Finding The 48 Counties on a Blank Map of England

After I successfully plotted the 50 states on a blank map of America, many of you challenged me to find the 48 ceremonial counties on a blank map of England. On the 16th Day of Vlogmas, this is my attempt. Be gentle.
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[@bonecanoe86]

Next up: Finding the 3142 counties of the United States on a blank map.

[@TheCsel]

I probably can only name/locate about 1/4 of the ones in my state

[@theresag1969]

LMAO

[@Haybalemelonhead]

I know zero

[@washingtonradio]

Just the counties of Texas and Georgia would be enough.

[@blindleader42]

At least counties in the US don't keep changing their borders and even going in and out of existence like some in the UK.

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

The shape of that map is throwing me off something awful. I am definitely not used to thinking of Wales and Scotland as part of the ocean.

[@futurez12]

That threw me a bit too. My family is from Merseyside but without Ireland and Wales as reference points, I struggled to locate it for a second.

[@jcortese3300]

As an American viewer -- are you kidding? I knew TWO of them: Cornwall since it's the sticky-outy bit, and Isle of Wight since I've been there and it's ... well ... an isle.

[@Diskode48]

Janis Cortese lol I knew Cornwall because I wanted to know where pasties were from(I’m a Michigander btw)

[@agirlwholovesjesus]

They're from the U.P. of course! 😉

[@Diskode48]

agirlwholovesjesus well yes the good one are but I wanted to know where the original recipe came from

[@Diskode48]

agirlwholovesjesus are you a yooper or a michigander?

[@Yung_Mango]

They good ones are from Cornwall

[@ChrisPage68]

"Bark", not "Berk" . You've been away too long.

[@eddiejeffery7015]

ikr

[@airqx2808]

you're a berk

[@tobeytransport2802]

PageMonster he is a northerner so we can forgive him

[@callumsherratt5436]

Ikr 😂

[@callumsherratt5436]

Tobey Transport I’m a northerner and I know it 😄

[@marygebbie6611]

I am American, but I have to say, I think part of the reason the US states might be easier is because they have very distinct shapes, save a few of them. Many of the counties to me seem like even if you know the approximate area it should be in, it would be easy to accidentally pick one of the shapes next door.

[@ddemaine]

@Edwin Cheesecake The current set-up with ceremonial counties harks back to before 1974-1996; prior to that era, there was a distinction between geographical counties and council areas. "Ceremonial counties" in England are so called, because they are legally the lieutancy areas for the crown in the nation. They are also serve as the de facto geographical counties of England (somebody from Runcorn would they are from Cheshire rather than Halton; or a person from Rochester would say Kent, rather than Medway). As such, local authority areas often take their names from the ceremonial counties, even being co-extensive with them.

[@callumsherratt5436]

ddemaine ayyy I live near Runcorn, Widnes and Halton - I live in Warrington 😄

[@callumsherratt5436]

ddemaine also how on earth do you know this 😂

[@Nekiplex]

Trust me. Im british. From Devon and i dont know where to start with that mess. Although i dont know jack about our counties

[@jen_sen8508]

You can tell Staffordshire cause it has a weird dingly bit

[@sheilas1283]

Berkshire!!!!! And you’re a Brit! You must know it’s pronounced ‘Barkshire’?

[@heyitsalex99]

Ennit

[@blindleader42]

That struck me, too (American). On the other hand, Brits themselves can't agree on most pronunciations (though they usually don't admit it). Take a group of Shropshire residents and ask each of them to pronounce Shrewsbury. Stand back if a significant amount of alcohol has been consumed.

[@ChrisPage68]

@@blindleader42 They get shrewish.

[@blindleader42]

PageMonster, Or shrowish.

[@eddiejeffery7015]

yeahhh

[@amandag417]

I got one correct! And that's only because the dot was obviously for London. Please be kind to me, I've never been to England.

[@KompridiCR]

Most people don't really know them so its fin

[@tobeytransport2802]

amandag417 did you know it’s the city of London or Greater London, they’re different, things like parliament and Buckingham palace are actually not in the city of London but rather in neighbouring London boroughs, specifically the City of Westminster in this case

[@callumsherratt5436]

Togo bit rich coming from you

[@vanessafrigillana6775]

Well at least you don't live in england for 10years and have no flipping clue where half of them go... Im a dumb ass );

[@coreywilliams9861]

@@vanessafrigillana6775 me to

[@gegu8802]

41 / 48. I'm German, but lived in Bedfordshire and London for about 2 years when I was younger. Thank you for all your wonderful videos! They are super interesting and helpful!

[@bonecanoe86]

As a resident of Pennsylvania it's always fun to see how many Pennsylvania counties are named after English counties.

[@brynroberts9880]

I think Pennsylvania has a few counties in common with Welsh towns and counties too, I seem to remember Gwynedd being one.

[@bonecanoe86]

@@brynroberts9880 Yes, and Bryn Mawr

[@eviltwin2322]

I think Connecticut in particular has a lot.

[@jameshorn270]

@littlesmew Not a county, the town in which the college is located. The original founder of the state was a Quaker, and early county names were either English or Indian. Some of my ancestors came over in the first year of the colony; They were Quakers from Devon, but you go back a few more generations and suddenly we've got a bunch of Welsh. At that point genealogy goes sideways, since you're getting back to a time when there were no last names and everyone was something ap (son of) someone, or verch (daughter of) someone, and they all seem to be named either Llwellyn or Evan. Frontier during the Revolution was just over the Susquehanna River, so there are western counties named after Adams, Washington, Franklin, etc.

[@MrMushStudios]

The east coast has a lot of copied names from Britain. Looking at a map is quite interesting, you've got Manchester, Dover, Norfolk, Belfast as well as all the places starting 'New'. I guess at the start, you yanks weren't too good at coming up with names 😂😂

[@frankendragon5442]

As a Virginian, I was pleasantly surprised to see how many were named after places in our Commonwealth.

[@frankendragon5442]

Yes, I am kidding!

[@mat7279]

After watching this I got 42/48. (I'm Northern Irish)

[@themaggattack]

So you have 6 counties missing from England. Fair play to ye. See how THEY like it! 😤😉

[@Tatterdemalion-77]

1/48, and that was either a total lucky guess or due to watching so much Doc Martin.

[@howtubeable]

I knew Devon and Shropshire from the Farm Videos. So I have Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langland to thank for that.

[@angietyndall7337]

O.k.,so I thought of My Fair Lady when, you started with the haertford and Professor Higgins was having Eliza Dolittle about huricanes with counties with "H"names in England: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" and "In Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen" lol😁 One of my favorite classics.

[@johna1160]

Fellow Americans take note... it's pronounced wuhster-sure, then just add "sauce"

[@chrislyne377]

I'd say it's more like wooster-sher

[@jobshadow]

I say that... and then add 6 syllables because I can.

[@michaeljones7465]

Wor-stuh-sheer will be the precise UK pronunciation. Wor-stuh-shy-uh is also a acceptable, but less common.

[@angietyndall7337]

Next quiz should be name places in the U.S. are named for places in the U.K. or people from it [i.e. Virgina, Raliegh,N.C.; etc.]

[@Sophie.S..]

Good idea.

[@guybythedoor88]

It ended up looking like a bad liver scan.

[@thebestian]

for some reason you got put on my front page and I'm glad I clicked! Another witty englishman to enjoy. Sidenote : We're both in Chicago, small world!

[@sststr]

There's an old Bugs Bunny cartoon "The Shropshire Slasher". Never occurred to me Shropshire was a real place... ;-) Next up, the duchies! Duchies are still a thing in the UK, yes?

[@chrislyne377]

There are only 2 these days: the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall. The former is the private estate of the monarch who is the Duke (not Dutchess) of Lancaster. The latter is the private estate of the Prince of Wales and provides him an income so as to not be reliant on the Crown. Both duchies are held in trust and so the assets and incomes are not technically the property of whomever holds these positions. There are many other Dukedoms but these are ceremonial titles not tied to lands in the same way as the duchies.

[@suesylvester7075]

Two vlogs in one day! You’re spoiling us. Now maybe spike that eggnog and enjoy your tree lights or a Christmas movie...

[@carlh429]

Youve been away too long mate.

[@liamfletcher2572]

I’m in Wiltshire and I just wanted to scream 😂

[@iceynova]

First! Also I got a 0 out of 48

[@SuperDrLisa]

Me too!

[@captaintrips8786]

I got London

[@jameshorn270]

23, but I am a map fiend, history lover, and fan of Golden Age British Mysteries.

[@Tbird761]

I correctly guessed London and Greater London, but that is the extent of what I could do. heh Good work, you've beat me.

[@Tarv1]

I remember in my 7th grade state history/geography class we had to remember all 95 Tennessee counties and their county seats, at that time I was the only one in my whole grade to get it 100%, I say today I'd be lucky to remember 50%

[@alanhindmarch657]

Why do people insist on calling my home County “Durham.” DURHAM is the City and the county is COUNTY DURHAM. Its the only county on the UK main lane to start with the word COUNTY.

[@michaeljones7465]

Only just! Back in 1974, Hereford & Worcester came close to being known as County Malvern.

[@darklightuk2]

One Englishman to another. Damn good job. I only got 37

[@theresag1969]

A new trivia Question: How many contiguous counties are in England? Answer: The same as with American states, 48.

[@Zadster]

The Isle of Wight isn't contiguous though. Nor is it a county really, it is traditionally part of Hampshire. This is more administrative areas as it includes Bristol as it's own area. It is all down to the reorganisation in 1974.

[@theresag1969]

@@Zadster So how many are there, really?

[@Zadster]

@@theresag1969 I believe the official number is 40. But that excludes things like the 3 Ridings of Yorkshire, and the area of York itself, which at one time was a legally separate area. It also excludes Cumberland and Westmorland and groups them together to form Cumbria.

[@ninny65]

I'm glad you made the obligatory 10 year statement required by all UK citizens to properly memorise the administerial makeup of the Her Majesty's Kingdom

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

I am studying the post Roman Britain in the South East of England. All the very interesting kingdoms that developed in this predominating Danish area.

[@YoloMenace001]

How to remember where Nottinghamshire is(from and actual Nottinghamian) Step 1: Nottingham hates Derby Step 2:Nottingham hates Leicester Step 3: Nottingham hates South Yorkshire Step 4: locate the one in etween all of yhe ones from step 1-3

[@Velociter]

My last name, Poole, is also the name of a town in Dorset. Glad you got that one right. That's where my ancestors were from.

[@mgreene1409]

Cool, my idea got picked!

[@caphillpoz]

I had no idea about which county was which. So it was nice to see you put names on the map. Thanks!

[@bajasummit6209]

The size of the US just slammed me in the face, I just realize that the UK has less counties that colorado

[@Ratchet4647]

bajasummit well that's just England. It's missing Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

[@bajasummit6209]

Ratchet4647 yeah but it’s still crazy to think about cause we are used to (for me at least) taking upwards of 15 hours to get from one end of the state to the other, and that’s with an average speed somewhere around the 65-70 mph mark

[@Fater4511]

what state takes 15 hrs to get across from one end to the other going 65-70? certainly isn't Colorado. Even Texas only takes 12 hrs.

[@bajasummit6209]

Raymond Fate we’ll Colorado, now that I think about it it definitely can take up to 15 hours from one corner to the other because we only have 2 interstates and they are almost always at a stand still somewhere where ever you are, for some reasons any amount of weather such as rain causes EVERYONE to drive 40 on the interstate for some obscure reason and most of the county roads aren’t the most well kept

[@dianethoroughman9541]

You did awesome! I didn't know any of them. Granted, I have never been to England nor have I studied the geography of other countries. Thank you for this vlogmas, well done mate! 😁

[@tobeytransport2802]

They abolished humberside and replaced it with a load of unitary districts (districts with county powers) and split the ceremonial county between Lincolnshire and E R of Yorkshire

[@LLLLLLLLLucas]

Definitely a product if the university of Lancaster. Ive said all i need to say.

[@Haybalemelonhead]

Woo Norfolk

[@Diskode48]

I knew Cornwall because I wanted to know where pasties were from

[@Diskode48]

Jason Voorheese pasties are like a food from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan which originally came from Cornish immigrants to that area which I found out that why I know what Cornwall is

[@Diskode48]

Jason Voorheese lol what’d you think I was talking about

[@Diskode48]

Jason Voorheese lol ok definitely was not talking about that

[@Alan_Mac]

Oooft...as a Bucks-dwelling Scot that was painful! You even got the easy bit of the map. God knows where you'd have placed Fermanagh or Kirkcudbrightshire!!

[@eviltwin2322]

Considering his pronunciation of Berkshire I'd love to hear him have a go at Kirkcudbrightshire! It's kind of raw with me because I have a colleague who ouright refuses to pronounce Kirkcaldy properly! Really winds me up, and I'm English!

[@jameshorn270]

I think I know where Kirkcudbrightshire is. Looked Kirkcudbright once because it is the setting of the Dorothy L Sayers myster Five Red Herrings.

[@Kikilang60]

Thanks. I like how you reason it out, and don't go for the easy ones.

[@willhoren9200]

I know Dorset and Essex. That's probably better than most Americans.

[@andrewclayton4181]

I know most of the south and west ones but would have struggled with those in the old Danelaw area. Which is opposite way round to you Lincolnite. Good game though.

[@danielleporter1829]

I just took the sporcle quiz that you type in the name of the counties and got 65% , for a tank, I'm pretty proud of myself. Well in full disclosure, I did look up a map of English counties on my tablet. Bit I did know where many of them were like I knew Tyne and Wear is where Newcastle is and Durham and that Berkshire is where Windsor Castle is and it's outside of London.

[@historygeekslive8243]

I got three right which is pretty good. Isle of Wight, London LOL and Warwickshire. My husband and I just recently took a trip to the UK. We were visiting some British friends in Wales for the first time. They showed us around to all the castles in the area and Tenby beach. While we were there i got the chance to do some of my own family history research. Warwickshire is a county that one of my ancestors are from so im familiar with it after looking it up on a map and then going there to Solihull. They came to the American colonies in 1648. You should do a video on place names from the UK and the United States. When we were with our friends they were surprised to learn how many place names in the US are named after UK place names. Not only are there alot in New England but also the South and in Alaska where I currently work. The most Western city of the mainland United States is Wales, Alaska. I find the location names fascinating. I learned while I was in the UK that there is a Hollywood, England which blew my mind !

[@KompridiCR]

Did you know that William Shakespeare was born in Warwickshire?

[@KompridiCR]

Yay you got Northamptonshire and Norfolk!

[@morgainnetaar]

I knew a few and cringed every time you nearly chose Surrey. Given you've been away ten years I think you did quite well.

[@morgainnetaar]

@Jason Voorheese I said he did well. Ugliness not necessary. Merry Christmas.

[@JulieB-qh6xx]

Good job! I got a much lower score on my first attempt. I use the heck out of the "Next" button to find the easy counties first. Process of elimination helps improve my score. This reminds me of 7th grade. We had to memorize the 95 counties in Tennessee, and I CANNOT remember most of them now.

[@juliestockmeyer5871]

Well done, for not having been there in 10 years!! Good on you! Cheers!!

[@jillshort9241]

I do well with the southwest, north, and west counties, where I spent most of my time when traveling there. Get confused by the central, eastern and southeastern ones. Spookily, I seem to have traveled where my English genes come from...

[@TheGreatBandoodler]

Did you compose that outro music? It's always my favorite part...

[@belleobscurytee]

I wasn't terrible at it, but not as good as you. I actually credit the game Crusader Kings with my working knowledge of the counties

[@itzspoons827]

I come from Lincolnshire too!

[@tonyberardi3829]

I'm from Chicago and as such, there's no way I could name any of these counties. I know where London and Liverpool are at and that's all.

[@katewc]

Guessing Warwickshire was where worcestershire is, then guessing worcestershire was by London broke my heart 😅

[@margefoyle6796]

I will watch this several times until I know them all. I probably would have gotten... maybe 5?

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Fun fact - Bedfordshire is the only county to be double landlocked in England.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

And Northamptonshire would be if it didn't have about 200yds of shared border with your home county.

[@KompridiCR]

@@robertwilloughby8050 Aka the shortest ceremonial county border in England

[@Nekiplex]

0:45 proud to be a devoner! Raised here! I love it here

[@SuperDrLisa]

Wow, so many counties. Counties, right? Long names for tiny areas. It makes my State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations look huge at 47x38 miles! Depressed I couldn't find Derbyshire, Mr. Darcy's home shire.

[@deormanrobey892]

Worcestershire is in bottle at the store.

[@SiriusMined]

I did reasonably well for a foreigner. About half. I've been to England multiple times, and have driven a total of about 2500 miles across all of my visits, so I've seen a lot.

[@aev5656]

Pretty much the only ones I definitely knew were Kent cause I visit every year, and Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland because they all surround where I live

[@thewordshifter]

I was total crap but thanks for finally clarifying how you actually say all these place names!!!

[@ThomasWilliams89]

he pronounced Berkshire wrong. Pronounced Barkshire.

[@sm1else]

Hey, have you thought of maybe a travel series where you visit the American namesakes of prominent British places? I'll help you get started. Manchester, NH: A lot of fun! London, KY: Meh. Stafford, VA: Skip it. Norfolk, VA: A good time!

[@raymondkkng]

Got more than half of them correct. I am from Hong Kong and have been to the UK only once

[@StamfordBridge]

Never heard of East Riding of Yorkshire!

[@KompridiCR]

Well now you do!

[@michaeljones7465]

It came back after Humberside was abolished, just like Rutland was revived & separated from Leicestershire.

[@Jack-xi8ji]

Blimey, I was really willing you on there - screaming at the screen. Unfortunately that was just a little bit crap. Never mind; well done. Poor old Middlesex has been squeezed entirely off the map.

[@christinedorman3383]

@LostinthePond Thanks for another interesting and fun video. Another impressive job on the quiz as well. At least you didn't have to type or spell this time, but doing a running commentary while taking a timed quiz is quite a feat. I do have a question though. You mentioned East Riding County. I thought that I've read about North Riding. If it exists, is it in North Yorkshire County? I, of course, have to go research that myself now. Happy vlogmas!

[@gryphonpol]

The map includes modern boundaries, after several reorganisations since county boundaries began being altered in the 19th century. Yorkshire was the largest traditional county. It was sub-divided, for some purposes, into three ridings - north, west and east. The ridings became administrative counties in 1889. In 1974 a new system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties moved things around and there were further changes in 1996 when Humberside was broken up and an East Riding of Yorkshire re-emerged. The precise boundaries of areas, even with the same or similar names, were not necessarily the same over time.

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

Very well done!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Well, I knew where London was. Before this morning I didn't even know how many counties were in England, and I daresay the majority of my fellow Americans didn't either.

[@ddemaine]

Lincolnshire is the second-largest ceremonial county in England. "Berkshire" is pronounced "bark-shuh" (along the lines of Derby and Clerkenwell). Humberside ceased to exist as a geographic ("ceremonial") county in 1996; southern half was absorbed by Lincolnshire, northern half and Goole became East Yorkshire. Being a saddo, I've been to every one of those counties.

[@carole.strain8306]

Little Ohio has 88 counties and 12 million people. I guess we are a large country and never think of it that way.

[@STho205]

Pretty good having been away. Now do Indiana! Make it harder, also note which counties are in Eastern Time Zone, which are in Central time, and which do not recognize Daylight Savings Time in the summer. Or did Indiana finally fix that chaos?

[@WG55]

As an American visitor to England, I managed to get exactly one that you missed: Derbyshire. As for the rest, I only guessed about five.

[@someguy9362]

From Lincolnshire and don't know where Notts is? How is this possible? And you pronounced Berkshire wrong.

[@laughingdog185]

Jolly good chap, cheers

[@lamp8112]

I did not know many places except Nottinghamshire and the City of London and Greater London because those are the only places we have visited in England. My son married his now ex-wife in Nottinghamshire. It is a beautiful area and the wedding was exceptionally beautiful. Unfortunately it did not work out for him and his ex. Even so, I enjoyed my visit to England very much! :-) Always look on the bright side of life! (Monty Python!)

[@Tommo2023]

I live in Dorset. Epic county!

[@meeting_meghan]

Never been to England and don't think I would have gotten any, but I think you should do a map of Canada next!

[@daveelliott5855]

Just done it and missed one the City of London, gutted man I'd of put Middlesex before that

[@TimShred]

quite interesting , now if I could only a map of Norfolk, South Creake to be specific ,ancestrial home of the Shred family.

[@WelshDdraig]

Got 40/48 - not bad considering I'm Welsh and have only lived in Devon for university :)

[@annam.addison2129]

I got three! Essex, Cambria and Surrey! I need to study more.... hahaha...

[@eddiejeffery7015]

im practicing and now i think i know every county

[@ssssaa2]

I probably would have gotten between 8 and 10. Something like that at least. Never been to or looked at the counties of england before all that much, But london, cornwall, manchester I knew the location of, and probably a few more I could have guessed somewhat.

[@Blondie42]

North Yorkshire and Greater London are biut all that I would have gotten right. Some of those counties are microscopic 😳

[@josephcote6120]

Many of the county names were familiar. I might have got London, but not likely any of the others except on pure luck.

[@WormsEyeView]

Great job. I would have found that tricky!

[@mauruhkatigaming4807]

I studied abroad in England for a semester, so I was able to manage 32/48. The Midlands were, uh, not my strong suit.

[@jonnyitguy]

I’ve heard some of the names from food items and things like that. That’s about it for me.

[@RandomlySet]

I'm in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.... I was wondering what that tiny county was. Never realised Bristol was also a county.

[@ChrisPage68]

It isn't. The county is Avon.

[@RandomlySet]

@@ChrisPage68 that would make more sense.

[@someguy9362]

Avon hasn't existed for 22 years! And was only invented in the 70s. Bristol is a unitary authority and is its own ceremonial county.

[@fishyface3940]

@@ChrisPage68 Bristol is it's own county

[@michaeljones7465]

@@ChrisPage68 Avon is now abolished. For some reason, Avon was not a popular county. Would be nice if it came back one day, just like Rutland.

[@suem6004]

I knew Cambridgeshire and surrounding counties. And recognized the counties with sheep names: Dorset, Suffolk, Lincoln.. love sheep

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

Sheep are cute.

[@rickycoker5830]

Are you Scottish Sue?

[@suem6004]

ricky coker No

[@KompridiCR]

So if you know Cambridgeshire's neighbours you must know Northamptonshire and Norfolk

[@suem6004]

Northants and Norfolk Major sheep breeds.

[@timothycook2917]

Fun Trivia: Can you name which state has the most counties that happen to be the names of other states? (hint: there are 31 states that have a Washington County)

[@Aramis419]

So much for all my bluster about “I’m more English than the English are!” - I failed abysmally. There’s nothing left but to shut myself in the basement and read Kipling until Wordsworth rises from the grave.

[@fishyface3940]

shut yourself in the cellar rather, then you'll get there!

[@jen43072]

Now that you've schooled me once, I'll go try and report back! Ha

[@jen43072]

24/48 but to be fair, this was the first pass after one view of your video and having next to no idea where anything but London and Yorkshire might be! Ha.

[@dsabre4990]

I might have gotten 3-4 tops...but I can do all 50 states.

[@curtbarnes4294]

educational! more fun than doing the research myself, you may be sure. I would have guessed Cornwall correctly, period.

[@jwb52z9]

This is the first time I've seen a map of England with the county divisions on it. I knew a lot of the names of the counties, but no idea how they were arranged.

[@Mreffs101]

Having only visited England once when I was 12 years old, I was pleasantly surprised that I got 16 correct and I knew the right area for most of the others.