Historic counties may refer to:
- Historic counties of England, subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans
- Historic counties of Ireland, areas in Ireland separate from the county corporates that existed in some of the larger towns and cities
- Historic counties of Scotland, the principal local government divisions of Scotland until 1975
- Historic counties of Wales, ancient sub-divisions of Wales
Famous quotes containing the word historic:
“If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side, and admit of being compared; when the energies of all men are searched by fear and by hope; when the historic glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)