Geography

[ClaireStan]

Which 4 england counties disappeared from the map in 1974

[Starman 2112]

Could two of them be Middlesex and Rutland?

[bernardo]

Not Middlesex - that was abolished when Greater London was created in 1964. The four were Westmoreland (which merged with Cumberland to form Cumbria), Rutland (which was absorbed into Leicestershire), Huntingdon & Peterborough (which was absorbed into Cambridgeshire) and Herefordshire (which merged with Worcestershire to form Hereford & Worcester). There were also various other changes and adjustments, e.g. Yorkshire being split into 4 counties, Sussex being split into 2, and the Metropolitan counties being formed from parts of Lancashire and Durham.

[Numbers]

South and West Yorkshire Metropolitan District Councils, North Humberside, North Yorkshire and the one that most people miss... Cleveland.

[bernardo]

The ones listed by Lodekka are the new ones which appeared in 1974 - also Greater Manchester and Merseyside.