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* [[Greater London]] | * [[Greater London]] | ||
==Metropolitan counties== | ===Metropolitan counties=== | ||
* [[Greater Manchester]] | * [[Greater Manchester]] | ||
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* [[West Yorkshire]] | * [[West Yorkshire]] | ||
==Unitary counties== | ===Unitary counties=== | ||
These are ceremonial counties containing a single unitary authority: | These are ceremonial counties containing a single unitary authority: | ||
* [[City of Bristol]] | * [[City of Bristol]] | ||
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* [[Rutland]] | * [[Rutland]] | ||
==Counties with a unitary council of the same name covering only part of the ceremonial county== | ===Counties with a unitary council of the same name covering only part of the ceremonial county=== | ||
* [[Durham]] | * [[Durham]] | ||
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* [[Wiltshire]] | * [[Wiltshire]] | ||
==Counties with a county council and one or more districts== | ===Counties with a county council and one or more districts=== | ||
* [[Bedfordshire]] | * [[Bedfordshire]] | ||
* [[Berkshire]] | * [[Berkshire]] | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 22 March 2013
A 'ceremonial county is a term used to refer to a 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:
Counties with a unitary council of the same name covering only part of the ceremonial county
Counties with a county council and one or more districts
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- 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