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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 counties. [7]
These included Anglesey, Merionethshire, Caernarfonshire and Flintshire. The present layout of the counties was established in 1535 with the passing of the Laws of Wales Act. This act abolished the old Marcher lordships in the south and created the counties of Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire.
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. In 2012 the project was rededicated to Queen Elizabeth II ...
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Historic counties of England, subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans. Historic counties of Ireland, areas in Ireland separate from the county corporates that existed in some of the larger towns and cities. Historic counties of Scotland, the principal local government divisions of Scotland until 1975.
Administrative counties were subnational divisions of England used for local government from 1889 to 1974. They were created by the Local Government Act 1888, which established an elected county council for each area. Some geographically large historic counties were divided into several administrative counties, each with its own county council.
Cleveland, England (2 C, 15 P) Counties of England by date of disestablishment (5 C) County of London (6 C, 9 P) Cumberland (8 C, 30 P)
