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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... 10:00 - Apr 10 with 1058 viewsMiaow

*Historic* Counties of English Towns & Cities

I’ve made one more quiz for now if anybody would like a go. Six minutes to try and get all 20 answers, and each answer is used once. Abbreviations are accepted for about half of the counties. If you are unsure of a particular answer, you can move on to another by selecting a different highlighted box. One of the answers would probably be among the most difficult for a lot of people but it may be less so for those on here as it’s closer to home.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1696326/historic-counties-of-english-towns-

Thanks very much for having a look and here’s hoping we make some more history today. 🔵⚪️

[Post edited 10 Apr 2023 10:20]

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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 10:31 - Apr 10 with 974 viewsPlums

17/20 completely undone by a couple I should have known!
Thanks for posting.

It's 106 miles to Portman Road, we've got a full tank of gas, half a round of Port Salut, it's dark... and we're wearing blue tinted sunglasses.
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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 11:05 - Apr 10 with 934 viewssolemio

19/20 Thanks, Miaow.

Peterborough surprises me, although I expect you're right. I tried Soke of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.
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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 11:06 - Apr 10 with 929 viewsPendejo

Well that opened a Wikipedia rabbit hole

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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 13:41 - Apr 10 with 860 viewsMiaow

Thank you for your comments. Those are some excellent scores!

The Soke of Peterborough is a bit of oddity and it seems that it was, for a time, treated as its own county in a way, although I think the area of Peterborough to the north of the River Nene falls within the historic boundaries of Northants. Apparently, it merged with Huntingdonshire to form the short-lived county of "Huntingdon and Peterborough" between 1965 and 1974.

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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 13:54 - Apr 10 with 847 viewsswede

20/20. Good test as so many now are in a different county.
I guess Gorleston was given a free transfer to Norfolk ;)
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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 14:22 - Apr 10 with 805 viewsTrequartista

16/20, Sedbergh tricky to place for me as i've never heard of it.

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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 14:39 - Apr 10 with 776 viewsgainsboroughblue

1 wrong. Slough.

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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 14:43 - Apr 10 with 768 viewsblueprint

19/20. Fell short on Kendall
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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 17:30 - Apr 10 with 691 viewsMiaow

Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 14:22 - Apr 10 by Trequartista

16/20, Sedbergh tricky to place for me as i've never heard of it.


That may be the hardest one on there, with the exception of Gorleston for those who are unfamiliar with the area. I'm not sure if I'd heard of Sedbergh before making the quiz, and I certainly learnt one or two things in doing so. The area around Sedbergh was one of those places which were brought together to form Cumbria about fifty years ago.

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Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 20:23 - Apr 10 with 651 viewsMiaow

Quick geography quiz ahead of Cheltenham... on 13:54 - Apr 10 by swede

20/20. Good test as so many now are in a different county.
I guess Gorleston was given a free transfer to Norfolk ;)


Brilliant, well done!

They are all in different counties these days - their ceremonial counties are all different to their historic counties. Hopton is another place that was in Suffolk but is now in Norfolk.

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