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      Divisions of England

      • The counties of England are divisions of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are two main legal definitions of the counties in modern usage: the 84 counties for the purposes of local government, and the 48 counties for the purposes of lieutenancy, also termed the ceremonial counties.
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  2. The counties of England are divisions of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are two main legal definitions of the counties in modern usage: the 84 counties for the purposes of local government, and the 48 counties for the purposes of lieutenancy, also termed the ceremonial counties.

  3. This is a list of the counties of the United Kingdom. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the subnational divisions within these which have been called counties have varied over time and by purpose.

    County
    From 1974 [3](metropolitan)
    1974–1996
    UA 1996+ [5]
    1974–2009
    UA 2009+ [5]
  4. Home. Interesting facts about Britain. British counties explained. - What is a 'county'? British counties are regions of the UK that are used as local government areas, but there can be confusion because the boundaries have changed over time. The history of counties stretches back over 1,000 years. They were first called ‘shires’.

  5. 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 .

  6. Today, one of the main dividing measures used in England is counties. However, the counties of England are relatively complex, convoluted, and can be difficult to understand. This is because the term county applies to four potential different things – historic, ceremonial, metropolitan, and non-metropolitan. Each of these has different ...

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  7. The United Kingdom has 92 traditional counties. Counties (Local Government) Districts & Principal Areas. See also.

  8. There are currently 27 administrative counties in England, and many of them carry the same names as historic counties.

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