Can you name the Historic Counties of Wales?

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Counties of Wales Quiz

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Published: January 31st, 2008
Category: Geography
Plays: 17,816

Tags: wale, Historic Counties, county, historic

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	David:	Dec 30th, 2008 at 01:23 GMT	3 points
	All 13. Took me a while though. Had to remember what mid-Wales was called back in the day. I'm Welsh, I'm supposed to know this stuff.

	beatrix kiddo:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 09:21 GMT	11 points
	should really allow caernarfonshire to be spelt with an 'f' - as that's a recognised spelling. other than that 11/13. hooray the welsh.

	sjorford:	Feb 8th, 2009 at 17:55 GMT	3 points
	Could also allow Breconshire for Brecknockshire. Got 13/13 at the third time of asking!

	Dewi:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 07:58 GMT	2 points
	Merionethshire is not a recognised spelling at all. In English it used to be Meirionethshire. A typo maybe or an Americanism?

	Peter:	Mar 21st, 2009 at 15:13 GMT	1 point
	why would there be an americanism on the spelling of a welsh county? or an english one for that matter i dont think they care enough/are used often enough in the states to spell them differently

	Dewi:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 12:07 GMT	2 points
	I thinks there's a Merion conty in US as apposed to Meirion...

	Sparky:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 21:24 GMT	11 points
	I don't suppose we could have a modern counties of Wales one?

	trishtea:	Jul 30th, 2009 at 14:10 GMT	1 point
	I did it! on my 4th go :) I kept getting stuck on the powys/dyfed etc ones. When were they? Re Sparky: yes I agree a modern one would be great :) not that I'd get them all first time by a long shot!

	laurenasp:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 GMT	1 point
	i'm from flintshire and this is hard, but i just managed it. however, we need a modern one! come on sporcmeisters!

	davebesag:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 00:15 GMT	1 point
	I think Ynys Môn could count for Anglesey.

	abanazerb:	Feb 15th, 2010 at 15:51 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz. Merionethshire looks right to me, by the way. But what do I know? I'm English.

	zeppelinoid:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 16:36 GMT	2 points
	Ynys Môn has only been used since 1973 before that it was known as Anglesey. It took me a long time to work out that the first syllable of Caerarfonshire was spelt in the Welsh way, but the second was anglicised. Please be consistent, either Carnarvon or Caernarfon. Enjoyed the quiz. Brink back proper counties.

	bobumbus:	May 4th, 2010 at 15:42 GMT	1 point
	No, I cannot...

	Getoka:	Jul 7th, 2010 at 20:24 GMT	1 point
	Thanks the Victory jigsaw puzzle of the counties of England and Wales I had as a child I did quite well at this.

	bigturnip:	Jul 22nd, 2010 at 15:10 GMT	2 points
	5, I'd like to think I'd do better on the modern county names.

	anarresti:	Oct 12th, 2010 at 15:40 GMT	1 point
	An attractive percentile curve on this one - well done!

	nendwr:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 22:47 GMT	1 point
	Please accept Brycheiniog, Maldwyn, and some obvious variants on Sir Fôn (Sir Fon, Ynys Môn, Ynys Mon, Môn).

	samcash13593:	Jun 12th, 2011 at 17:19 GMT	1 point
	I have been in every one of these, but i still missed some because it turns out i can't spell

	GwynE:	Jul 18th, 2011 at 15:02 GMT	1 point
	Should have done it in Welsh! That would have been fun.

	samcash13593:	Oct 12th, 2011 at 05:18 GMT	1 point
	Turns out I can do them now. in response to my previous comment, I have obviously improved my spelling.

	blairio:	Jan 31st, 2012 at 09:54 GMT	1 point
	i wrote caernarfonshire and it wasn't accepted. never seen it spelt with a "v" before

	Rob42:	Jan 31st, 2012 at 10:05 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz, and I particularly enjoyed it because I am currently living in Wales (although I am not Welsh). However, I could not get Caernarvonshire, or any of the mid-Wales counties. I only know these two areas as Gwynedd and Powys respectively.