Association of British Counties - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Essex: Encyclopedia Ii - Essex - History
The name Essex derives from the Kingdom of Essex or Kingdom of the East Seaxe which was founded around 500 AD, occupying territory to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of Wales - Background
The historian William Rees says, in his "Historical Atlas of Wales": (published 1959) "... the boundaries of the modern shires have large...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia - County
Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Brit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Essex: Encyclopedia Ii - Essex - Transport Commerce And Industry
The Lakeside Shopping Centre at Thurrock was one of England's first out-of-town shopping centres; it remains popular despite congestion o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Essex: Encyclopedia Ii - Essex - Population And Settlement
Because of its proximity to London and the economic magnetism which that city exerts, many of Essex's settlements function as dormitory t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - The Counties
‡ also known as Salop The map omits all exclaves (detached parts) apart from the Furness part of Lancashire south of Cumberland and Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abc: Encyclopedia Ii - Abc - Organizations
ABC - Media companies. ABC Records, a recording label American Broadcasting Company ABC Family, the cable TV division ABC News, the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Corporate: Encyclopedia Ii - County Corporate - History
By the 14th century, the growth of some towns had led to strong opposition to their government by local counties. While charters giving v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Local Government Act 1972: Encyclopedia Ii - Local Government Act 1972 - The New Local Government Areas
The Act specified the composition and names of the English and Welsh counties, and the composition of the metropolitan and Welsh district...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - United States
Main article: County (United States) The term "county" is used in 48 of the 50 states of the United States for the tier of state governme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceremonial Counties Of England - History
After the 1889 establishment of county councils and county boroughs, by the Local Government Act 1888, the Lieutenancy was varied from it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huntingdonshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Huntingdonshire - History
The earliest English settlers in the district were the Gyrwas, an East Anglian tribe, who early in the 6th century worked their way up th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Australia
County - New South Wales. While New South Wales was divided into counties in the early days of the colony, often preceding European set...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abc: Encyclopedia Ii - Abc - Science And Technology Not Organizations
ABC - Automotive. ABC (1906 automobile), an American car ABC (1920 automobile), an English car ABC (1922 automobile), a planned (but n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Croatia
Counties have been units of regional self-government in Croatia since 1990. There are twenty counties and the city of Zagreb which has th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - The Traditional Counties Movement
The traditional counties movement consists of a national organisation, the Association of British Counties, along with various regional a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - China
Main article: County of China The word "county" is used to translate the Chinese term xiàn (县 or 縣). On Mainland China under the Peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - Counties And Urban Areas
Apart from historic divisions such as Newmarket, Stamford and Tamworth, there are a great number of towns which have expanded (in some ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Corporate: Encyclopedia Ii - County Corporate - List Of Counties Corporate
The counties corporate (listed with date of creation where known) were: County corporate - England and Wales. Berwick upon Tweed (1551...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Local Government Act 1972: Encyclopedia Ii - Local Government Act 1972 - Division Of Functions
Functions previously exercisable by local authorities were distributed broadly as so: Sanitary authorities: districts, and London boroug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Local Government Act 1972: Encyclopedia Ii - Local Government Act 1972 - The Act
The Act abolished previous existing local government structures, and created a two-tier system of counties and districts everywhere. Some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Local Government Act 1972: Encyclopedia Ii - Local Government Act 1972 - Background
Elected County councils had been established in England and Wales for the first time in 1888, covering areas known as administrative coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - Usage
During the 20th century, numerous local government reforms made the usage of county names somewhat confused. When the first county counci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Canada
Main article: Census division Five of Canada's ten provinces are divided into counties. In Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, these...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - Authenticity And Anomalies
There are at least two sets of county boundaries that have been put forward as the true and genuine traditional borders. The dispute is w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - New Zealand
After New Zealand abolished its provinces in 1876, a system of counties similar to other countries' systems was instituted, lasting until...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is divided into a number of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. There are also ceremonial counties and traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Sweden
The Swedish division into counties was established in 1634, and was based on an earlier division into Provinces. Sweden is today divided ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Poland
Polish second-level administration unit powiat is usually translated into English as county or district. See also: List of counties in P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Japan
"County" is one of the translations of gun (郡), which is a subdivision of prefecture. It is also translated as rural district, rural ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huntingdonshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Huntingdonshire - Towns And Villages
Major Towns Huntingdon Ramsey St Ives St Neots Smaller towns and villages Abbots Ripton, Abbotsley, Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Alwal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - Traditional Subdivisions
Some of the traditional counties have major subdivisions. Of these, the most important are the three ridings of Yorkshire — the East Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - Origin
The traditional counties accreted over hundreds of years, and have differing ages and origins. In southern England, they were subdivision...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Hungary
The administrative unit of Hungary is called megye, or in Latin: comitatus, which can be translated with the word county. Presently Hunga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Ireland
The island of Ireland is divided into 32 counties, of which 26 later formed the Republic of Ireland and 6 made up Northern Ireland (for c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - Norway
Norway is divided into 19 counties (sing. fylke, plur. fylker, literally "folk") as of 1972. Up to this year Bergen was a separate county...   » Read the article