Regions. Note - for Sept. 2025 Folklife West, Yorkshire instead of Yorks & Humber. The Yorkshire areas of Humberside to be included under Yorkshire, and the Lincolnshire areas of Humberside under Lincolnshire - so under East Midlands. Likewise with Directory areas.

counties, English regions, etc ~  www.folklife.uk/counties

These are the Government's countries, regions and counties which we use when allocating print and webpages on this site (Folklife West print & online; online Folklife directory) : 
        Wales;    England:  South-West (West Country),  West Midlands,  other English regions*** ;    Scotland;    International. 

*** the other English regions in this order:  
[East & South]   East Midlands,  East,  South-East,  London; 
[North] ...........     North West,  North East,  Yorkshire *.
   * But instead of government's "Yorkshire and the Humber" region, we use "Yorkshire" (to include the Yorkshire areas of the former Humberside).
     The Lincolnshire areas of the former Humberside we place under Lincolnshire - so we place under East Midlands. 

  • Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [2018]
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