Can you name all the counties in england

It's also nice that it gave them without adding shire. As a person living in Worcestershire, this is just down-right rude. But, what do you expect from someone living in London?

They are just oblivious of the rest of the UK. I forgot Dorset, my favourite county although I've never been there, but I've heard that it has the most beautiful scenery, and it is the setting of most of Enid Blyton's Famous Five books my favourite childhood author! I got Northampton the first time and then forgot about it for the next three takes OK, maybe it was more than six. The wikipedia source is wrong, i know, but people reading it and taking the quiz can get muddled up in confusion.

First thought: From Derby, Carbide! I was thinking it would be London. I'm trying to do this for another country but i'm unsure how? Ceremonial counties are nonsense. Any chance of this becoming a minigame like the United States one?? Essex - I have heard the accent on YouTube. Plus there is a county with the same name in Massachusetts. Kent - This one comes up a lot when reading about England. I assumed it must've been wealthy suburban London for that reason. Create Account. About JetPunk.

Featured Quizzes. Counties of England Quiz Name the ceremonial counties of England. Quiz by Quizmaster. Profile Quizzes Subscribed Subscribe? First submitted October 25, Times taken , Rating 4.

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Surely you should accept either 'east yorkshire' or 'east riding' for east riding of yorkshire which, might I add, I've never heard it called. East Riding of Yorkshire is still its official name.

When Yorkshire was split into four counties in the mid s the North Riding remained much the same area and was renamed North Yorkshire; the West Riding was split in two to form West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire; and the East Riding remained much the same area and was the only part to keep its original title.

I'm from London and I don't really blame you. Our police try to stick to their counties but without a doubt chase them cacross borders. Love this quiz - it's always Berkshire I trip up on, everytime. And for those missing Middlesex, Wessex etc maybe we should do an historic version one day Some counties do not exist anymore.

Bristol has been a county since and still is today. Tell me about it - I live in Orpington, Bromley - part of Greater London but people here still think its Kent for some reason.

Many London Suburbs such as bromley or havering used to be part of other counties but we transferred to London and it showed that many of them leaned more towards London. Interesting the English don't seem to learn their counties like the Americans learns their states. Fairly pointless exercise if you ask me, what does anyone gain by knowing all the states in their own country by heart. When someone says "I'm from Leicestershire" and you as a Briton don't know where it is, then I guess you've got some problems.

Maybe it's a question about size. Good point. Various governments have mucked about with local government so much in the UK now that there's a confusing array of different counties, from the traditional ones, new made up ones made up in the s , ceremonial ones, plus a range of other local authorities.

The United States is a federal country, so their subdivisions i. Our counties arent as significant as your states and government can easily overpower them. We also have various links for example the London Underground extends past Greater London's border That is due to historic reasons though. American: Know a lot from soccer team nicknames. Trying to work out how most of those you listed have anything to do with football teams! Probably local derbies, not teams i. If you know your New England counties you can just add shire to the end and nail most of them.

As an American, I can proudly say that my country fought a war with the British just so I wouldn't have to take this quiz. Say Quizmaster, the stats seem to be missing. Have you checked how Bristol's looking on the map? Play Quiz. You got. Link that replays current quiz. Link to next quiz in quiz playlist.

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