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The historic counties of Wales are included in the Index of Place Names (IPN) published by the Office for National Statistics. Each "place" included in the IPN is related to the historic county it lies within, as well as to a set of administrative areas.
List of historic counties of Wales by area in 1891; A. Anglesey; B. ... List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974; M. Merionethshire; Monmouthshire ...
The present-day pattern of the historic counties of Wales was established by the Laws in Wales Act 1535. This Act abolished the powers of the lordships of the March and established the Counties or shires of Denbigh, Montgomery, Radnor, Brecknock and Monmouth from the areas of the former lordships.
For example, the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 contained the provision that "For the purposes of this Act the administrative county of Monmouth shall be taken to be part of Wales and not part of England." [24] This left the county borough of Newport as part of England but treated the rest of the county as part of Wales.
Preserved counties of Wales (2022) [6] Name Comprises Area (km 2) Population Density (/km 2) Clwyd: Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Wrexham: 2,906 501,561 173 Dyfed: Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Pembrokeshire: 5,774 385,094 67 Gwent: Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Monmouthshire Newport Torfaen: 1,551 591,396 381 Gwynedd (preserved county) Gwynedd (county ...
Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town") was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.It was named after its county town, Montgomery, which in turn was named after one of William the Conqueror's main counsellors, Roger de Montgomerie, who was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Brecknockshire (Welsh: Brycheiniog or Sir Frycheiniog), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon, was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was created in 1536 under the Laws in Wales Act 1535 .
The counties of Wales may refer to: Some principal areas of Wales; of the twenty-two, eleven are styled as "counties" Preserved counties of Wales, used for ceremonial purposes; Former administrative counties of Wales (those prior to 1996) — see History of local government in Wales; Historic counties of Wales; Maps: