Gazetteer of
British Place Names

Downloadable Resources

Association of British Counties' Fact Sheets

• An introduction to the historic counties
• The Association of British Counties
• The lieutenancies of England and their relationship to the historic counties
• The lieutenancies of Scotland and their relationship to the historic counties
• The lieutenancies of Wales and their relationship to the historic counties
• The border of Gloucestershire and Somerset in Bristol
• Historic Counties of the UK Bill
• Association of British Counties reponse to English Devolution White Paper January 2025

Historic Counties Trust Publications

• The Historic Counties Standard
• The Demography of the Historic Counties
• The history of Ordnance Survey 'County' boundaries
• Printable A3 map of the historic counties
• County Durham - The Land of the Prince Bishops
• County Durham - Map of Places of Interest
• Yorkshire - Map of Places of Interest

County Maps

• Map of Cheshire (PNG)
• Map of Devon (PNG)
• Map of Dorset (PNG)
• Map of Kent (PNG)
• Map of Huntingdonshire (PNG)
• Map of Northumberland (PNG)
• Map of Pembrokeshire (PNG)
• Map of Somerset (PNG)
• Map of Staffordshire (PNG)
• Map of Suffolk (PNG)
• Map of Surrey (PNG)
• Map of Sussex (PNG)
• Map of Wiltshire (PNG)
• Map of Yorkshire (PNG)

Maps of local authorities by historic county

• Map of local authorities in Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire
• Map of local authorities in Cheshire
• Map of local authorities in County Durham
• Map of local authorities in Cumberland and Westmorland
• Map of local authorities in Hampshire
• Map of local authorities in Lancashire
• Map of local authorities in Northumberland
• Map of local authorities in Somerset
• Map of local authorities in Sussex
• Map of local authorities in Yorkshire

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