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Elected county councils were set up in England in 1889, taking over many of the administrative functions of the Quarter Sessions courts, as well as being given other powers over the years. For political purposes, these covered newly established areas known as 'administrative counties', which included such entities as the County of London, covering parts of historic Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and the historic counties were not formally abolished. The administrative counties did not cover the independent county boroughs; and many historic cou ...

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Main article: Local government in the United Kingdom The system of local government is different in the four countries of the United Kingdom. Local government - England. The most complex system is in England, the result of numerous attempts at reform and reorganisation over the centuries. Above the level considered here is the European Union, the United Kingdom and whatever government offices may exist for England as a whole. England currently has no elected o ...

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Counties in England are a level of subnational division and were originally based on the traditional counties of England. In 1889 county councils were set up which covered broadly similar areas known as administrative counties. The changes which created the current structure began in 1965 when Greater London was created. In 1974 the administrative counties were abolished and replaced with metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties (now known as shire counties) with m ...

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The thirteen traditional counties of Wales were fixed by statute in 1539 (although counties such as Pembrokeshire date from 1138). The administrative counties of Wales created in 1889 were based on these. In 1974 a new system was created using vastly different entities. These were abolished in 1996 and since then Wales has been entirely divided into a system of unitary authorities. The areas of Wales that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant are the Preserved counties of Wales. ...

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Scotland also used a system of administrative counties from 1889, based on the traditional counties of Scotland. The administrative counties were replaced in 1975 by an entirely different system of regions. The regions were abolished in 1996 and since then Scotland has been entirely divided into a system of unitary authorities. The areas of Scotland that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant are the Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. ...

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On April 1, 1974 the Local Government Act 1972 came into force. This abolished the existing local government structure in England and Wales, replacing it with a new, entirely two-tier, system. It abolished the previously existing administrative counties and county boroughs (but not the previous non-administrative 'counties') and created a new set of 46 'counties' in England, 6 of which were metropolitan and 40 of which were non-metropolitan. Some of the counties established by the Act were entirely new, such as Avon, Cleveland, Cumbri ...

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