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The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others.
The division of England into shires, later known as counties, began in the Kingdom of Wessex in the mid-Saxon period, many of the Wessex shires representing previously independent kingdoms. With the Wessex conquest of Mercia in the 9th and 10th centuries, the system was extended to central England.
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; and the 39 ...
England's counties can trace their origins back to the 5th century AD, a time when the country was divided into several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The Kingdom of Wessex was the first to organise itself into counties that we still recognise today, such as Surrey, Kent and Essex.
This is a large-scale map of the historic counties of the United Kingdom. This map is based on Definition A of the Historic Counties Standard whereby detached parts of counties are associated with their host county. It uses county border data from the Historic County Borders Project.
Map of the Counties. This is a large-scale map of the historic counties of the United Kingdom. It is based on Definition A of the Historic Counties Standard published by the Historic Counties Trust whereby detached parts of counties are associated with their host county.
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of UK They were used for various functions for several hundred years and continue to form the basis of modern local government. They are alternatively known as ancient counties and traditional counties.
