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The county has formed the upper tier of local government over much of the United Kingdom at one time or another, [1] and has been used for a variety of other purposes, such as for Lord Lieutenants, land registration and postal delivery. This list of 184 counties is split by constituent country, time period and purpose. Colour key in tables below.
The counties of the United Kingdom are subnational divisions of the United Kingdom, used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. The older term, shire is historically equivalent to county. By the Middle Ages, county had become established as the unit of local government, at least in England. [1]
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties which were used for ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Categories by county of the United Kingdom (7 C) Lists of counties of the United Kingdom (4 C, 4 P) Counties of the United Kingdom (1801–1922) (32 C, 34 P) Former counties of the United Kingdom (3 C)
The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [1] There are currently 121 geographic postcode areas in use in the UK and a further three often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.
Parish. The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others. They are alternatively known as ancient counties, [ 2 ][ 3 ]traditional counties, [ 4 ]former counties[ 5 ][ 6 ] or simply as ...
Category:Counties of England. Appearance. As of April 2009, England is divided into 48 ceremonial counties and 83 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. England portal. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Counties of England.
This is a list of ceremonial counties in England by population in 2021/2022. [1] Rank County Total population Region 1: Greater London: 8,901,000: London 2: West ...