English and Scots Dialects

Traditional names of the
English and Scottish counties
Dialects as documented in 1905 and 1950-61
Shetland Islands
 
Orkney Islands
 
Aberdeenshire
 
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
 
Ayrshire
Roxburgh
 
Ulster
Cumberland
Northumberland
 
Isle of Man
Westmorland
Durham
 
Lancashire
Yorkshire
 
Cheshire
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Lincolnshire
 
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
 
Herefordshire
Worcestershire
Warwickshire
Northamptonshire
Norfolk
 
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Suffolk
 
Gloucestershire
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Hertfordshire
Essex
 
Wiltshire
Berkshire
London
 
Devon
Somerset
Dorset
Hampshire
Surrey
Sussex
  Kent
 
Cornwall

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