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Pre-1974 Counties of Great Britain
The counties are listed in alphabetical order. Abbreviations used on the map are shown in brackets.
| Aberdeenshire | (Abers) |
| Anglesey | (Ang) |
| Angus | |
| Argyllshire | |
| Ayrshire | (Ayrs) |
| Banffshire | (Bnf) |
| Bedfordshire | (Bed) |
| Berkshire | (Berks) |
| Berwickshire | (Bwick) |
| Brecknockshire | (Brec) |
| Buckinghamshire | (Buk) |
| Buteshire | (Bute) |
| Caernarvonshire | (Caer) |
| Caithness | (Caith) |
| Cambridgeshire 1 | (Camb) |
| Cardiganshire | (Card) |
| Carmarthenshire | (Carmar) |
| Cheshire | (Ches) |
| Clackmannanshire | (C) |
| Cornwall | (Cornwl) |
| Cumberland | |
| Denbighshire | (Denb) |
| Derbyshire | (Derby) |
| Devon | |
| Dorset | |
| Dumfriesshire | (Dumfrs) |
| Dunbartonshire | (D) |
| Durham | |
| East Lothian | (EL) |
| Essex | |
| Fife | |
| Flintshire | (F) |
| Glamorgan | (Glam) |
| Gloucestershire | (Glos) |
| Hampshire | (Hants) |
| Herefordshire | (Heref) |
| Hertfordshire | (Hert) |
| Huntingdonshire | (Hun) |
| Inverness-shire | |
| Kent | |
| Kincardineshire | (Kin) |
| Kinross-shire | (K) |
| Kirkcudbrightshire | (Kirkbt) |
| Lanarkshire | (Lnrks) |
| Lancashire | (Lancs) |
| Leicestershire | (Leics) |
| Lincolnshire 1 | (Lincs) |
| London | (Ln) |
| Merionethshire | (Meri) |
| Middlesex | (Mx) |
| Midlothian | (Midl) |
| Monmouthshire | (Mon) |
| Montgomeryshire | (Montg) |
| Morayshire | (Mry) |
| Nairnshire | (Na) |
| Norfolk | |
| Northamptonshire 1 | (Nhant) |
| Northumberland | (Northum) |
| Nottinghamshire | (Not) |
| Orkney Islands | |
| Oxfordshire | (Oxfd) |
| Peeblesshire | (Pbl) |
| Pembrokeshire | (Pem) |
| Perthshire | |
| Radnorshire | (Rad) |
| Renfrewshire | (Ren) |
| Ross and Cromarty | |
| Roxburghshire | (Roxb) |
| Rutland | (R) |
| Selkirkshire | (Sel) |
| Shetland Islands | |
| Shropshire | (Shrop) |
| Somerset | |
| Staffordshire | (Staff) |
| Stirlingshire | (Stirl) |
| Suffolk 1 | |
| Surrey | |
| Sussex 1 | |
| Sutherland | |
| Warwickshire | (War) |
| West Lothian | (WL) |
| Westmorland | (Westmr) |
| Wigtownshire | (Wig) |
| Wiltshire | (Wilts) |
| Worcestershire | (Wor) |
| Yorkshire 1 |
Please note: The abbreviations used are not necessarily the traditional abbreviations for the counties. The choice of abbreviation depends on the space available on the map.
Administrative divisions
Some counties were divided into several parts for administrative purposes (abbreviations used on the map are in brackets):
| Cambridgeshire |
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| Lincolnshire |
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| Northamptonshire |
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| Suffolk |
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| Sussex |
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| Yorkshire |
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Many large towns and cities were also administered separately as county boroughs. These are not shown on the map.