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A '''ceremonial county''' is a term used to refer to an English county area that has its own Lord Lieutenant. Ceremonial counties are no longer important for local government purposes, but are a very convenient way of dividing up the map of England. | {{English Counties Map|float=right|width=400}}A '''ceremonial county''' is a term used to refer to an English county area that has its own Lord Lieutenant. Ceremonial counties are no longer important for local government purposes, but are a very convenient way of dividing up the map of [[England]]. | ||
==List of ceremonial counties== | ==List of ceremonial counties== | ||
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* [[Herefordshire]] | * [[Herefordshire]] | ||
* [[Isle of Wight]] | * [[Isle of Wight]] | ||
* [[Northumberland]] | |||
* [[Rutland]] | * [[Rutland]] | ||
=== | ==="Semi-unitary" counties=== | ||
These are counties with a unitary council of the same name covering only part of the ceremonial county: | |||
* [[Durham]] | * [[County Durham]] | ||
* [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] | * [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] | ||
* [[Shropshire]] | * [[Shropshire]] | ||
* [[Wiltshire]] | * [[Wiltshire]] | ||
=== | ===Other single-tier counties=== | ||
These are counties with no county council, containing two or more unitary authorities: | |||
* [[Bedfordshire]] | * [[Bedfordshire]] | ||
* [[Berkshire]] | * [[Berkshire]] | ||
* [[Cheshire]] | |||
===Two-tier counties=== | |||
These are counties with a county council and one or more district councils. | |||
Some of these also have one or more unitary authorities within the ceremonial county. | |||
* [[Buckinghamshire]] | * [[Buckinghamshire]] | ||
* [[Cambridgeshire]] | * [[Cambridgeshire]] | ||
* [[Cumbria]] | * [[Cumbria]] | ||
* [[Derbyshire]] | * [[Derbyshire]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:48, 22 March 2013
A ceremonial county is a term used to refer to an English county area that has its own Lord Lieutenant. Ceremonial counties are no longer important for local government purposes, but are a very convenient way of dividing up the map of England.
List of ceremonial counties
London
Metropolitan counties
Unitary counties
These are ceremonial counties containing a single unitary authority:
"Semi-unitary" counties
These are counties with a unitary council of the same name covering only part of the ceremonial county:
Other single-tier counties
These are counties with no county council, containing two or more unitary authorities:
Two-tier counties
These are counties with a county council and one or more district councils. Some of these also have one or more unitary authorities within the ceremonial county.
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Hertfordshire
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Warwickshire
- West Sussex
- Worcestershire