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Revision as of 02:58, 4 May 2002 by 195.149.37.180 (talk) (*intro text from county, remove Talk.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A county in England is a relatively large area with its own council. Counties are subdivided further into districts. A recent development has been the introduction of the unitary authority in some areas.
The county boundaries have varied considerably over the centuries. When the counties were originally defined, they often included large areas of land owned by the local abbeys, resulting in a number of counties having small detached parts entirely surrounded by some other county. After boundary changes from the 1880s to the 1960s, many of these anomalies were resolved and a number of parishes were incorporated in a more logical county. The last such anomalies were removed by the local government reorganisation in 1974.
There are presently .... [[county|counties in England and .... unitary authorities. Traditionally the realm was divided into ... counties.
- Avon
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Huntingdonshire no longer extant
- The Isle of Wight is not a county.
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Middlesex no longer extant
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland no longer extant
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex, West Sussex and East Sussex.
- Warwickshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire.
- Yorkshire