CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-CONTENTS
CONTENTS

Since the 2009 structural changes to local government in England (effective 1st April 2009) and the loss of some district/borough councils the arms of current authorities (county, county borough, borough, district, town and parish councils) are now organised on a regional basis. The regions are largely based on Government Office Regions, except the South East Region has been split and the nothern areas of Lincolnshire are included in the East Midlands Region. The arms of obsolete authorities (county borough, urban and rural district councils) are sill organised by county, except Wales which is organised into three sections -pre 1974, 1974-1996 and current (post 1996).


regions map
EAST MIDLANDS

  • East Midlands Region (current)
  • Derbyshire (obsolete)
  • Leicestershire (obsolete)
  • Lincolnshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Northamptonshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Northamptonshire (1974 - 2021) (obsolete)
  • Nottinghamshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Rutland (pre 1974) (obsolete)

  • EAST OF ENGLAND

  • East of England Region (current)
  • Bedfordshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Bedfordshire (1974 - 2009) (obsolete)
  • Cambridgeshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Essex (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Hertfordshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Huntingdon and Peterborough (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Norfolk (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Suffolk (pre 1974) (obsolete)

  • GREATER LONDON

  • Greater London Region (current)
  • London, County of (obsolete)
  • Middlesex (obsolete)

  • NORTH EAST

  • North East Region (current)
  • Durham (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Durham (1974 - 2009) (obsolete)
  • Northumberland (1974 - 2009) (obsolete)
  • Northumberland (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Tyne and Wear (1974 - 1992) (obsolete)

  • NORTH WEST

  • North West Region (current)
  • Cheshire (1974 - 2009) (obsolete)
  • Cheshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Cumberland (obsolete)
  • Lancashire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Westmorland (obsolete)

  • NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Northern Ireland (current)
  • Northern Ireland (1973 to 2015) (obsolete)
  • Northern Ireland (pre 1973) (obsolete)

  • SOUTH CENTRAL

  • South Central Region (current)
  • Berkshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Buckinghamshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Buckinghamshire (1974 to 2020) (obsolete)
  • Hampshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Isle of Wight (obsolete)

  • SOUTH EAST

  • South East Region (current)
  • East Sussex (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Kent (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Surrey (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • West Sussex (pre 1974) (obsolete)

  • SOUTH WEST

  • South West Region (current)
  • Avon (obsolete)
  • Avon (1974 to 1996) (obsolete)
  • Cornwall (1974 - 2009) (obsolete)
  • Cornwall (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Devon (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Dorset (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Dorset (1974 to 2019) (obsolete)
  • Gloucestershire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Somerset (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Wiltshire (1974 - 2009) (obsolete)
  • Wiltshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)

  • WALES-CYMRU

  • Wales-Cymru Region (current)
  • Wales (1974 to 1996) (obsolete)
  • Wales (pre 1974) (obsolete)

  • WEST MIDLANDS

  • West Midlands Region (current)
  • Hereford and Worcester (1974 to 1996) (obsolete)
  • Shropshire (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Shropshire (1974 - 2009) (obsolete)
  • Staffordshire (obsolete)
  • Warwickshire (obsolete)
  • Worcestershire (pre 1974) (obsolete)

  • YORKSHIRE

  • Yorkshire Region (current)
  • Humberside (1974 - 1996) (obsolete)
  • Yorkshire, East Riding (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Yorkshire, North Riding (pre 1974) (obsolete)
  • Yorkshire, West Riding (pre 1974) (obsolete)

  • OBSOLETE COUNTIES

  • Obsolete Counties

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