Oldest Living English People by County
Below is a list of the oldest known person living in each ceremonial county of England, according to the Oldest in Britain website.[1] Only those aged 107+ are listed.
| County | Name | Sex | Birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | ||||
| Berkshire | Margaret Schaap | F | 15 Aug 1915 | 109 years, 110 days |
| Bristol | Joyce Jones | F | 8 Jul 1917 | 107 years, 148 days |
| Buckinghamshire | Adela Harrison | F | 2 Jan 1913 | 111 years, 335 days |
| Cambridgeshire | Phyllis Carter | F | 22 Jul 1916 | 108 years, 134 days |
| Cheshire | Marie Lycett | F | 26 Feb 1917 | 107 years, 280 days |
| Cornwall | Gladys Averol Dyer | F | 14 Oct 1915 | 109 years, 50 days |
| County Durham | Eva Jackson | F | 12 Sep 1915 | 109 years, 82 days |
| Cumbria | Esther Dalton | F | 5 Jun 1914 | 110 years, 181 days |
| Derbyshire | Donald Rose | M | 24 Dec 1914 | 109 years, 344 days |
| Devon | Theresa Ryan | F | 2 Jun 1914 | 110 years, 184 days |
| Dorset | Barbara Emily Rawlin | F | 10 Dec 1914 | 109 years, 358 days |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | ||||
| East Sussex | Joan Willett | F | 19 Jul 1916 | 108 years, 137 days |
| Essex | ||||
| Gloucestershire | Elizabeth Mary Franklin | F | 2 Apr 1916 | 108 years, 245 days |
| Greater London | Merah Smith | F | 9 Nov 1912 | 112 years, 24 days |
| Greater Manchester | Hilda Waterhouse | F | 1 Jul 1915 | 109 years, 155 days |
| Hampshire | Doris Stibbs | F | 12 Oct 1915 | 109 years, 52 days |
| Herefordshire | ||||
| Hertfordshire | Joan Scoles | F | 27 Sep 1916 | 108 years, 67 days |
| Isle of Wight | ||||
| Kent | Hilda Luck | F | 19 Feb 1914 | 110 years, 287 days |
| Lancashire | William Staples | M | 11 Dec 1915 | 108 years, 357 days |
| Leicestershire | ||||
| Lincolnshire | Phyllis Houghton | F | 29 Oct 1914 | 110 years, 35 days |
| Merseyside | John Tinniswood | M | 26 Aug 1912 | 112 years, 99 days |
| Norfolk | Rita Farmer | F | 24 Jun 1914 | 110 years, 162 days |
| North Yorkshire | John William Shannon | M | 1 Oct 1916 | 108 years, 63 days |
| Northamptonshire | ||||
| Northumberland | ||||
| Nottinghamshire | Zenda Averella Wilcoxon | F | 8 Aug 1914 | 110 years, 117 days |
| Oxfordshire | ||||
| Rutland | ||||
| Shropshire | Edna May Kendrick | F | 7 Apr 1915 | 109 years, 240 days |
| Somerset | Hilda Leggett | F | 25 Jul 1914 | 110 years, 131 days |
| South Yorkshire | Edith May Laycock | F | 23 Nov 1916 | 108 years, 10 days |
| Staffordshire | Ivy Ashwell | F | 20 Dec 1915 | 108 years, 348 days |
| Suffolk | Jack Seagers | M | 9 Jul 1917 | 107 years, 147 days |
| Surrey | Ethel Caterham | F | 21 Aug 1909 | 115 years, 104 days |
| Tyne and Wear | ||||
| Warwickshire | Eunice Beech | F | 13 Jul 1913 | 111 years, 143 days |
| West Midlands | ||||
| West Sussex | Gwendoline Tompkins | F | 11 Mar 1917 | 107 years, 267 days |
| West Yorkshire | Margaret Cryer | F | 25 Nov 1913 | 111 years, 8 days |
| Wiltshire | Anne Baker | F | 14 May 1914 | 110 years, 203 days |
| Worcestershire | Frank Chester | M | 10 Apr 1917 | 107 years, 237 days |
Oldest ever people
Below is a list of the oldest known person ever from each ceremonial county of England, according to the Oldest in Britain website.[2] The list refers to county of death or (or residence if the person is still living). Only those aged 110+ are listed.
| County | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Margaret Fish | F | 7 Mar 1899 | 12 Mar 2011 | 112 years, 5 days |
| Berkshire | Mollie Walker | F | 5 Feb 1909 | 22 Jan 2022 | 112 years, 351 days |
| Bristol | Vera Price | F | 16 Dec 1904 | 9 May 2015 | 110 years, 144 days |
| Buckinghamshire | Margaret Cooke | F | 15 Sep 1900 | 18 Mar 2012 | 111 years, 185 days |
| Cambridgeshire | Alice Empleton | F | 13 Sep 1870 | 7 Jan 1981 | 110 years, 116 days |
| Cheshire | Gertrude Phillipson | F | 22 Mar 1878 | 7 May 1988 | 110 years, 46 days |
| Cornwall | Ethel Tuck | F | 16 Aug 1881 | 15 May 1992 | 110 years, 273 days |
| County Durham | Jeannie Pattison | F | 31 May 1901 | 9 Sep 2011 | 110 years, 101 days |
| Cumbria | Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski | M | 19 Jul 1894 | 6 Dec 2005 | 111 years, 140 days |
| Derbyshire | Annie Jennings | F | 12 Nov 1884 | 20 Nov 1999 | 115 years, 8 days |
| Devon | Emily Calvert | F | 30 Aug 1893 | 13 Jan 2005 | 111 years, 136 days |
| Dorset | Lilian Priest | F | 7 Nov 1908 | 6 June 2021 | 112 years, 211 days |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Dorothy Peel | F | 28 Sep 1902 | 24 Jun 2014 | 111 years, 269 days |
| East Sussex | Henry Allingham | M | 6 Jun 1896 | 18 Jul 2009 | 113 years, 42 days |
| Essex | Lucy Jane Askew | F | 8 Sep 1883 | 9 Dec 1997 | 114 years, 92 days |
| Gloucestershire | Ralph Hoare | M | 19 Jul 1908 | 29 Jan 2019 | 110 years, 194 days |
| Greater London | Grace Adelaide Jones | F | 7 Dec 1899 | 14 Nov 2013 | 113 years, 342 days |
| Greater Manchester | Amy Hulmes | F | 5 Oct 1887 | 27 Oct 2001 | 114 years, 22 days |
| Hampshire | Gertrude Kingston | F | 1 Feb 1909 | 28 Jul 2021 | 112 years, 177 days |
| Herefordshire | Annie Townsend | F | 20 May 1883 | 11 Sep 1994 | 111 years, 114 days |
| Hertfordshire | Matilde Coulter | F | 30 Mar 1909 | 19 Jan 2021 | 111 years, 295 days |
| Isle of Wight | Gladys Hooper | F | 18 Jan 1903 | 9 Jul 2016 | 113 years, 173 days |
| Kent | Ruby Gilliam | F | 21 Sep 1885 | 22 Oct 1998 | 113 years, 31 days |
| Lancashire | Mary Ann Hebden | F | 4 Oct 1893 | 30 Nov 2005 | 112 years, 57 days |
| Leicestershire | Lilian Wignall | F | 1 Oct 1907 | 12 Oct 2018 | 111 years, 11 days |
| Lincolnshire | Rebecca Hewison | F | 19 Oct 1881 | 22 Sep 1994 | 112 years, 338 days |
| Merseyside | John Tinniswood | M | 26 Aug 1912 | Living | 112 years, 99 days |
| Norfolk | Irene Pearce | F | 5 Jan 1901 | 6 Sep 2012 | 111 years, 245 days |
| North Yorkshire | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 Aug 1877 | 17 Mar 1993 | 115 years, 228 days |
| Northamptonshire | Joyce Wooding | F | 6 Sep 1911 | 9 Jan 2022 | 110 years, 125 days |
| Northumberland | |||||
| Nottinghamshire | Dorothy Baldwin | F | 8 Feb 1902 | 1 Jan 2014 | 111 years, 327 days |
| Oxfordshire | Elizabeth Jones | F | 20 Aug 1888 | 10 Mar 2000 | 111 years, 203 days |
| Rutland | |||||
| Shropshire | Hermione Cock | F | 1 Mar 1904 | 24 Oct 2015 | 111 years, 237 days |
| Somerset | Annie Price | F | 12 Jan 1886 | 26 Dec 1997 | 111 years, 348 days |
| South Yorkshire | Ethel Lang | F | 27 May 1900 | 15 Jan 2015 | 114 years, 233 days |
| Staffordshire | Eva Morris | F | 8 Nov 1885 | 2 Nov 2000 | 114 years 360 days |
| Suffolk | Olive Boar | F | 29 Sep 1904 | 28 Aug 2018 | 113 years, 333 days |
| Surrey | Ethel Caterham | F | 21 Aug 1909 | Living | 115 years, 104 days |
| Tyne and Wear | Eunice Bowman | F | 23 Aug 1898 | 16 Jul 2010 | 111 years, 327 days |
| Warwickshire | Annie Butler | F | 4 Jun 1897 | 28 Sep 2009 | 112 years, 116 days |
| West Midlands | Florence Pittaway | F | 15 Oct 1902 | 21 Dec 2014 | 112 years, 67 days |
| West Sussex | Marjorie Kinne | F | 1 Aug 1910 | 24 Jan 2022 | 111 years, 176 days |
| West Yorkshire | Florrie Baldwin | F | 31 Mar 1896 | 8 May 2010 | 114 years, 38 days |
| Wiltshire | Anne Baker | F | 14 May 1914 | Living | 110 years, 203 days |
| Worcestershire | Grace Catherine Jones | F | 16 Sep 1906 | 7 June 2019 | 112 years, 264 days |