Title: Historic Counties of Great Britain and Ireland
Tags: England Scotland Ireland Republic-of-Ireland Wales Northern-Ireland

Q: Orange, west
A: Cornwall
County town: Truro

Q: Pink, west
A: Devon
County town: Exeter

Q: Green, west
A: Somerset
County town: Taunton
Named after: Somerton

Q: Blue
A: Dorset
County town: Dorchester

Q: Purple, central
A: Wiltshire
County town: Trowbridge
Named after: Wilton

Q: Yellow, central
A: Hampshire
County town: Winchester
Named after: Southampton

Q: Red, central
A: Berkshire
County town: Reading, previously also Abingdon

Q: Yellow, east
A: Middlesex
County town: Brentford, Clerkenwell, the City of London or Westminster for different functions

Q: Green, east
A: Surrey
County town: Guildford

Q: Orange, east
A: Sussex
County town: Lewes
Capital city: Chichester

Q: Purple, east
A: Kent
County town: Maidstone

Q: Pink, south-east
A: Monmouthshire
County town: Monmouth

Q: Purple, south
A: Glamorgan
County town: Cardiff

Q: Yellow, south
A: Carmarthenshire
County town: Carmarthen

Q: Pink, south-west
A: Pembrokeshire
County town: Haverfordwest, formerly Pembroke

Q: Blue, south
A: Brecknockshire
County town: Brecon

Q: Green, west
A: Cardiganshire
County town: Cardigan

Q: Orange, central east
A: Radnorshire
County town: Presteigne, formerly New Radnor

Q: Purple, central
A: Montgomeryshire
County town: Welshpool, formerly Montgomery

Q: Orange, north-west
A: Merionethshire
County town: Dolgellau

Q: Blue, north
A: Denbighshire
County town: Ruthin, formerly Denbigh

Q: Green, north
A: Flintshire
County town: Mold, formerly Flint

Q: Pink, north-west
A: Caernarfonshire
County town: Caernarfon

Q: Yellow, north-west
A: Anglesey
County town: Beaumaris

Q: Pink, south-east
A: Essex
County town: Chelmsford

Q: Blue, east
A: Suffolk
County town: Ipswich

Q: Green, north-east
A: Norfolk
County town: Norwich

Q: Purple, east
A: Cambridgeshire
County town: Cambridge

Q: Yellow, east
A: Huntingdonshire
County town: Huntingdon

Q: Blue, central south-east
A: Hertfordshire
County town: Hertford

Q: Green, central
A: Bedfordshire
County town: Bedford

Q: Pink, central
A: Northamptonshire
County town: Northampton

Q: Orange, central south
A: Buckinghamshire
County town: Aylesbury
Named after: Buckingham

Q: Blue, central south-west
A: Oxfordshire
County town: Oxford

Q: Purple, west
A: Warwickshire
County town: Warwick

Q: Orange, south-west
A: Gloucestershire
County town: Gloucester

Q: Yellow, west
A: Worcestershire
County town: Worcester

Q: Green, west
A: Herefordshire
County town: Hereford

Q: Pink, south-west
A: Shropshire
County town: Shrewsbury

Q: Orange, west
A: Staffordshire
County town: Stafford

Q: Yellow, south
A: Leicestershire
County town: Leicester

Q: Blue, south-east
A: Rutland
County town: Oakham

Q: Yellow, north-west
A: Cheshire
County town: Chester

Q: Blue, central
A: Derbyshire
County town: Derby

Q: Green, central
A: Nottinghamshire
County town: Nottingham

Q: Orange, east
A: Lincolnshire
County town: Lincoln

Q: Pink, south
A: Yorkshire
County town: York

Q: Purple, south-west
A: Lancashire
County town: Lancaster

Q: Orange, west
A: Westmorland
County town: Appleby

Q: Green, central
A: County Durham
County town: Durham

Q: Blue, west
A: Cumberland
County town: Carlisle

Q: Yellow, north-east
A: Northumberland
County town: Alnwick

Q: Green, south-west
A: Wigtownshire
County town: Wigtown

Q: Purple, south-west
A: Kirkcudbrightshire
County town: Kirkcudbright

Q: Pink, south
A: Dumfriesshire
County town: Dumfries

Q: Purple, east
A: Roxburghshire
County town: Jedburgh, formerly Roxburgh

Q: Orange, east
A: Berwickshire
County town: Duns, formerly Berwick-upon-Tweed, also formerly Greenlaw

Q: Pink, north-east
A: East Lothian or Haddingtonshire
County town: Haddington

Q: Green, central east
A: Selkirkshire
County town: Selkirk

Q: Blue, north-east
A: Midlothian or Edinburghshire
County town: Edinburgh

Q: Yellow, central
A: Peeblesshire
County town: Peebles

Q: Purple, north
A: West Lothian or Linlithgowshire
County town: Linlithgow

Q: Orange, west
A: Lanarkshire
County town: Lanark

Q: Blue, west
A: Ayrshire
County town: Ayr

Q: Yellow, north-west
A: Renfrewshire
County town: Renfrew

Q: Pink islands, west
A: Buteshire
County town: Rothesay

Q: Purple, west
A: Argyllshire
County town: Lochgilphead, formerly Inveraray

Q: Green, central south-west
A: Dunbartonshire
County town: Dunbarton

Q: Pink, central
A: Stirlingshire
County town: Stirling

Q: Green, central south-east
A: Clackmannanshire
County town: Alloa, formerly Clackmannan

Q: Yellow, central south-east
A: Kinross-shire
County town: Kinross

Q: Orange, central east
A: Fife
County town: Cupar

Q: Blue, central
A: Perthshire
County town: Perth

Q: Green, north-east
A: Angus or Forfarshire
County town: Forfar

Q: Orange, north-east
A: Kincardineshire
County town: Stonehaven, formerly Kincardine

Q: Yellow, east
A: Aberdeenshire
County town: Aberdeen

Q: Purple, east
A: Banffshire
County town: Banff

Q: Blue, central south-east
A: Morayshire or Elginshire
County town: Elgin

Q: Pink, central south
A: Nairnshire
County town: Nairn

Q: Green, west
A: Inverness-shire
County town: Inverness

Q: Orange, west
A: Ross-shire
County town: Dingwall

Q: Purple, west
A: Cromartyshire
County town: Cromarty

Q: Pink, north
A: Sutherland
County town: Dornoch

Q: Blue, north
A: Caithness
County town: Wick

Q: Purple islands, north
A: Orkney
County town: Kirkwall

Q: Yellow islands, north
A: Shetland
County town: Lerwick

Q: Orange, north-east
A: County Antrim
County town: Antrim
Province: Ulster

Q: Yellow, east
A: County Down
County town: Downpatrick
Province: Ulster

Q: Blue, north
A: County Londonderry
County town: Coleraine
Province: Ulster

Q: Green, central
A: County Tyrone
County town: Omagh
Province: Ulster

Q: Pink, east
A: County Armagh
County town: Armagh
Province: Ulster

Q: Blue, south-east
A: County Louth
County town: Dundalk
Province: Leinster

Q: Yellow, south central
A: County Monaghan
County town: Monaghan
Province: Ulster

Q: Orange, north-west
A: County Donegal, formerly known as County Tirconnell
County town: Lifford, formerly Donegal
Province: Ulster

Q: Pink, west
A: County Fermanagh
County town: Enniskillen
Province: Ulster

Q: Purple, south
A: County Cavan
County town: Cavan
Province: Ulster

Q: Blue, south-west
A: County Leitrim
County town: Carrick-on-Shannon
Province: Connacht

Q: Green, south-west
A: County Sligo
County town: Sligo
Province: Connacht

Q: Yellow, north-west
A: County Mayo
County town: Castlebar
Province: Connacht

Q: Orange, central west
A: County Roscommon
County town: Roscommon
Province: Connacht

Q: Pink, central
A: County Longford
County town: Longford
Province: Leinster

Q: Yellow, central
A: County Westmeath
County town: Mullingar
Province: Leinster

Q: Orange, east
A: County Meath
County town: Navan, previously Trim
Province: Leinster

Q: Green, east
A: County Dublin
County towns: Dublin, Dún Laoghaire, Swords, Tallaght
Province: Leinster

Q: Purple, south-east
A: County Wicklow
County town: Wicklow
Province: Leinster

Q: Pink, south-east
A: County Kildare
County town: Naas
Province: Leinster

Q: Green, central south
A: County Offaly (formerly King's County)
County town: Tullamore, previously Daingean (then known as Philipstown)
Province: Leinster

Q: Blue, south-east
A: County Laois (formerly Queen's County)
County town: Port Laoise (formerly Maryborough)
Province: Leinster

Q: Purple, south-west
A: County Galway
County town: Galway
Province: Connacht

Q: Blue, north-west
A: County Clare
County town: Ennis
Province: Munster

Q: Red, central
A: County Tipperary
County towns: Clonmel, Nenagh
Province: Munster

Q: Green, central east
A: County Kilkenny
County town: Kilkenny
Province: Leinster

Q: Yellow, east
A: County Carlow
County town: Carlow
Province: Leinster

Q: Orange, east
A: County Wexford
County town: Wexford
Province: Leinster

Q: Purple, south central
A: County Waterford
County town: Waterford
Province: Munster

Q: Orange, central west
A: County Limerick
County town: Limerick
Province: Munster

Q: Green, west
A: County Kerry
County town: Tralee
Province: Munster

Q: Yellow, south-west
A: County Cork
County town: Cork
Province: Munster

Q: What county is Salisbury in?
A: Wiltshire

Q: What county is Bristol in?
A: Gloucestershire and Somerset

Q: What county is Royston in?
A: Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire

Q: What county is Windsor in?
A: Berkshire

Q: What county is Didcot in?
A: Berkshire

Q: What county is Ely in?
A: Cambridgeshire

Q: What county is Coventry in?
A: Warwickshire

Q: In what county is Felixstowe?
A: Suffolk

Q: In what county is St. Edmund's, Ware?
A: Hertfordshire

Q: In what county is Swindon?
A: Wiltshire

Q: In what county is Stratford-upon-Avon?
A: Warwickshire

Q: In what county is Cirencester?
A: Gloucestershire

Q: In what county is Basingstoke?
A: Hampshire

Q: In what county is Andover?
A: Hampshire

Q: In what county is Yeovil?
A: Somerset

Q: In what county is St. Helens?
A: Lancashire

Q: In what county is Kettering?
A: Northamptonshire

Q: In what county is Grantham?
A: Lincolnshire

Q: In what county is Stoke-on-Trent?
A: Staffordshire

Q: In what county is Lichfield?
A: Staffordshire

Q: In what county is Burton-on-Trent?
A: Staffordshire

Q: In what county is Poole?
A: Dorset

Q: In what county is Bournemouth?
A: Hampshire

Q: In what county is Lyme Regis?
A: Dorset

Q: In what county is Mildenhall?
A: Suffolk

Q: In what county is Holyhead?
A: Anglesey

Q: What county is Beaconsfield in?
A: Buckinghamshire

Q: What county is Peterborough in?
A: Northamptonshire

Q: In what county is Macclesfield?
A: Cheshire

Q: In what county is Falmouth?
A: Cornwall

Q: In what county is St. Andrews?
A: Fife

Q: In what county is Kells?
A: County Meath

Q: In what county is Jarrow?
A: County Durham

Q: In what county is Sunderland?
A: County Durham

Q: In what county is Newcastle-upon-Tyne?
A: Northumberland

Q: In what county is Lindisfarne?
A: Northumberland

Q: In what county is Newgrange?
A: County Meath

Q: In what county is Plymouth?
A: Devon

Q: In what county is Birkenhead?
A: Cheshire

Q: In what county is Bangor?
A: Caernarfonshire

Q: In what county is Bantry?
A: County Cork

Q: In what county is Hexham?
A: Northumberland

Q: In what county is Tattershall Castle?
A: Lincolnshire

Q: In what county is Evesham?
A: Worcestershire

Q: In what county is Wolverhampton?
A: Staffordshire

Q: In what county is Kidderminster?
A: Worcestershire

Q: In what county is Uttoxeter?
A: Staffordshire

Q: In what county is Chesterfield?
A: Derbyshire

Q: In what county is Warrington?
A: Lancashire

Q: In what county is Ruthwell?
A: Dumfriesshire

Q: In what county is Wareham?
A: Dorset

Q: In what county is Wantage?
A: Berkshire

Q: In what county is Lampeter?
A: Cardiganshire

Q: In what county is Llanddewi Brefi?
A: Cardiganshire

Q: In what county is St. Davids or Menevia?
A: Pembrokeshire

Q: In what county is Harpenden?
A: Hertfordshire

Q: In what county is St. Albans?
A: Hertfordshre

Q: In what county is Lyford Grange?
A: Berkshire

Q: In what county is Melrose?
A: Roxburghshire

Q: In what county is Kendal?
A: Westmorland

Q: In what county is Barrow-in-Furness?
A: Lancashire

Q: In what county is Oban?
A: Argyllshire

Q: In what county is the Isle of Lewis?
A: Ross-shire

Q: In what county is the Isle of Harris?
A: Inverness-shire

Q: In what county is the Isle of May?
A: Fife

Q: In what county are the Eildon Hills?
A: Roxburghshire

Q: In what county is Worthing?
A: Sussex

Q: In what county is Stilton?
A: Huntingdonshire

Q: In what county is Melton Mowbray?
A: Leicestershire

Q: In what county is Corby?
A: Northamptonshire

Q: In what county is Greenock?
A: Renfrewshire

Q: In what Welsh county is Newport?
A: Monmouthshire

Q: In what county is Highclere Castle?
A: Hampshire

Q: In what county is Dorchester-on-Thames?
A: Oxfordshire

Q: In what county is Ardpatrick?
A: County Limerick

Q: In what county is Gretna Green?
A: Dumfriesshire

Q: In what county is St. Asaph?
A: Flintshire

Q: In what county is Wroxeter (olim Viroconium Cornoviorum)?
A: Shropshire

Q: In what county are HMNB Clyde and Faslane?
A: Dunbartonshire

Q: In what county is Maynooth?
A: County Kildare

Q: In what county is Stow-on-the-Wold?
A: Gloucestershire

Q: In what county is Wayland's Smithy?
A: Berkshire

Q: In what country is Rothamsted?
A: Hertfordshire

Q: In what county is Tuam?
A: County Galway

Q: In what county is Knock?
A: County Mayo

Q: In what county is Croagh Patrick?
A: County Mayo

Q: In what county are the Aran Islands?
A: County Galway

Q: In what county is the Isle of Arran?
A: Buteshire

Q: In what county is Pirbright?
A: Surrey

Q: In what county is Motherwell?
A: Lanarkshire

Q: In what county is Poundbury?
A: Dorset

Q: In what county is Totnes?
A: Devon

Q: In what county is Folkestone?
A: Kent

Q: In what county is Fareham?
A: Hampshire

Q: In what county is Stansted Airport?
A: Essex

Q: In what county is Gatwick Airport?
A: Surrey

Q: In what county is Heathrow Airport?
A: Middlesex

Q: In what county is Skellig Michael?
A: County Kerry

Q: In what county is Lancing?
A: Sussex

Q: In what county is Walsall?
A: Staffordshire

Q: In what county is Loch Ness?
A: Inverness-shire

Q: In what county is Dundee?
A: Angus / Forfarshire

Q: In what county is Romsey?
A: Hampshire

Q: In what county is Iver Heath and Pinewood Studios?
A: Buckinghamshire

Q: In what county is Eltham?
A: Kent

Q: In what county is Gower?
A: Glamorgan

Q: In what county is Tintern?
A: Monmouthshire

Q: In what county is the Isle of Mull?
A: Argyllshire

Q: In what county is Ben Nevis?
A: Inverness-shire

Q: In what county is Weymouth?
A: Dorset

Q: In what county is Dunsany Castle?
A: County Meath

Q: In what county is Sywell?
A: Northamptonshire

Q: In what county is Chicklade?
A: Wiltshire

Q: In what county is Ampleforth?
A: North Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Wakefield?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Middlesbrough?
A: North Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Swartha?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Hull?
A: East Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Ripon?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Jervaulx Abbey?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Towton?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Middleham Castle?
A: North Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Devizes?
A: Wiltshire

Q: In what county is Newnham-on-Severn?
A: Gloucestershire

Q: In what county is Dedham?
A: Essex

Q: In what county is Selby?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Little Moreton Hall?
A: Cheshire

Q: In what county is Wellingborough?
A: Northamptonshire

Q: In what county is Greenwich?
A: Kent

Q: In what county is Prestonpans?
A: East Lothian

Q: In what county is Tantallon Castle?
A: East Lothian

Q: In what county is Moidart?
A: Inverness-shire

Q: In what county is Dormston?
A: Worcestershire

Q: In what county is Oxted?
A: Surrey

Q: In what county is Petworth?
A: Sussex

Q: In what county is Burghley House?
A: Northamptonshire

Q: In what county is Hardwick Hall?
A: Derbyshire

Q: In what county is Bodiam Castle?
A: Sussex

Q: In what county is Clacton-on-Sea?
A: Essex

Q: In what county is Glen Coe?
A: Argyllshire

Q: In what county is Torridon?
A: Ross-shire

Q: In what county is Ewelme?
A: Oxfordshire

Q: In what county is Dunfermline Abbey?
A: Fife

Q: In what county is Haslemere?
A: Surrey

Q: In what county is Horsham?
A: Sussex

Q: In what county was Fotheringay Castle?
A: Northamptonshire

Q: What county is Ullswater in?
A: Cumberland and Westmorland

Q: In what county is Great Torrington?
A: Devon

Q: In what county is Maxwelton House?
A: Dumfriesshire

Q: In what county is Great Yarmouth?
A: Norfolk

Q: In what county is Yarmouth?
A: Hampshire (Isle of Wight)

Q: In what county is Port Talbot?
A: Glamorgan

Q: In what county is Grangemouth?
A: Stirlingshire

Q: In what county is Shannon Airport?
A: County Clare

Q: In what county is Turnberry?
A: Ayrshire

Q: In what county is Havant?
A: Hampshire

Q: In what county is Oldham?
A: Lancashire

Q: In what county is Rotherham?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Chingford?
A: Essex

Q: In what county is Marsden?
A: West Riding of Yorkshire

Q: In what county is Clowne?
A: Derbyshire

Q: In what county is Borley?
A: Essex

Q: In what county is Pluckley?
A: Kent

Q: In what county is West Wittering?
A: Sussex

Q: In what county is Castle Rising?
A: Norfolk