, Spanish); Galles (Italian); Pays de Galles (French)

Minor divisions:

  1. The suffix -shire can be dropped from county names, except for Berkshire, Cheshire, Hampshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. However, when there is a city of the same name, the preferred usage is either "county of Lincoln" (e.g.) or "Lincolnshire".
  2. Blackburn with Darwen: Blackburn, Blackburn and Darwen (variant)
  3. Conwy: Aberconwy and Colwyn (variant)
  4. Cornwall: Cornouailles (French); Cornovaglia (Italian); Cornualha (Portuguese); Cornualles (Spanish); Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (formal)
  5. Derry: Londonderry (variant)
  6. Durham: County Durham (variant)
  7. East Riding of Yorkshire: East Riding, East Yorkshire (variant)
  8. Edinburgh: Édimbourg (French); Edimburgo (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
  9. Greater London: Grande Londres (Portuguese); Grand Londres (French); Gran Londra (Italian)
  10. Guernsey: Guernesey (French)
  11. Hampshire: Southampton (obsolete)
  12. Isle of Man: Ellan Vannin (Manx Gaelic)
  13. London: Corporation of London, Corporation of the City of London (variant)
  14. Londonderry: Derry (variant)
  15. Medway: Medway Towns (variant)
  16. Newry and Mourne: Mourne (variant)
  17. North Somerset: North-West Somerset (variant)
  18. Orkney: Orcadas (Spanish); Orcades (French); Orcadi (Italian); Orkneyöarna (Swedish); Orknøyene (Norwegian)
  19. Shetland Islands: Zetland (obsolete)
  20. Shropshire: Salop (obsolete)
  21. Southend-on-Sea: Southend (variant)
  22. Stockton-on-Tees: Stockton (variant)
  23. Telford and Wrekin: The Wrekin, Wrekin (variant)
  24. West Berkshire: Newbury (variant)

For unitary authorities in Wales, the ISO standard shows the Welsh names in brackets when different from the English names. It also assigns these unitary authorities a set of alternate three-letter codes, based on the Welsh names. I don't recommend the use of these alternate codes. "Sir" is a Welsh cognate of "shire".
Division Welsh Name ISO
Anglesey Sir Ynys Môn YNM
Bridgend Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr POG
Cardiff Caerdydd CRD
Carmarthenshire Sir Gaerfyrddin GFY
Ceredigion Sir Ceredigion CGN
Denbighshire Sir Ddinbych DDB
Flintshire Sir y Fflint FFL
Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tudful MTU
Monmouthshire Sir Fynwy FYN
Neath Port Talbot Castell-nedd Port Talbot CTL
Newport Casnewydd CNW
Pembrokeshire Sir Benfro BNF
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff Rhondda, Cynon, Taf RCT
Swansea Abertawe ATA
Torfaen Tor-faen TOF
Vale of Glamorgan Bro Morgannwg BMG
Wrexham Wrecsam WRC

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Channel Islands:
The Channel Islands are not a single administrative unit; this phrase is just a convenient grouping of the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, which have been vassal states of the British crown since the Norman Conquest. A French dialect is a second language there. The other inhabited islands (Alderney, Brechou, Herm, Jethou, Lihou, and Sark) are dependencies of Guernsey. The Channel Islands are not, properly speaking, a part of the United Kingdom. Jersey is divided into 12 parishes. Here is the population history of the two bailiwicks, with their conventional abbreviations.
Bailiwick Conv 1901 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 1991
Guernsey Guern 42,888 40,529 42,743 45,496 47,178 53,728 61,739
Jersey Jer 52,636 49,701 50,462 57,310 57,200 72,691 84,082

 

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