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?"

Celtic states

• Rheged
• Cornwall
• Devon
• Seisyllwg?
• Camelot? = fictional
• Gwynedd?
• Powys?
• Dalriada?
• Galloway?

Angle, Saxon & Jute states

• Mercia?
• Northumbria?
  • Bernicia?
  • Deira?
• Wessex
• Essex
• Kent
• Suffolk

Scottish, Pict & Caledonian states

• Scotland
• [some concoction of rugged islands]?

Dane, Norsemen & Dubliner states

• Danelaw?
• Gaelgadil-something?
• Yorkshire?

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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

/talk