Ceremonial counties of England

The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. They are also often called geographic counties.
Map
+ ceremonial county covers larger area than the non-metropolitan county
Definition
The Lieutenancies Act 1997 defines the "ceremonial counties" in terms of local government areas created by the Local Government Act 1972 as amended. Schedule 1, paragraphs 2-5 defines them as:
Bedfordshire, including Luton
Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire, including Milton Keynes
Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough
Cheshire, including Halton and Warrington
City of London
Cornwall, including Isles of Scilly
Cumbria
Chester
Derbyshire, including Derby
Devon, including Plymouth and Torbay
Dorset, including Bournemouth and Poole
County Durham, including Darlington, Hartlepool, and Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees
East Riding of Yorkshire, including Kingston-upon-Hull
East Sussex, including Brighton and Hove
Essex, including Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
Gloucestershire, including South Gloucestershire
Greater London, excluding the City of London
Greater Manchester
Hampshire, including Southampton and Portsmouth
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Kent, including Medway
Lancashire, including Blackburn with Darwen, and Blackpool
Leicestershire, including Leicester
Lincolnshire, including North Lincolnshire, and North East Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Norfolk
North Yorkshire, including York, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees south of the River Tees
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire, including Nottingham
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin
Somerset, including Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire, including Stoke-on-Trent
Suffolk
Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire, including Swindon
Worcestershire
Lieutenancy areas in 1890
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire, including Isle of Ely
Cheshire
held jointly with Chester
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Devon
held jointly with Exeter
Dorset
held jointly with Poole
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
held jointly with Gloucester and Bristol
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Kent
held jointly with Canterbury
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
held jointly with Lincoln
City of London, having commissioners of Lieutenancy (not shown on map)
County of London
Middlesex
Norfolk
held jointly with Norwich
Northamptonshire, including the Soke of Peterborough
Northumberland
held jointly with Berwick-upon-Tweed and Newcastle upon Tyne
Nottinghamshire
held jointly with Nottingham
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Salop (Shropshire)
Somerset
Southamptonshire (Hampshire)
held jointly with Southampton
Staffordshire
held jointly with Lichfield
Suffolk
Sussex
Warwickshire
Westmorland
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
held jointly with Worcester
Yorkshire - had three Lieutenants, one for each of the three ridings
(a) East Riding, held jointly with Kingston upon Hull
(b) North Riding
(c) West Riding, held jointly with York
References
Other websites
Lieutenancies Act 1997