Ceremonial Counties of England - Definition

Definition

The Lieutenancies Act 1997 defines counties for the purposes of lieutenancies in terms of local government areas created by the Local Government Act 1972 as amended. Although the term is not used in the Act, those counties are sometimes known as "Ceremonial Counties". Schedule 1, paragraphs 2–5 as amended (most recently in 2009) defines them as:

Northumberland Durham Lancashire Cheshire Derbs. Notts. Lincolnshire Leics. Staffs. Shropshire Warks. Northants. Norfolk Suffolk Essex Herts. Beds. Bucks. Oxon. Glos. Somerset Wiltshire Berkshire Kent Surrey Hampshire Dorset Devon Cornwall Heref. Worcs. Bristol East Riding
of Yorkshire Rutland Cambs. Greater
London Not shown: City of London Tyne &
Wear Cumbria North Yorkshire South
Yorks. West
Yorkshire Greater
Manc. Merseyside East
Sussex West
Sussex Isle of
Wight West
Midlands
  • Bedfordshire, consisting of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton
  • Berkshire
  • City of Bristol
  • Buckinghamshire, including Milton Keynes
  • Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough
  • Cheshire, consisting of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington
  • City of London
  • Cornwall, including Isles of Scilly
  • Cumbria
  • Derbyshire, including Derby
  • Devon, including Plymouth and Torbay
  • Dorset, including Bournemouth and Poole
  • Durham, including Darlington, Hartlepool, and Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees
  • East Riding of Yorkshire, including Kingston-upon-Hull
  • East Sussex, including Brighton and Hove
  • Essex, including Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
  • Gloucestershire, including South Gloucestershire
  • Greater London, excluding the City of London
  • Greater Manchester
  • Hampshire, including Southampton and Portsmouth
  • Herefordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • Kent, including Medway
  • Lancashire, including Blackburn with Darwen, and Blackpool
  • Leicestershire, including Leicester
  • Lincolnshire, including North Lincolnshire, and North East Lincolnshire
  • Merseyside
  • Norfolk
  • North Yorkshire, including York, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees south of the River Tees
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire, including Nottingham
  • Oxfordshire
  • Rutland
  • Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin
  • Somerset, including Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset
  • South Yorkshire
  • Staffordshire, including Stoke-on-Trent
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Tyne and Wear
  • Warwickshire
  • West Midlands
  • West Sussex
  • West Yorkshire
  • Wiltshire, including Swindon
  • Worcestershire

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