On 16 Feb 2010, at 20:57, Keir Gale wrote:

> Easy, 1st 3 counties, Cheshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, and  
> the 4th
> is the West Midlands?. But Like Merseyside and Greater Manchester  
> it's not
> really a county is it?
> So before they came into existance in 1974, I think was the real 4th  
> county
> Worcestershire?
>
> Colin and Carole
> nb Patty Ann
>
>
>
>
> I don't think any part of the "Four counties Ring" has ever been in  
> Worcs.
> My guess would be that the 4th county is indeed the West Midlands,  
> which
> would have been administratively a county at the time that these  
> rings were
> being given names (sometime in the late 70s early 80s I'd guess).


Wolverhampton was in Staffs before the W Mids was formed.

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