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  Administrative counties of England - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Most of the powers that the former county councils used to have, devolved to their metropolitan boroughs, which are now in effect unitary authorities, however some functions such as emergency services, civil defence, and public transport are still run jointly on a metropolitan county wide basis.
When a county borough expanded into territory of a county that wasn't the one it came from, maps often showed this as an increase in size of the county the county borough was associated with.
Reddish and the Heatons in Lancashire, annexed by Stockport County Borough, Cheshire
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 England
England is named after the Angles, one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries.
England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight.
There is a debate over the extent to which the population of England (and indeed that of Britain as a whole) is composed of long-standing indigenous stock or descended from various groups of settlers and immigrants who have arrived over millennia.
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 England Encyclopedia Article @ IntAdopt.org (International Adoption)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Norman conquest of England, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Historically, the highest level of local government in England was the county.These divisions had emerged from a range of units of old, pre-unification England (such as the Kingdoms of Sussex and Kent) and further Medieval reorganisations (sometimes using duchies such as Lancashire and Cornwall).
The list of England's largest cities is much debated because in British English the normal meaning of city is "a continuously built-up urban area"; these are hard to define and various other definitions are preferred by some people to boost the ranking of their own city.
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 List of non-metropolitan counties of England by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See List of ceremonial counties of England by population for a list including metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.
It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure and does not include metropolitan counties or unitary authorities.
In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a shire county the population of the unitary authority is excluded.
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 List of non-metropolitan counties of England by area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See List of ceremonial counties of England by area for a list including metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.
This is a list of non-metropolitan counties of England by area.
In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a shire county the area of the unitary authority is excluded.
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 England Encyclopedia Article @ TheArts.us (The Arts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
England is a nation in northwest Europe and is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom accounting for more than 83% of the total UK population.
England has not had a formal government and constitution since the Act of Union of 1707, under which the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland were united, and formed the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The flag of England is the cross of St George, who is also England's patron saint and St George's Day, which falls on the 23 April is traditionally England's national day.
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Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial & (smaller) Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Non-metropolitan county - Region:
The ceremonial county borders Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Preserved counties of Wales Welsh ceremonial counties of Powys and Clwyd.
The ceremonial counties of England ceremonial county of Shropshire is now split up into the administrative counties of England administrative county of Shropshire and the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin borough.
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 Administrative counties of England - Gurupedia
Hexhamshire was a small shire in the north of the country, associated with the Diocese of York instead of the Diocese of Durham.
County boroughs were independent from the county they were physically situated in, and were the successor to the earlier status of 'county in itself'.
Other causes of outrage were the adoption of the new administrative counties by the makers of atlases, and the Royal Mail in many cases adopting the changes.
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 List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire (abbreviated northants) is a landlocked county in central england with a population...)
Cheshire (Cheshire (or archaically the county of chester) is a palatine administrative counties of englandcounty in...)
Surrey (A county in southeastern England on the Thames)
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 Shire - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" or sheriff.
In Wales, the counties of Merioneth and Glamorgan are occasionally referred to with the "shire" suffix.
Shire is the most common word in Australia for the smallest local government areas by population.
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 Devon at Caribbean Topfunwebsites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
'''Devon''' is a Counties of England in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east.
Like its neighbouring county to the west, Cornwall, Devon is relatively disadvantaged economically (as compared to other parts of southern England) because of the decline of many traditional industries such as fishing, mining and farming.
This is a list of the main towns and cities in Devon, for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Devon.
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List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population Ranked 7th
It adjoins the Ceremonial counties of England ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands (county) West Midlands, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
In the north and in the south the county is hilly, with wild moorlands in the far north and Cannock Chase an area of natural beauty in the south.
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 Lancashire - meaning of word
Ceremonial counties of England & (smaller) Administrative counties of England County - Region:
The modern administrative area is now rather smaller than that of the historic county due to a local government reform.
On April 1, 1974 the Furness exclave was given to the new county of Cumbria, the south east being given to Greater Manchester, and the south-west becoming Merseyside.
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The Census 2001 gave the population of the administrative county as 1.24 million; the ceremonial county also includes the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton, which are administratively independent, and has a total population of 1.6 million.
At the Census 2001 {{refcensus}} the ceremonial county recorded a population of 1,644,249, of which 1,240,103 were in the administrative county, 217,445 were in the unitary authority of Southampton, and 186,701 were in Portsmouth.
The population of the administrative county grew 5.6% from the 1991 census, Southampton grew 6.2% while Portsmouth remained unchanged, compared with 2.6% for England and Wales as a whole.
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 BDM Tools: Kent moore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Although the Victoria County History for Kent is limited, an extensive survey of the county was undertaken over a 50 year period by Edward Hasted, himself of Kent, between 1755-1805.
A '''lathe''' was an ancient administration division of Kent, and may well have originated during a Jutish colonization of the county.
When the County of London and London County Council were created in 1888, the new county incorporated a considerable part of north west Kent including Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich, Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich and Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham.
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 Cumbria at Caribbean Topfunwebsites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Dumfries and in Scotland.
Following the creation of Cumbria as an (administrative) county, some people, particularly those born or brought up in the area, prefer to refer to the Furness area by its traditional county name of "Lancashire".
The highest point of the county (and of the whole of England) is Scafell Pike at 978m/3209ft.
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 Administrative counties of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
There are 35 such counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire Of these, all apart from Berkshire also have county councils.
Main article: 1990s UK local government reform The 1990s led to the restoration of county boroughs under a new name, unitary authorities, which radically changed the administrative Map of England.
Main article: Northern England referendums, 2004 As part of the Blair government's policy of devolution, a referendum was held in November 2004 about whether North East England should have an elected regional assembly.
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 Overview and History of County Government
Counties existed during Washington's territorial days in the mid- to late- 1800's and were recognized in the state constitution adopted in 1889.
Counties still perform these functions, as well as others, through full-time elected officials including a board of county commissioners (or council members and an executive in charter counties), a sheriff, judges, assessor, treasurer, prosecutor, auditor, superior court clerk, and coroner or medical examiner.
Although the GMA provides that counties are regional governments and cities are the primary providers of urban governmental services within urban growth areas, approximately 44% of the state population lives in the unincorporated areas where they likely receive government services from a county.
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 ENGLAND : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The two traditional symbols of England are the St.
It remained in national use until 1707, when the Union Jack (more properly known as the Union Flag, except when used at sea) which English and Scottish ships had used at sea since 1606, was adopted for all purposes to unite the whole of Great Britain under a common flag.
The rose is widely recognised as the national flower of England and is used in a variety of contexts.
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 List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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 Administrative counties of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
3.5 Map: Administrative Counties of England from 1890-1965
The metropolitan counties are Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
Since boroughs, urban districts, and parishes could no longer cross county boundaries, the county borders were adjusted
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 Combs &c. Families of England
Also according to Stockdill: The county town is the principal town or city of the county where the major centre of administration is usually located.
Yorkshire, in its entire ancient area, is the largest county in the land and occupies approximately one-eighth of the land area of England and one-tenth of the population.
Most early wills were probated by the Church of England, and it is necessary to determine the appropriate "diocese of record" (based on parishes as well as hundreds and counties).
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 List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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