Question: similarly if you listed the current counties of england in alphabetical order which would come first
Answer: County Current ceremonial 1974 + Postal 1974 -- 1996 1889 -- 1974 Before 1889 Metropolitan Non-metropolitan County Administrative Avon 1974 -- 1996 Bedfordshire 1974 -- 2009 Berkshire ♠ City of Bristol Special post town County borough County corporate Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire 1889 -- 1965 1889 -- 1965 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 1965 -- 1974 1965 -- 1974 Cheshire 1974 -- 2009 Cleveland 1974 -- 1996 Cornwall Cumberland Cumbria Derbyshire ♠ Devon Dorset Durham ( County Durham ) ♠ East Suffolk ♠ Division East Sussex Division Essex Gloucestershire Greater London County 1965 -- 1974 Greater Manchester Hampshire Hereford and Worcester ♠