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It is also the root of the word "castle. Just like its friend Berkshire down south, Derbyshire is pronounced Darbyshire. It is a gorgeous northern county and home to Chatsworth, the house that inspired Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's stately home. If you visit, make sure to see some of the caves of the Peak District, as well as the beautiful peaks.

Essex gets a bad reputation, which isn't very fair. It is just to the northeast of London and thus has a lot of suburban commuter types in it. However, people think of it as home to orange-tanned people with leopard hair extensions, and it really is a lot more than that! Devon usually goes without its -shire suffix, though it used to use it.

It is one of the two counties that fill the "foot" of England - if you picture the entire UK like a person sitting facing Ireland, with Wales as the belly and Scotland as the head and shoulders, Devon is the knees! A hearty Lancashire hotpot can help keep the weather at bay in this chilly northern county. Lancashire is where the House of Lancaster hails from - they were the victorious party in the Wars of the Roses that eventually placed the Tudor dynasty on the throne.

Warwickshire is another triumph of outdated spelling, being pronounced "worrik-shire. The East Riding is the second of the three ridings of Yorkshire - we've already mentioned the North. The East has the fewest big towns and is dominated by the national park. Its coastline borders the North Sea. Worcestershire sauce isn't the only lovely thing in this very pretty county. The northeast portion of the county is very much influenced by Midlands industrial history, but most of it is very rural.

This means there is a great combination of good transport links and quiet countryside. Princes Charles is Duke of Cornwall, a title that he has held since marrying Camilla Parker-Bowles and a way of avoiding making her another Princess of Wales. Cornwall is the most westerly and southerly county, and many people who do not wish to fly abroad go there for their summer holidays.

Nottinghamshire is named for the county town of Nottingham, naturally. It is a northern county that has some glorious countryside. It is not very wealthy, being a little remote for some of the greater prosperity of the industrial age, but it is very beautiful. There are actually two counties of Sussex, legally speaking - East and West. The prince wanted this particular title as the first Duke of Sussex born was known for campaigning for racial justice, such as abolishing slavery and giving equal rights to Jews.

In this way, the choice title honors Harry and Meghan's modern, diverse marriage and progressive beliefs. Middlesex is not really a county anymore, functionally speaking. It has been gobbled up by London, or technically, the county of Greater London.

London is the only megacity in the UK and has a massively disproportionate financial and political impact on the country, which is a source of a great deal of tension. This is a larger county in the east of England, just north of East Anglia. Lincolnshire shares borders with plenty of other counties, notably including its border with Northamptonshire, which at 20 yards long is the shortest county border.

Bedfordshire is an easily accessible county that benefits from being southerly enough to be in easy reach of London with the M1 motorway going straight there in an hour or so , while not being so close that it has become too built up. It is home to Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke of Bedfordshire and a stately home that is well worth a visit.

Leicestershire is pronounced "lesta-shire," and it's about as far away from the coast as you can get in the United Kingdom. Leics, as it is known by the postal service, is a country that benefited enormously from the industrial age, though it is not as wealthy now. Northumberland covers the eastern half of the border with Scotland; Cumbria covers the west. The county town is Carlisle, which is the last stop on the border before you go into Scotland. Cumbria is home to the Lake District, a region so stunning that the Romantic poets themselves waxed lyrical about it in many of their best works.

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