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Counties of Great Britain, 1974-1996
The counties are listed in alphabetical order. Abbreviations used on the map are shown in brackets.
| Avon | |
| Bedfordshire | (Bed) |
| Berkshire | (Berks) |
| Borders | |
| Buckinghamshire | (Buk) |
| Cambridgeshire | (Cambs) |
| Central | |
| Cheshire | (Ches) |
| Cleveland | |
| Clwyd | |
| Cornwall | (Cornwl) |
| Cumbria | |
| Derbyshire | (Derby) |
| Devon | |
| Dorset | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | |
| Durham | |
| Dyfed | |
| East Sussex | (E Susx) |
| Essex | |
| Fife | |
| Gloucestershire | (Glos) |
| Grampian | |
| Greater London | (Gtr Lon) |
| Greater Manchester | (Gtr Man) |
| Gwent | (Gwnt) |
| Gwynedd | (Gwyn) |
| Hampshire | (Hants) |
| Hereford and Worcester | (Herefd & Worcs) |
| Hertfordshire | (Hert) |
| Highland | |
| Humberside | (Humber) |
| Isle of Wight | |
| Kent | |
| Lancashire | (Lancs) |
| Leicestershire | (Leics) |
| Lincolnshire | (Lincs) |
| Lothian | |
| Merseyside | (Mer) |
| Mid Glamorgan | (M Gl) |
| Norfolk | |
| North Yorkshire | |
| Northamptonshire | (Nhant) |
| Northumberland | (Northum) |
| Nottinghamshire | (Not) |
| Orkney Islands | |
| Oxfordshire | (Oxfd) |
| Powys | |
| Shetland Islands | |
| Shropshire | (Shrop) |
| Somerset | |
| South Glamorgan | (SGl) |
| South Yorkshire | (South Yrks) |
| Staffordshire | (Staff) |
| Strathclyde | |
| Suffolk | |
| Surrey | |
| Tayside | |
| Tyne and Wear | (T&W) |
| Warwickshire | (War) |
| West Glamorgan | (W Gl) |
| West Midlands | (WM) |
| West Sussex | (W Susx) |
| West Yorkshire | (West Yorks) |
| Western Isles | |
| Wiltshire | (Wilts) |
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.