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Column 1 notes the new county created in 1974.
Column 2 notes the geographic county or subdivision thereof prior to 1974.
Column 3 notes the county boroughs from that geographic county which formed part of the new county.
Column 4 notes any other parts of that geographic county which formed part of the new county.
Metropolitan counties
Metropolitan county
Former geographic county or subdivision
County boroughs
Other parts
Greater Manchester
Cheshire
Stockport
urban north-east Cheshire
Lancashire
Bury , Bolton , Manchester , Oldham , Rochdale , Salford , Wigan
urban south-east Lancashire
Yorkshire, West Riding
none
Saddleworth urban district
Merseyside
Cheshire
Birkenhead , Wallasey
most of Wirral peninsula
Lancashire
Bootle , Liverpool , St Helens , Southport
urban south-west Lancashire
South Yorkshire
Yorkshire, West Riding
Barnsley , Doncaster , Sheffield , Rotherham
southern West Riding
Nottinghamshire
none
Finningley
Tyne and Wear
Durham
Gateshead , South Shields , Sunderland
urban north-east Durham
Northumberland
Tynemouth , Newcastle upon Tyne
urban south-east Northumberland
West Midlands
Staffordshire
Dudley , Walsall , West Bromwich , Wolverhampton
Aldridge-Brownhills
Warwickshire
Birmingham , Coventry , Solihull
Sutton Coldfield , Meriden Gap
Worcestershire
Warley
Halesowen and Stourbridge
West Yorkshire
Yorkshire, West Riding
Bradford , Dewsbury , Halifax , Huddersfield , Leeds , Wakefield
western West Riding of Yorkshire
Non-metropolitan counties
Non-metropolitan county
Former geographic county or subdivision
County boroughs
Other parts
Avon
Gloucestershire
Bristol
southern part
Somerset
Bath
northern part (including Weston-super-Mare )
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Luton
all
Berkshire
Berkshire
Reading
all except part around Abingdon in Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
none
southern tip (including Slough )
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
none
all except southern tip (including Slough ) in Berkshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
none
all
Huntingdon and Peterborough
none
all
Cheshire
Cheshire
Chester
all except Tintwistle Rural District (to Derbyshire ), north-eastern urban area (to Greater Manchester ), Wirral peninsula (to Merseyside )
Lancashire
Warrington
mid-southern part, including Widnes
Cleveland
Durham
Hartlepool
Stockton Rural District
Yorkshire, North Riding
Teesside
urban north
Cornwall
Cornwall
none
all
Cumbria
Cumberland
Carlisle
all
Westmorland
none
all
Lancashire
Barrow-in-Furness
North Lonsdale
Yorkshire, West Riding
none
Sedbergh Rural District
Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derby
all
Cheshire
none
Tintwistle Rural District
Devon
Devon
Exeter , Plymouth , Torbay
Dorset
Dorset
none
all
Hampshire
Bournemouth
area around Christchurch
Durham
Durham
Darlington
all except urban north-east (to Tyne and Wear ) and Stockton Rural District (to Cleveland
East Sussex
East Sussex
Brighton , Eastbourne , Hastings
all except eastern strip (to West Sussex )
Essex
Essex
Southend-on-Sea
all
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
all except southern part (to Avon
Hampshire
Hampshire
Portsmouth , Southampton
all except part around Christchurch (to Dorset )
Hereford and Worcester
Herefordshire
none
all
Worcestershire
Worcester
all except Stourbridge and Halesowen (to West Midlands
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
none
all
Humberside
Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey
Grimsby
northern strip including Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes
Yorkshire, East Riding
Kingston upon Hull
all except northern fringe
Yorkshire, West Riding
none
Goole and Goole Rural District
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
none
all
Kent
Kent
Canterbury
all
Lancashire
Lancashire
Blackburn , Blackpool , Burnley , Preston
central part only (south-east to Greater Manchester , south-west part to Merseyside , mid-south to Cheshire , North Lonsdale to Cumbria )
Yorkshire, West Riding
none
area including Barnoldswick
Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicester
all
Rutland
none
all
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland
none
all
Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey
Lincoln
all but northern strip including Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes
Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven
none
Norfolk
Norfolk
Norwich
all
East Suffolk
none
part of Lothingland Rural District near Great Yarmouth
North Yorkshire
North Riding of Yorkshire
York
all except urban north (to Cleveland ) and Startforth Rural District (to Durham )
Yorkshire, West Riding
northern part including Harrogate , Knaresborough and Selby
Yorkshire, East Riding
northern part including Filey
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northampton
all
Northumberland
Northumberland
none
all except urban south-east (to Tyne and Wear )
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham
all except Finningley (to South Yorkshire )
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxford
all
Berkshire
none
area around Abingdon
Salop (Shropshire)
Salop
none
all
Somerset
Somerset
none
all except northern part (including Weston super Mare )
Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Burton upon Trent , Stoke-on-Trent
Suffolk
East Suffolk and West Suffolk
Ipswich
all, except part of north-east Suffolk near Great Yarmouth to Norfolk
Surrey
Surrey
none
all except Gatwick Airport
Warwickshire
Warwickshire
none
West Sussex
West Sussex
none
all
East Sussex
none
eastern strip
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
none
all