Home Counties

Noun

Meaning

the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded

Examples

At the start of 2015 she wrote the first draft of a film script about a humourless Home Counties cook who accidentally becomes a TV star. Source: Internet

He asked Alexander to send him two new British divisions ( 51st Highland and 44th Home Counties ) that were then arriving in Egypt and were scheduled to be deployed in defence of the Nile Delta. Source: Internet

But did you know it has an offshoot in the Home Counties? Source: Internet

Taylor has, it's true, a biography that invites yawning and inattention: she was married early, to a successful businessman who later became mayor of a small town in the Home Counties. Source: Internet

She was educated at prestigious Home Counties boarding school Lord Wandsworth College, which costs £34,650 per year for a full-time senior boarder, before spending 12 months at The Sixth Form College in Farnborough. Source: Internet

South American gangs, mainly from Chile, bring in criminals to break into homes in London suburbs and the Home Counties. Source: Internet

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