List of tripoints of English counties

This page contains a list of tripoints of English counties. A tripoint is the point at which three geographical regions meet.

Ceremonial county tripoints

The table contains a list of the 68 tripoints for the ceremonial counties of England as per the Lieutenancies Act 1997 as subsequently amended. Also included are the three points at which two counties meet the borders with Wales and Scotland. For each tripoint the counties are ordered with the first alphabetically given first, and the counties listed anti-clockwise around the point from there.

County 1 County 2 County 3 Grid Ref Notes
DevonDorsetSomersetST328027
DorsetWiltshireSomersetST773311
DorsetHampshireWiltshireSU031211
HampshireWest SussexSurreySU873326
East SussexSurreyWest SussexTQ419398[1]
East SussexKentSurreyTQ434401[1]
BerkshireBuckinghamshireOxfordshireSU766834
BerkshireSurreyBuckinghamshireTQ026757
BerkshireHampshireSurreySU854599
BerkshireWiltshireHampshireSU350590
BerkshireOxfordshireWiltshireSU289807
Greater LondonSurreyKentTQ424568[2]
EssexHertfordshireGreater LondonTQ375999[3]
EssexGreater LondonKentTQ535786
CambridgeshireNorfolkLincolnshireTF466178
CambridgeshireSuffolkNorfolkTL652848[4]
CambridgeshireEssexSuffolkTL649435
CambridgeshireHertfordshireEssexTL420361
CambridgeshireNorthamptonshireLincolnshireTF019057[5]
LincolnshireRutlandNorthamptonshireTF019057[5]
BedfordshireHertfordshireCambridgeshireTL263440
BedfordshireBuckinghamshireHertfordshireSP997152
BedfordshireNorthamptonshireBuckinghamshireSP911559[6]
BedfordshireCambridgeshireNorthamptonshireTL046705[7]
BuckinghamshireGreater LondonHertfordshireTQ039900
BerkshireSurreyGreater LondonTQ035755
BuckinghamshireNorthamptonshireOxfordshireSP605356
BristolSomersetGloucestershireST646700
GloucestershireSomersetWiltshireST796700
GloucestershireHerefordshireWalesSO552143
GloucestershireWorcestershireHerefordshireSO759358
GloucestershireWarwickshireWorcestershireSP160460
GloucestershireOxfordshireWarwickshireSP230321[8]
GloucestershireWiltshireOxfordshireSU220991
HerefordshireShropshireWalesSO350727
HerefordshireWorcestershireShropshireSO579678
West MidlandsWorcestershireWarwickshireSP088744
NorthamptonshireWarwickshireOxfordshireSP458524
LeicestershireLincolnshireNottinghamshireSK821428[9]
LeicestershireRutlandLincolnshireSK902184
LeicestershireNorthamptonshireRutlandSP873926
LeicestershireWarwickshireNorthamptonshireSP544779[10]
LeicestershireStaffordshireWarwickshireSK278100[11]
StaffordshireWest MidlandsWarwickshireSP144989
StaffordshireWorcestershireWest MidlandsSO889813
ShropshireWorcestershireStaffordshireSO805841
DerbyshireSouth YorkshireWest YorkshireSE118027
DerbyshireNottinghamshireSouth YorkshireSK534797[12]
DerbyshireLeicestershireNottinghamshireSK493309
DerbyshireStaffordshireLeicestershireSK273115[11]
DerbyshireWest YorkshireGreater ManchesterSE061046
CheshireGreater ManchesterMerseysideSJ617945
CheshireDerbyshireGreater ManchesterSJ980859
CheshireStaffordshireDerbyshireSK009685[13]
CheshireShropshireStaffordshireSJ745446
CheshireWalesShropshireSJ512431
Greater ManchesterWest YorkshireLancashireSD904206
Greater ManchesterLancashireMerseysideSD516028
East RidingNottinghamshireLincolnshireSK799960
East RidingSouth YorkshireNottinghamshireSE707011
East RidingNorth YorkshireSouth YorkshireSE629181
LancashireWest YorkshireNorth YorkshireSD970393
North YorkshireWest YorkshireSouth YorkshireSE508141
DurhamTyne and WearNorthumberlandNZ115567
CumbriaDurhamNorthumberlandNY800440
CumbriaNorth YorkshireDurhamNY890070
CumbriaLancashireNorth YorkshireSD700813
CumbriaNorthumberlandScotlandNY561884

In addition as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, between 1974 and 1996 the counties of Avon and Cleveland resulted in three further tripoints that are no longer in existence.[14]

County 1 County 2 County 3 Grid Ref Notes
AvonWiltshireGloucestershireST812865
AvonSomersetWiltshireST799585
ClevelandDurhamNorth YorkshireNZ196157

Historic county tripoints

The table contains a list of the 58 principal tripoints for the historic counties of England prior to 1800. [15] As the English county boundaries had remained essentially unchanged since the eleventh century,[16] the list can thus be seen to represent the "original" locations of the English county tripoints.

During the nineteenth century a number of laws, most notably the Counties Act of 1844, resulted in the relocation of some sections of historic boundaries, principally to remove detached portions of counties. With the notable exception of the creation of the metropolitan counties in 1974, the majority of the boundaries have remained unchanged since then. For comparison the locations of the tripoints in 1890 are also listed in the table, by which time the majority of the localised changes had been made. The handful of additional tripoints that were formed by detached parts of counties are not listed in the table (e.g. Devon(detached)-Dorset-Somerset, Staffordshire-Shropshire(detached)-Worcestershire(detached)).

The symbol (†) indicates that the original point still exists unchanged as a tripoint of the current ceremonial counties. (Many of the other points still exist as the meeting of three administrative districts.) For each tripoint the counties are ordered with the first alphabetically given first, and the counties listed anti-clockwise around the point from there.

County 1 County 2 County 3 Grid Ref (1806) Grid Ref (1890) Notes
DevonDorsetSomersetST259087ST328027
DorsetWiltshireSomersetST773311ST773311
DorsetHampshireWiltshireSU117144SU031211
HampshireSussexSurreySU873326SU873326
KentSurreySussexTQ434401TQ434401
BerkshireWiltshireHampshireSU358612SU350590
BerkshireHampshireSurreySU854599SU854599
BerkshireSurreyBuckinghamshireSU993734SU993734
BerkshireBuckinghamshireOxfordshireSU768839SU768839
BerkshireOxfordshireGloucestershireSU244984SU244984[17]
BerkshireGloucestershireWiltshireSU195968SU220991[17]
GloucestershireSomersetWiltshireST796700ST796700
GloucestershireWorcestershireHerefordshireSO759358SO759358
GloucestershireHerefordshireMonmouthshireSO552143SO552143
GloucestershireWarwickshireWorcestershireSP102479SP102479[18]
GloucestershireOxfordshireWarwickshireSP230321SP230321
BuckinghamshireNorthamptonshireOxfordshireSP605356SP605356
BuckinghamshireSurreyMiddlesexTQ027717TQ027717
BuckinghamshireMiddlesexHertfordshireTQ039900TQ039900
BedfordshireHertfordshireCambridgeshireTL263440TL263440
BedfordshireBuckinghamshireHertfordshireTL008157SP997152
BedfordshireNorthamptonshireBuckinghamshireSP911559SP911559
BedfordshireHuntingdonshireNorthamptonshireTL046705TL046705
MiddlesexSurreyKentTQ368790TQ368790
EssexMiddlesexKentTQ394804TQ394804
EssexHertfordshireMiddlesexTQ375999TQ375999
CambridgeshireHertfordshireEssexTL399414TL420361
CambridgeshireEssexSuffolkTL649435TL649435
CambridgeshireSuffolkNorfolkTL605916TL652848
CambridgeshireNorfolkLincolnshireTF478176TF478176
CambridgeshireLincolnshireNorthamptonshireTF258076TF258076
CambridgeshireNorthamptonshireHuntingdonshireTL194981TL223963
BedfordshireCambridgeshireHuntingdonshireTL170561TL220527
LincolnshireRutlandNorthamptonshireTF014057TF014057
LeicestershireNorthamptonshireRutlandSP873926SP873926
LeicestershireWarwickshireNorthamptonshireSP544779SP544779
LeicestershireStaffordshireWarwickshireSK278100SK278100
LeicestershireRutlandLincolnshireSK902184SK902184
StaffordshireWorcestershireWarwickshireSP038831SP063835
ShropshireWorcestershireStaffordshireSO774785SO774785
HerefordshireWorcestershireShropshireSO581679SO577677
HerefordshireShropshireRadnorshireSO350727SO350727
DerbyshireStaffordshireLeicestershireSK273115SK273115
DerbyshireLeicestershireNottinghamshireSK493309SK493309
LeicestershireLincolnshireNottinghamshireSK821428SK821428
DerbyshireNottinghamshireYorkshireSK533789SK533789
CheshireFlintshireShropshireSJ512431SJ512431
CheshireShropshireStaffordshireSJ745446SJ745446
CheshireStaffordshireDerbyshireSK009685SK009685
CheshireDerbyshireYorkshireSK133996SK133996
CheshireYorkshireLancashireSD975025SD975025
LincolnshireYorkshireNottinghamshireSE701018SE701018
LancashireYorkshireWestmorlandSD701827SD701827
CumberlandLancashireWestmorlandNY276027NY276027
CumberlandWestmorlandDurhamNY771336NY771336
DurhamWestmorlandYorkshireNY815283NY815283
CumberlandDurhamNorthumberlandNY800440NY800440
CumberlandNorthumberlandRoxburghshireNY561884NY561884

References

  1. These two tripoints are just about a mile from one another, to the east of East Grinstead.
  2. Formerly located at TQ426574
  3. This tripoint is located beside where the M25 motorway crosses the River Lea.
  4. Near to Shippea Hill railway station
  5. Often incorrectly believed to be a quadripoint, these two tripoints are around 20 metres apart.
  6. Located at the edge of "Threeshire Wood".
  7. Marked by a "Three Shire Stone"
  8. Location of the "Four Shire Stone" monument, marking the location of a former quadripoint when the site also bordered a detached area of Worcestershire.
  9. Marked by "Three Shire Oak".
  10. Marked by Dow Bridge
  11. These two tripoints are just under a mile from one another - see No Man's Heath.
  12. Situated 500m north of "Three Shires Oak".
  13. Known as Three Shire Heads and the former location of three stones marking the boundary and shown on John Speed's map of 1612.
  14. "County boundary mapping from 1995". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09.
  15. Ordnance Survey: First Edition, 1806
  16. Encyclopedia Americana Corp. (1918). Encyclopedia Americana. p. 354.
  17. These two tripoints are just over a mile from one another near Lechlade.
  18. Marked by the "Three Shire Elms"

See also

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