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JSON United Kingdom Counties with Abbreviation and Country
[
{
"name":"Avon",
"abbreviation":"AVN",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Bedfordshire",
"abbreviation":"BDF",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Berkshire",
"abbreviation":"BRK",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Buckinghamshire",
"abbreviation":"BKM",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Cambridgeshire",
"abbreviation":"CAM",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Cheshire",
"abbreviation":"CHS",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Cleveland",
"abbreviation":"CLV",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Cornwall",
"abbreviation":"CON",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Cumbria",
"abbreviation":"CMA",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Derbyshire",
"abbreviation":"DBY",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Devon",
"abbreviation":"DEV",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Dorset",
"abbreviation":"DOR",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Durham",
"abbreviation":"DUR",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"East Sussex",
"abbreviation":"SXE",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Essex",
"abbreviation":"ESS",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Gloucestershire",
"abbreviation":"GLS",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Hampshire",
"abbreviation":"HAM",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Herefordshire",
"abbreviation":"HEF",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Hertfordshire",
"abbreviation":"HRT",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Isle of Wight",
"abbreviation":"IOW",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Kent",
"abbreviation":"KEN",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Lancashire",
"abbreviation":"LAN",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Leicestershire",
"abbreviation":"LEI",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Lincolnshire",
"abbreviation":"LIN",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"London",
"abbreviation":"LDN",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Merseyside",
"abbreviation":"MSY",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Norfolk",
"abbreviation":"NFK",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Northamptonshire",
"abbreviation":"NTH",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Northumberland",
"abbreviation":"NBL",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"North Yorkshire",
"abbreviation":"NYK",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Nottinghamshire",
"abbreviation":"NTT",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Oxfordshire",
"abbreviation":"OXF",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Rutland",
"abbreviation":"RUT",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Shropshire",
"abbreviation":"SAL",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Somerset",
"abbreviation":"SOM",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"South Yorkshire",
"abbreviation":"SYK",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Staffordshire",
"abbreviation":"STS",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Suffolk",
"abbreviation":"SFK",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Surrey",
"abbreviation":"SRY",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Tyne and Wear",
"abbreviation":"TWR",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Warwickshire",
"abbreviation":"WAR",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"West Midlands",
"abbreviation":"WMD",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"West Sussex",
"abbreviation":"SXW",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"West Yorkshire",
"abbreviation":"WYK",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Wiltshire",
"abbreviation":"WIL",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Worcestershire",
"abbreviation":"WOR",
"country":"England"
},
{
"name":"Clwyd",
"abbreviation":"CWD",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"Dyfed",
"abbreviation":"DFD",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"Gwent",
"abbreviation":"GNT",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"Gwynedd",
"abbreviation":"GWN",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"Mid Glamorgan",
"abbreviation":"MGM",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"Powys",
"abbreviation":"POW",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"South Glamorgan",
"abbreviation":"SGM",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"West Glamorgan",
"abbreviation":"WGM",
"country":"Wales"
},
{
"name":"Aberdeenshire",
"abbreviation":"ABD",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Angus",
"abbreviation":"ANS",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Argyll",
"abbreviation":"ARL",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Ayrshire",
"abbreviation":"AYR",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Banffshire",
"abbreviation":"BAN",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Berwickshire",
"abbreviation":"BEW",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Bute",
"abbreviation":"BUT",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Caithness",
"abbreviation":"CAI",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Clackmannanshire",
"abbreviation":"CLK",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Dumfriesshire",
"abbreviation":"DGY",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Dunbartonshire",
"abbreviation":"DNB",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"East Lothian",
"abbreviation":"ELN",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Fife",
"abbreviation":"FIF",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Inverness-shire",
"abbreviation":"INV",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Kincardineshire",
"abbreviation":"KCD",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Kinross-shire",
"abbreviation":"KRS",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Kirkcudbrightshire",
"abbreviation":"KKD",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Lanarkshire",
"abbreviation":"LKS",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Midlothian",
"abbreviation":"MLN",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Moray",
"abbreviation":"MOR",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Nairnshire",
"abbreviation":"NAI",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Orkney",
"abbreviation":"OKI",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Peeblesshire",
"abbreviation":"PEE",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Perthshire",
"abbreviation":"PER",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Renfrewshire",
"abbreviation":"RFW",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Ross-shire",
"abbreviation":"ROC",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Roxburghshire",
"abbreviation":"ROX",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Selkirkshire",
"abbreviation":"SEL",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Shetland",
"abbreviation":"SHI",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Stirlingshire",
"abbreviation":"STI",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Sutherland",
"abbreviation":"SUT",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"West Lothian",
"abbreviation":"WLN",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Wigtownshire",
"abbreviation":"WIG",
"country":"Scotland"
},
{
"name":"Antrim",
"abbreviation":"ANT",
"country":"Northern Ireland"
},
{
"name":"Armagh",
"abbreviation":"ARM",
"country":"Northern Ireland"
},
{
"name":"Down",
"abbreviation":"DOW",
"country":"Northern Ireland"
},
{
"name":"Fermanagh",
"abbreviation":"FER",
"country":"Northern Ireland"
},
{
"name":"Londonderry",
"abbreviation":"LDY",
"country":"Northern Ireland"
},
{
"name":"Tyrone",
"abbreviation":"TYR",
"country":"Northern Ireland"
}
]
@danielmcfarland
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Northern Ireland only has 6 counties. The areas listed in the map above appear to be outdated local government districts.

@jamesacres
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Avon is old, you'd need Bristol, BANES, north somerset etc

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