Counties of England

Counties of England Any items missing will be added as soon as I confirm them.
County	Abbrev	County Town	Area		Population
County	Abbrev	County Town	Kms²	Mls²	Population
Avon	Avn	Bristol & Bath	1,338	517	936,000
Bedfordshire	*Beds*	Bedford	1,235	477	545,700
Berkshire	*Berks*	Reading	1,256	485	708,000
Buckinghamshire	*Bucks*	Aylesbury	*	*	665,900
Cambridgeshire	*Cambs*	Cambridge	3,409	1,316	693,900
Cheshire	Ches	Chester	2,322	897	978,100
City of London	London	-	2.30	1	5,200
Cleveland	Clev	-	583	225	565,000
Cornwall	Corn	Truro	3,546	1,369	482,700
Cumbria	Cumb	Carlisle	6,809	2,629	490,300
Derbyshire	Derby	Derby	2,631	1,016	957,900
Devonshire	*Devon*	Exeter	6,715	2,593	1,058,800
Dorset	Dors	Dorchester	2,654	1,025	678,700
Durham	Dur	Durham	2,436	941	607,700
East Sussex	E Ssx	Lewes	*	*	730,900
Essex	Esx	Colchester	3,674	1,419	1,577,500
Gloucestershire	*Glos*	Gloucester	2,638	1,019	552,700
Greater Manchester	G Man	-	1,286	497	2,578,300
Hampshire	*Hants*	Winchester	3,772	1,456	1,616,700
Hereford & Worcester	H & W	-	3,927	1,516	694,300
Hertfordshire	*Herts*	St Albans	1,634	631	1,011,200
Humberside	Humb	-	3,512	1,356	854,000
Inner London	London	-	*	*	3,647,000
Isle of Wight	*IOW*	Newport	381	147	125,100
Kent	Kent	Maidstone	3,723	1,441	1,551,300
Lancashire	*Lancs*	Preston	3,043	1,175	1,426,000
Leicestershire	*Leics*	Leicester	2,553	986	318,518
Lincolnshire	*Lincs*	Lincoln	5,885	2,272	611,800
Merseyside	Mers	Liverpool	652	252	1,427,200
Norfolk	Nflk	Norwich	5,355	2,068	772,400
Northamptonshire	*Northants*	Northampton	2,367	914	599,300
Northumberland	Northumb	-	5,033	1,943	307,700
North Yorkshire	*N Yorks*	Harrogate	8,317	3,211	556,200
Nottinghamshire	*Notts*	Nottingham	2,164	836	1,031,900
Outer London	London	-	*	*	7,007,100
Oxfordshire	*Oxon*	Oxford	2,611	1,008	598,400
Shropshire	*Salop*	Shrewsbury	3,490	1,347	419,900
Somerset	Som	Taunton	3,458	1,335	481,000
South Yorkshire	*S Yorks*	-	1,560	602	1,303,900
Staffordshire	*Staffs*	Stafford	2,716	1,049	1,056,400
Suffolk	Sflk	Ipswich	3,800	1,467	656,800
Surrey	Sry	Guildford	1,655	639	1,044,400
Tyne and Wear	T & W	-	540	208	1,131,000
Warwickshire	*Warks*	Warwick	1,981	765	498,700
West Midlands	W Mids	-	899	347	2,637,200
West Sussex	W Ssx	Chichester	*	*	734,500
West Yorkshire	*W Yorks*	Leeds	2,039	787	2,105,800
Wiltshire	*Wilts*	Salisbury	3,481	1,344	590,600
Where the abbreviations are shown in *bold italics*, they are accepted and recognised by the Postal Services. The remainder are those used in various publications such as maps, phone directories, etc.

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