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How many English counties have you lived in?

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Leticia Tue 20-Oct-15 07:07:32

Following on from 'How many homes have you had?' How many English counties have you lived in ( if any)?

I have lived in 7.

Humbertbear Sun 25-Oct-15 07:12:34

I've only ever lived in North London. I didn't even leave London for uni. Would never live anywhere else.

Alea Sun 25-Oct-15 06:45:12

Since leaving Scotland (Borders and Fife) I have lived in 4 different parts of S London and here in N Bucks. DH on the other hand has lived in West London, Switzerland, Belgium, Berlin, France ,Central London again and then the same as me (plus 9 years in Westbourne/Bournemouth,so is that Dorset?? but coming home most weekends. )
I feel I need to get out more!

LuckyDucky Sun 25-Oct-15 05:31:04

I've lived in 5 English counties.

granjura Sat 24-Oct-15 22:19:41

SW London (3 locations)
Staffs
Leics (3 locations)

Anya Sat 24-Oct-15 21:59:58

West Lancs
Merseyside
Bedfordshire
Warwickshire

Scotland
Renfrewshire (as was)

Wales
Denbighshire

Granny23 Sat 24-Oct-15 21:08:10

None.

NfkDumpling Sat 24-Oct-15 21:01:13

One. Funnily enough - Norfolk. Seven homes throughout my life all within 15 miles of each other. A bit of a stick in the mud, me.

annodomini Sat 24-Oct-15 20:39:26

Devon
Nottinghamshire
Leicestershire
Norfolk
Greater Manchester
Cheshire

In Scotland:
Ayrshire
Fife
Angus
West Lothian

nannieroz111 Sat 24-Oct-15 19:28:57

ninathenana yes I remember the sitcom. It was "on the up" with Dennis Waterman and I think Joan Sims played Mrs Wembley. It was a favourite with our family for a while.

apricot Sat 24-Oct-15 19:18:28

7 English counties
2 bits of London
1 Welsh county
3 other countries
Now I'm back a stone's throw from where I was born.

LuckyDucky Sat 24-Oct-15 00:00:42

I've lived in in 4 counties, plus 2 countries.

Off subject/btw I keep wishing I could push the UK nearer the equator, as winter draws on grin.

Leticia Tue 20-Oct-15 22:33:51

I asked because I thought that I had lived in a lot but I don't seem to be unusual.

numberplease Tue 20-Oct-15 21:46:11

Some of you have certainly been around a bit!

RustyBear Tue 20-Oct-15 21:23:03

1)Hertfordshire
2)Devon
3)Kent
4)Berkshire
5)Oxfordshire
6)Surrey
7)Back to same town as 4) - only now it's not in Berkshire any more!

Greyduster Tue 20-Oct-15 19:01:11

Surrey
Essex
Greater London
Yorkshire.

Pembrokeshire
Monmouthshire
Northern Ireland

Singapore
Belgium
Holland

Eloethan Tue 20-Oct-15 17:59:16

Middlesex
Essex
Suffolk
Lancashire
West Sussex
Outer London

MamaCaz Tue 20-Oct-15 17:58:17

I'd have to get an atlas out to calculate the exact number, and even then I'm not sure I could come up with a precise number.
That's because I lived on a narrowboat for nearly twenty years, so 'lived' in many, many counties, albeit only a very brief time in some of them!

numberplease Tue 20-Oct-15 17:51:14

3
Born in S.Yorkshire, lived there nearly 13 years.
Lancashire (became Gtr. Manchester) for 21 years.
Lincolnshire for the last just over 38 years.
Can`t see any more moves now.

KatyK Tue 20-Oct-15 17:15:42

Only one - although it has changed names - does that make it two?

tanith Tue 20-Oct-15 17:13:12

2 London Boroughs both in the old Middlesex County.

durhamjen Tue 20-Oct-15 17:09:11

Eight different ones, but moved back to two of them, so ten moves included change of county.
I now live the furthest west I've ever lived, even though it's just ten miles west of the A1.

ninathenana Tue 20-Oct-15 16:12:39

"Just the one Mrs Wembley" grin (Kent)

Anyone else remember that sit-com ?

Nanevon Tue 20-Oct-15 14:01:32

I've lived in Kent, Warwickshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire and now Norfolk. Loved them all.

MountainAsh Tue 20-Oct-15 13:27:59

3 Counties. Yorkshire, Kent and now County Down

MargaretinNorthant Tue 20-Oct-15 13:07:06

Cornwall, Somerset, Isle of Wight, (back to Cornwall) Yorkshire (Whitby and Redcar) Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Devon, (back to Oxfordshire) Norfolk (2 places there) Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire, Devon (again,) Northamptonshire. Never stayed anywhere longer than 12 years. Born in the Cornish village Doc. Martin is filmed in. Couldn't afford to move back now!