States in Medieval Britain

The following counties are listed in the [Domesday book]?, compiled under the order of William the Conqueror between 1066 and 1086,

• Bedfordshire
• Berkshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Cheshire
• Cornwall
• Derbyshire
• Devon
• Dorsetshire
• Essex
• Gloucestershire
• Hampshire
• Herefordshire
• Hertfordshire
• Huntingdonshire
• Kent
• Lancashire
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Middlesex
• Nottinghamshire
• Norfolk
• Northants
• Oxfordshire
• Rutland
• Shropshire
• Somerset
• Staffordshire
• Suffolk
• Surrey
• Sussex
• Warwickshire
• Worcestershire
• Wiltshire

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Here follow (mostly) states prior to 1066
on this there is some discussion in the Talk-section:
"What are the middle ages?"

Angle, Saxon, & Jute states

• Essex
• Kent
• Mercia?
• Northumbria?
  • Bernicia?
  • Deira?
• Sussex?
• Suffolk
• Norfolk?
• Wessex
• [East Anglia]?

Southern Celtic states

• Afan?
• Arfon?
• Arllechwedd?
• Brycheiniog? (Brecon)
• Buellt? (Builth)
• Calchvynydd?
• Camelot? = fictional
• Cornwall
• Deheubarth?
• Demetae?
• Devon
• Dunoding?
• Dyfed?
• [Dyffryn Clwyd]?
• Elfael?
• Erging?
• [Glyn Rhondda]?
• Glywysing?
• Gwerthrynion?
• Gwynedd?
• Gwynlliauc?
• Gwynllwg?
• Gwyr?
• Powys?
• Gwent?
• Llyn?
• [Manaw Gododdin]?
• Meirionydd? (Merioneth)
• Meisgyn? (Miskin)
• Melenydd?
• Mon?
• Morgannwg? (Glamorgan)
• Pennines?
• Penychen?
• Rheged
• Seisyllwg? (Ceredigion)
• Senghennydd?
• [South Gyrwe]?
• Tegeingl?
• [Ystrad Towi]?

Scottish, Pict & Caledonian states

• Scotland
• Strathclyde?
• Lothian?
• Cumbria?
• Dalriada?
• Galloway?
• [some concoction of rugged islands]?
• Alban?
• Moray?
• Caithness?
• Mar?
• Argyll?
• Fortriu?

Dane, Norsemen & Dubliner states

• Danelaw?
• Gaell-Gaedhill? (Galloway)
• Yorkshire?
• [Earldom of Orkney]?
• [Kingdom of Man]?
• Cumbria?

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I made some blatant mistakes in this
I'm sure someone will amend it properly
- Mathijs

I fixed some of the errors. This is a nice list to start with
- Kevin

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