Essex, Kent, SHIRE, Cornwall, Oxon, and Somerset are all counties in England. Essex is a county in the East of England with five letters, Kent is a county in the South East of England with four letters, SHIRE is a county in the North of England with five letters, Cornwall is a county in the South West of England with eight letters, Oxon is a county in the South of England with four letters, and Somerset is a county in the South West of England with eight letters.