Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of subdivisions of England used for the purposes of local government outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly.As originally constituted, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties each consisted of multiple districts, had a county council and were also the counties for the purposes of …

A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a county-level entity in England that is not a metropolitan county The term shire county is, however, an unofficial usage. Many of the non-metropolitan counties bear historic names and most, such as Wiltshire and Staffordshire, end in the suffix "-shire".Of the remainder, some counties had the "-shire" ending but have lost …

In 1974, administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished, and a major reform was instituted. At this time, lieutenancy was redefined to use the new metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties directly.. Following a further rearrangement in 1996, Avon, Cleveland, Hereford and Worcester, and Humberside were abolished. This led to a resurrection of a …

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, ... These were of two types: "metropolitan" and "non-metropolitan" counties. Apart from local government, the new counties were "substituted for counties of any other description" for judicial, shrievalty, lieutenancy and other purposes.

The metropolitan boroughs had greater powers than the districts, sharing some of the county council responsibilities with the metropolitan county councils, and having control of others that districts did not (e.g. education was administered by the non-metropolitan county councils, but by the metropolitan borough councils). The metropolitan ...

As of 2009, the largest county by area is North Yorkshire and the smallest is the City of London.The smallest county with multiple districts is Tyne and Wear and the smallest non-metropolitan county with a county council is Buckinghamshire. The county with the highest population is Greater London and the lowest is the City of London.. Greater London and the …

Subdivisions of England; Subdivisions of England (as of 1 April 2021) that have a principal local authority: two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their non-metropolitan districts; metropolitan boroughs; unitary authorities; London boroughs; and the sui generis City of London and Isles of Scilly.: Location: England: Subdivisions

A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan counties.All of the metropolitan districts have been granted or regranted royal charters giving them borough …

The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England. There are six metropolitan counties, which each cover large urban areas, with populations between 1 and 3 million. They were created in 1974 and are each divided into several metropolitan districts or boroughs.With the abolition of metropolitan county councils in 1986, with most of their …

1888 wurden in England Grafschaftsräte (County councils) eingeführt, die gewählt wurden.Diese Räte übernahmen eine Reihe von Verwaltungsaufgaben. Nicht zu den neu gebildeten Verwaltungsgrafschaften (englisch Administrative counties) gehörten die County Boroughs, selbständige Verwaltungseinheiten.Die damals vorgenommene Einteilung Englands stimmte …