By proper do you mean historical as the county of west mids is missing
Cumbria is a curious place, it has characteristics of all three main northern regions.
Cumberland is very much akin to Northumbria.
Furness is very much North West
Westmoreland is basically Yorkshire
Derbyshire and Notts being lumped together as north midlands makes so much sense. If i was being really particular i’d say north leicestershire and east staffs should be in there too but if you start doing that you start breaking county boundaries up completely
These counties aren’t up to date
I much prefer the historic counties! So few people know they still exist alongside the administrative counties.
I agree with the South section. I don’t know for sure about Berks and Oxfordshire, but people in Hampshire certainly tend to say they live in the south rather than the south-east.
Am I the only one who thinks most of Lincolnshire fits more with East of England than the Midlands? Flat as fuck, marshy, empty…
North Midlands? Both Derby and Nottingham are arguably the heartlands of the East Midlands!
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE IS NOT THE WEST MIDLANDS
Notts in east mids,fact
Totally agree with this map yes.
Love me some Westmorland and Middlesex. These are the real English counties!
Ummmm… how come there are Scottish and Welsh counties, too?
Devon and Cornwall are not West Country. They’re south west
Derbys and Notts are East Mids. There is probably a line that runs from Belper on the A610 – everything south of this would be East Mids and North would be North Mids.
I’d say Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are South Midlands.
If Cumbria gets its proper Cumberland name back, Northumberland should be recombined with Durham and get is Northumbria name back.
Not sure why someone flipped the -ia and -land on Cumberland and Northumbria? Were they just trying to piss off the North?
Can you do one with CCGs overlapping County lines and then spots where pharmacies don’t follow any of that?
One Yorkshire, how it should be
This is the only accurate representation of England I have seen.
Gloucestershire is the most northerly south west. ✅
Oxfordshire is the most northerly south central ✅
Northamptonshire is East Midlands ✅
The most contentious counties rightly placed.
The only thing I struggle with is considering Liverpool and Cumberland in the same region.
I feel like Cumberland and Westmorland should be just North rather than North West evenly though they are the most northerly western points, the association to what I consider to be the north west just doesn’t marry up for me.
Everything else is spot on.
Historic Yorkshire comes way too far over to the west side for my liking. It’s practically at the west coast! Stay in the east where you lot belong and leave us westerners in peace!!
Kinda accurate. But no Bristol; so wrong
Peterborough should most definitively be a Midlands / Lincolnshire city. Yeah it’s technically Cambridgeshire but in every other way it’s Midlands / Lincolnshire.
You obviously didn’t like the Local Government Act of 1972.
Stop posting these maps.
Wiltshire ain’t the west country
Nice to see Middlesex and the old county boundaries. I was born in Middlesex but apparently the particular town is now considered Surrey, even though it’s north of the River Thames! I wish they’d kept the old counties and stopped messing around with boundaries.
Whats the one west of Westmorland?
What was Thatcher’s logic in saying there should be no more counties? (In Northern Ireland too!)
As a resident of Dorset I would say the issue of categorising Dorset is that not all of the county is really west country. Bournemouth and Poole are definitely not the south west and then there’s odd divisions beyond that. Having grown up in Bridport and now living in the Weymouth and Portland area I’d say Weymouth definitely doesn’t feel like it belongs to Dorset or the west country but Purbeck, which is actually to the east, does
The concept of a north midlands seems like a bit of an oxymoron.
As a Lancastrian stuck in so called Greater Manchester, I wholeheartedly approve this map
Yes. Never forget the proper counties. Their borders align with ancient kingdom borders, and are a living testament to our history. Not drawn by sweaty men in offices.
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By proper do you mean historical as the county of west mids is missing
Cumbria is a curious place, it has characteristics of all three main northern regions.
Cumberland is very much akin to Northumbria.
Furness is very much North West
Westmoreland is basically Yorkshire
Derbyshire and Notts being lumped together as north midlands makes so much sense. If i was being really particular i’d say north leicestershire and east staffs should be in there too but if you start doing that you start breaking county boundaries up completely
These counties aren’t up to date
I much prefer the historic counties! So few people know they still exist alongside the administrative counties.
I agree with the South section. I don’t know for sure about Berks and Oxfordshire, but people in Hampshire certainly tend to say they live in the south rather than the south-east.
Am I the only one who thinks most of Lincolnshire fits more with East of England than the Midlands? Flat as fuck, marshy, empty…
North Midlands? Both Derby and Nottingham are arguably the heartlands of the East Midlands!
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE IS NOT THE WEST MIDLANDS
Notts in east mids,fact
Totally agree with this map yes.
Love me some Westmorland and Middlesex. These are the real English counties!
Ummmm… how come there are Scottish and Welsh counties, too?
Devon and Cornwall are not West Country. They’re south west
Derbys and Notts are East Mids. There is probably a line that runs from Belper on the A610 – everything south of this would be East Mids and North would be North Mids.
I’d say Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are South Midlands.
If Cumbria gets its proper Cumberland name back, Northumberland should be recombined with Durham and get is Northumbria name back.
Not sure why someone flipped the -ia and -land on Cumberland and Northumbria? Were they just trying to piss off the North?
Can you do one with CCGs overlapping County lines and then spots where pharmacies don’t follow any of that?
One Yorkshire, how it should be
This is the only accurate representation of England I have seen.
Gloucestershire is the most northerly south west. ✅
Oxfordshire is the most northerly south central ✅
Northamptonshire is East Midlands ✅
The most contentious counties rightly placed.
The only thing I struggle with is considering Liverpool and Cumberland in the same region.
I feel like Cumberland and Westmorland should be just North rather than North West evenly though they are the most northerly western points, the association to what I consider to be the north west just doesn’t marry up for me.
Everything else is spot on.
Historic Yorkshire comes way too far over to the west side for my liking. It’s practically at the west coast! Stay in the east where you lot belong and leave us westerners in peace!!
Kinda accurate. But no Bristol; so wrong
Peterborough should most definitively be a Midlands / Lincolnshire city. Yeah it’s technically Cambridgeshire but in every other way it’s Midlands / Lincolnshire.
You obviously didn’t like the Local Government Act of 1972.
Stop posting these maps.
Wiltshire ain’t the west country
Nice to see Middlesex and the old county boundaries. I was born in Middlesex but apparently the particular town is now considered Surrey, even though it’s north of the River Thames! I wish they’d kept the old counties and stopped messing around with boundaries.
Whats the one west of Westmorland?
What was Thatcher’s logic in saying there should be no more counties? (In Northern Ireland too!)
As a resident of Dorset I would say the issue of categorising Dorset is that not all of the county is really west country. Bournemouth and Poole are definitely not the south west and then there’s odd divisions beyond that. Having grown up in Bridport and now living in the Weymouth and Portland area I’d say Weymouth definitely doesn’t feel like it belongs to Dorset or the west country but Purbeck, which is actually to the east, does
The concept of a north midlands seems like a bit of an oxymoron.
As a Lancastrian stuck in so called Greater Manchester, I wholeheartedly approve this map
Yes. Never forget the proper counties. Their borders align with ancient kingdom borders, and are a living testament to our history. Not drawn by sweaty men in offices.
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