There is a hierarchy of counties in England. Some have very powerful identities and and rivalries. Examples would be Lancashire and Youkshire, Devon and Cornwall(which, I appreciate is considered to be a small country by many, rather than a county). Next down the list would be the middle range of counties, eg Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Kent. Modrately strong identity etc.
Then at the bottom are some counties that nobody knows anything about and nobody knows where they are. Herrtfordshire, perhaps, or Northamptonshire. And there is also the unique Rutland, which is difficult to include in this classification. It is very famous, but only for being so small that nobody knows where it is.
   There is an interesting effect, noticable in England and Ireland equally. The countiews round the edge are more famous than the ones in the middle. For example, I think I could correctly recite all the counties of Ireland going round the coast, and likewise England(round the edge, rather than round the coast in that case, Wales and Scotland get in the way). But I would be hard put to put my finger on a map and correctly identify Buckinghamshire or Offaly.