A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a subdivision of England used for local government. The non-metropolitan counties were originally...

definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local...

they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status...

Metropolitan counties are a subdivision of England which were originally used for local government. There are six metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester...

two-tier counties of England by population. It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure...

services in an area. They combine the functions of a non-metropolitan county council and a non-metropolitan district council, which elsewhere in England provide...

fields such as sport. County-tier councils and each unitary authority are separate non-metropolitan counties, each non-metropolitan county can be known as a...

Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan counties. All of the metropolitan districts have...

counties are divided into districts, and 21 of those have a county council. Most ceremonial counties correspond to a metropolitan or non-metropolitan...

services and police forces (see Non-metropolitan county § List of non-metropolitan counties). Similarly the short-lived county of Avon provides part of the area...

(centred on Wakefield), and the non-metropolitan counties of North Yorkshire (centred on Northallerton) together with the non-Yorkshire named Humberside (centred...

two-tier metropolitan and non-metropolitan county and district councils remains in use today in large parts of England, although the metropolitan county councils...

of district still in use. In 1974, metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties (also known as "shire counties") were created across the rest of...

judicial counties up until 1974. In 1974, administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished, and a new system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties...

Kent County Council is a county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Kent in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial...

English non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire...

collection and disposal. In two-tier areas a non-metropolitan county council and two or more non-metropolitan district councils share responsibility for...

Tees. Between 1974 and 1 April 2009, County Durham was governed as a two-tier non-metropolitan county, with a county council and district councils. The...

county councils abolished. In their place was established a system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan county councils. Some of the non-metropolitan...

largely rural. For local government purposes Essex comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two unitary authority areas: Thurrock...

The historic county excludes the village of Startforth, the ceremonial county excludes the city of Sunderland and the non-metropolitan county excludes the...

Hampshire County Council (HCC) is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire in England. The council was created in 1889...

Lincolnshire is a ceremonial county in England, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county is a combination of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and two...

redesignated as a non-metropolitan county under the Local Government Act 1972. Luton was brought back under the authority of the reformed county council, and...

between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, England. Since 2023...

2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in the...

The administrative counties operated until 1974, when they were replaced by a system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties under the Local Government...

England. Most English districts are known as non-metropolitan districts and are found in non-metropolitan counties. However, primarily in urban areas, other...

Cleveland was a non-metropolitan county located in North East England which existed between 1974 and 1996. Cleveland was a two-tier county and had four boroughs:...

known between 1889 and 2009 as Wiltshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Wiltshire in South West England. Since...