1. Bedfordshire
  2. Berkshire
  3. Buckinghamshire
  4. Cambridgeshire
  5. Cheshire *
  6. Cornwall
  7. Cumberland
  8. Derbyshire
  9. Devon
  10. Dorset
  11. County Durham *
  12. Essex
  13. Gloucestershire
  14. Hampshire †
  15. Herefordshire
  16. Hertfordshire
  17. Huntingdonshire
  18. Kent
  19. Lancashire *
  20. Leicestershire
  21. Lincolnshire
  22. Middlesex
  23. Norfolk
  24. Northamptonshire
  25. Northumberland
  26. Nottinghamshire
  27. Oxfordshire
  28. Rutland
  29. Shropshire
  30. Somerset
  31. Staffordshire
  32. Suffolk
  33. Surrey
  34. Sussex
  35. Warwickshire
  36. Westmorland
  37. Wiltshire
  38. Worcestershire
  39. Yorkshire
 

From: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_counties_of_England