Wear the Fox Hat I Quiz

The boundaries of the UK’s traditional counties were redrawn in 1974 and 1975 (by Harold Wilson’s newly-elected Labour Government) – “for administration purposes”. The new counties were regarded as artificial by many people and the traditional names continue to be widely used. Some like Avon have since been abolished and some like Salop have since reverted back to their original names. In an attempt at justification, the 1974 Act stated “the new county councils are solely for the purpose of defining areas of first-level government of the future: they are administration areas and will not alter the traditional boundaries”.
Anyway, these are all Districts – with their own Councils – within administrative counties of England. The question is – WHERE ?

Thirty years have passed, and although I could draw you a map of England with all the counties in from memory and mark in most of the major towns, I still wouldn’t be able to tell you where half of these Districts are situated.

So here’s the first 30, and you can earn 1pt for naming the County boundary within which they lie, and 1pt for any of main towns covered by the District.
Complicated ? You bet !

1 Kingswood
2 Wansdyke
3 Woodspring
4 Halton
5 Vale Royal
6 Langbaurgh
7 Caradon
8 Carrick
9 Kerrier
10 Allerdale
11 Copeland
12 Erewash
13 South Hams
14 Torridge
15 Sedgefield
16 Wealden
17 Castle Point
18 Tendring
19 Uttlesford
20 Tameside
21 Rushmoor
22 Wychavon
23 Dacorum
24 Hertsmere
25 Three Rivers
26 Glanford
27 Medina
28 Shepway
29 Swale
30 Hyndburn

Good luck !

[WolfLord]

1.Gloucestershire - Gloucester
2.Somerset - Bath
3.Somerset - Weston Super Mare
4.Cheshire - Widnes
5.Cheshire - Winsford, Crewe
6.Cleveland - Redcar
7.Cornwall - Liskeard, Looe, Polperro, Saltash
8.Cornwall - Truro
9.Cornwall - Cambourne
10.Cumbria - Workington
11.Cumbria - Whitehaven
12.Derbyshire - Ilkeston
13.Devon - Totnes
14.Devon - Bideford
15.County Durham - Spennymoor
16.East Sussex - Polegate, Heathfield, Uckfield
17.Essex - Canvey Island
18.Essex - Clacton On Sea
19.Essex - Saffron Walden
20.Lancashire - Ashton Under Lyne
21.Hampshire - Aldershot, Farnborough
22.Worcestershire - Pershore
23.Hertfordshire - Hemel Hempstead
24.Hertfordshire - Boreham Wood
25.Hertfordshire - Rickmansworth, Watford
26.Lincolnshire - Scunthorpe
27.Isle Of Wight - Cowes
28.Kent - Folkestone, Romney Marsh, Hythe
29.Kent - Sittingbourne, Faversham, Sheerness
30.Lancashire - Accrington
The proper name for Q.21 is the County of Southamptonshire

wolfman said:

1.Gloucestershire - Gloucester
2.Somerset - Bath
3.Somerset - Weston Super Mare
4.Cheshire - Widnes
5.Cheshire - Winsford, Crewe
6.Cleveland - Redcar
7.Cornwall - Liskeard, Looe, Polperro, Saltash
8.Cornwall - Truro
9.Cornwall - Cambourne
10.Cumbria - Workington
11.Cumbria - Whitehaven
12.Derbyshire - Ilkeston
13.Devon - Totnes
14.Devon - Bideford
15.County Durham - Spennymoor
16.East Sussex - Polegate, Heathfield, Uckfield
17.Essex - Canvey Island
18.Essex - Clacton On Sea
19.Essex - Saffron Walden
20.Lancashire - Ashton Under Lyne
21.Hampshire - Aldershot, Farnborough
22.Worcestershire - Pershore
23.Hertfordshire - Hemel Hempstead
24.Hertfordshire - Boreham Wood
25.Hertfordshire - Rickmansworth, Watford
26.Lincolnshire - Scunthorpe
27.Isle Of Wight - Cowes
28.Kent - Folkestone, Romney Marsh, Hythe
29.Kent - Sittingbourne, Faversham, Sheerness
30.Lancashire - Accrington
The proper name for Q.21 is the County of Southamptonshire

Okay, I thought either Wolfman or Sav would be in for this one, and it is rather a classy quiz for the elite even if I say so myself. ;)
How I'll approach this is highlight in yellow (above) everything that matches my test result paper, then I'll go away and check all the others and no doubt award more points !

I can't give any bonus for Southamptonshire as Q21 Rushmoor is only a tiny top right-hand corner of the county, and in any case Southamptonshire pre-dates the changes of 1974/5 which is what this quiz is about. Here's what Wikipedia says on the subject :
The county has in the past been called "Southamptonshire" and appears as such on some Victorian maps. The name of the administrative county was changed from 'County of Southampton' to 'County of Hampshire' on April 1, 1959.

Leaderboard :
[glow=red,2,300]Wolfman 67.5pts[/glow]

Boy, I've started something here !
Working backwards,
28. New Romney rather than Romney Marsh. Where tommo got his bar billiards table from !
26. Guess what ! Glanford no longer exists !
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glanford
So I have to allow Lincolnshire as it's now - along with the enclave of Scunthorpe - part of N.E.Lincs Borough Council. The Glanford part contained Brigg and Barton-on-Humber.
25. Watford is a borough in its own right. You could have had Chorleywood instead.
20. Half-point for Lancashire, technically it's in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.
5. Crewe is part of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich; for Vale Royal you could have had Northwich or Frodsham.
2. Another one that no longer exists ! Wansdyke is now part of Bath & North-East Somerset unitary authority - so both your answers are correct. Wansdyke included Keynsham, Midsomer Norton and Radstock.
1. And ditto Kingswood, which, when the county of Avon was abolished in 1996, was grouped with Northavon to form the South Gloucestershire District. Primarily suburbs of Bristol (notably Mangotsfield) though, so can't allow Gloucester which has its own City Council.

Have adjusted your points to the final tally of 67.5. Great effort !