She took the paper, glanced at it, and gave a rare smile. “Good. You remembered that language evolves faster than geography.”

No, that’s a metropolitan county, not a ceremonial one. The ceremonial county is just Yorkshire ? No—ceremonial Yorkshire is split into four: West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire. But only North Yorkshire counts as a shire. The others are metropolitan or unitary. He groaned.

No. East Saxons .

Tick.