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670:(formerly Elginshire)
431:Administrative areas
1106:(formerly Queen's)
649:Kirkcudbrightshire
463:Greater Manchester
1251:British genealogy
1149:(formerly King's)
841:Historic counties
755:1975–1996 regions
705:Ross and Cromarty
541:Historic counties
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805:Orkney Isles
748:Wigtownshire
741:West Lothian
717:Selkirkshire
699:Renfrewshire
687:Peeblesshire
618:East Lothian
581:Berwickshire
416:North Riding
380:Warwickshire
295:Lincolnshire
175:Bedfordshire
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921:Radnorshire
817:Strathclyde
655:Lanarkshire
589:(Buteshire)
523:West Sussex
457:East Sussex
422:West Riding
410:East Riding
386:Westmorland
331:Oxfordshire
95:Isle of Man
32:Isle of Man
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885:Flintshire
735:Sutherland
693:Perthshire
675:Nairnshire
661:Midlothian
575:Banffshire
493:Merseyside
475:Humberside
343:Shropshire
283:Lancashire
223:Devonshire
217:Derbyshire
211:Cumberland
65:post towns
58:Other uses
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1172:Waterford
1166:Tipperary
1154:Roscommon
1011:Fermanagh
928:1974–1996
891:Glamorgan
594:Caithness
445:Cleveland
404:Yorkshire
392:Wiltshire
301:Middlesex
253:Hampshire
181:Berkshire
52:genealogy
48:shorthand
1246:Geocodes
1197:See also
1141:Monaghan
1117:Longford
1111:Limerick
1092:Kilkenny
849:Anglesey
793:Highland
787:Grampian
723:Shetland
569:Ayrshire
536:Scotland
350:Somerset
205:Cornwall
199:Cheshire
143:Guernsey
137:Alderney
113:Scotland
69:Richmond
67:such as
34:and the
1190:Wicklow
1184:Wexford
1098:Leitrim
1086:Kildare
1062:Donegal
1030:Ireland
954:Gwynedd
823:Tayside
799:Lothian
769:Central
763:Borders
451:Cumbria
362:Suffolk
345:(Salop)
337:Rutland
307:Norfolk
162:England
101:Ireland
89:England
28:Ireland
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1074:Galway
1068:Dublin
1038:Carlow
1023:Tyrone
999:Armagh
993:Antrim
681:Orkney
562:Argyll
487:London
374:Sussex
368:Surrey
235:Durham
229:Dorset
149:Jersey
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1135:Meath
1123:Louth
1080:Kerry
1050:Clare
1044:Cavan
966:Powys
948:Gwent
942:Dyfed
936:Clwyd
836:Wales
668:Moray
555:Angus
241:Essex
119:Wales
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1182:WEX
1176:WEM
1170:WAT
1164:TIP
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1152:ROS
1145:OFF
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1133:MEA
1129:Mayo
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1121:LOU
1115:LOG
1109:LIM
1104:Leix
1102:LEX
1096:LET
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1078:KER
1072:GAL
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1021:TYR
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991:ANT
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958:MGM
952:GWN
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907:MGY
901:MON
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889:GLA
883:FLN
877:DEN
871:CMN
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859:CAE
853:BRE
847:AGY
827:WIS
821:TAY
815:STD
809:SHI
803:OKI
797:LTN
791:HLD
785:GMP
781:Fife
779:FIF
773:DGY
767:CEN
761:BOR
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739:WLN
733:SUT
727:STI
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715:SEL
709:ROX
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679:OKI
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666:MOR
659:MLN
653:LKS
647:KKD
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625:Fife
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503:NYK
497:WMD
491:MSY
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467:HWR
461:GTM
455:SXE
449:CMA
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437:AVN
420:WRY
414:NRY
408:ERY
402:YKS
396:WOR
390:WIL
384:WES
378:WAR
372:SSX
366:SRY
360:SFK
354:STS
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323:NTT
317:NBL
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305:NFK
299:MDX
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