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| | County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | At the county level there is a county administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected county council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation. | | | County sheriffs are the principal agents of law enforcement in some states, for areas outside of cities and towns. | | | The head of a county is the magistrate. |
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http://www.eastcleveland.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/County
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| | Traditional counties of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is ascribed to that county's history as a county palatine ruled by the Bishop of Durham. | | | Additionally, the administrative counties of Avon, Cleveland and Humberside were abolished, and the traditional borders restored for ceremonial purposes. | | | When the first county councils were set up in 1888, they covered newly created entities known as administrative counties, and defined in terms of the "ancient and geographic" counties. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_counties_of_England
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| | Counties of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Of these, 34 are 'shire counties' with county councils and district councils, and 40 are unitary authorities. | | | The administrative counties did not cover the independent county boroughs; and many historic counties were covered by two (Suffolk, Sussex, Northamptonshire, Hampshire, Cambridgeshire) or three (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) administrative counties. | | | The counties of Cumberland, Herefordshire, Rutland, Westmorland and Worcestershire vanished from the administrative map, as did the county boroughs. |
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http://www.lighthousepoint.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Counties_of_England
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| | Subdivisions of England |
| | Non-unitary authorities are administrative counties with a two-tier structure, consisting of a county council and a number of district councils. | | | 2 Administrative counties with County and District Councils | | | These are districts of a non-metropolitan county (Berkshire) which has had its county council abolished. |
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http://www.arikah.net/encyclopedia/Subdivisions_of_England
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| | Ceremonial counties of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. | | | In 1974, county boroughs were abolished, and a major reform of the administrative counties took place. | | | This led to a resurrection of a distinction between administrative counties and the ceremonial or geographic counties used for Lieutenancy. |
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http://www.eastcleveland.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Ceremonial_counties_of_England
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| | Local Government Act 1972 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Despite assurances that the Act was not attempting to amend historic loyalties, it nonetheless used the term 'county' instead of 'administrative county' and redefined the ceremonial counties used for purposes such as Lieutenancy to these. | | | For example, the area that was to become the seven boroughs of the metropolitan county of West Midlands, local government was split between four administrative counties (Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire), and eight county boroughs (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich, and Wolverhampton). | | | Other causes of outrage were the adoption of the new administrative counties by the makers of atlases, and the Royal Mail in many cases adopting the changes. |
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http://www.butte-silverbow.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Local_Government_Act_1972
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| | Counties of Sweden: Information From Answers.com |
| | A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. | | | The County Administrative Board, or Länsstyrelse, is appointed by the Government to coordinate administration with national political goals for the County. | | | The counties established in what is now Finland in 1634 were Åbo and Björneborg County, Nyland and Tavastehus County, Viborg and Nyslott County, Österbotten County and Kexholm County. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/counties-of-sweden
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| | The Gazetteer of British Place Names - Additional notes for historians and genealogists |
| | The administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished in 1974. | | | The pre-1974 administrative counties included the administrative county of London and in numerous other places parishes were moved to an administrative county with a different name to their historic County. | | | Firstly, the "County" column in the returned results is the registration county and NOT the historic County nor the administrative county. |
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http://www.abcounties.co.uk/newgaz/cen.htm
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| | British Counties, Parish, etc. for Genealogists |
| | A county borough functioned as a separate unit, independently of the county in which it was geographically situated. | | | These are similar sub-divisions of counties, introduced in the 10th century primarily as a unit of taxation but also having administrative, judicial and military functions. | | | The parish may have the same name as just one village, in which case it would still be parish, county, country, but with the word "parish" after the parish name to make it clear that the whole parish, not just the village, was referred to. |
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http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/counties.htm
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| | Changing Shape of Ontario: Early Districts and Counties |
| | When districts were abolished in 1849, county governments took on the responsibilities formerly borne by the district governments. | | | As a result, the transfer of judicial and administrative duties took several years and varied for each county. | | | Also, some counties were "united" for administrative purposes for short periods of time. |
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http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/maps/districts.htm
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| | Shire |
| | The counties of Devon, Dorset, Rutland and Somerset were occasionally referred to with the "shire" suffix. | | | In Great Britain, the term "shire county" is used to refer to non-metropolitan counties. | | | It did not acquire the strong association with county until later, though the former Hexhamshire and Winchcombeshire were considered counties. |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/S/Shire.htm
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| | Traditional counties of Wales - Enpsychlopedia |
| | These counties originate in 1535, with the Laws in Wales Act, 1535, converting the remaining Marcher Lordships into counties. | | | Since then, local government has moved away from using traditional counties as the basis of administrative areas, creating eight administrative counties for administrative purposes. | | | Traditional counties of Scotland, Traditional counties of England, Association of British Counties |
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http://www.grohol.com/wiki/Traditional_counties_of_Wales
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| | Ireland Counties |
| | On 1922-12-12, six counties in the north voted to revert to the United Kingdom. | | | Cork, Dublin, Limerick, and Waterford county boroughs split from the administrative counties of the same names. | | | Ireland has administrative counties, electoral counties, and what I will call traditional counties. |
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http://www.statoids.com/uie.html
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| | History of the counties |
| | Several of the historic counties disappeared, new counties were created, and all had significant boundary changes. | | | Several of the much hated counties created in 1974 were abolished, for both administrative and ceremonial purposes. | | | These counties were no longer administrative entities, but remain today as ceremonial and geographical counties. |
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http://jonathan.rawle.org/hyperpedia/counties/history.php
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| | Wales, UK |
| | The act abolished the powers of the lordships of the March and established the Counties of Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire (aka Breconshire) and Monmouthshire from the areas of the former lordships. | | | Cardiff (UA) and Vale of Glamorgan (UA) were formed from the administrative county of South Glamorgan (once part of the traditional county of Glamorgan). | | | Neath Port Talbot (UA) and Swansea (UA) were formed from the administrative county of West Glamorgan (once part of the traditional county of Glamorgan). |
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http://www.mindat.org/loc-14092.html
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| | Counties and Parishes |
| | In a few states, notably Maryland, Missouri and Virginia, some cities are independent and lie outside any county. | | | Another source says Connecticut has counties but they serve virtually no administrative purpose. | | | Each American state is divided into counties for administrative purposes, except as follows: |
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http://freespace.virgin.net/john.cletheroe/usa_can/states/county.htm
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| | Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany |
| | Catholic Charities of Albany and Rensselaer Counties serves children and families in Rensselaer, South Troy, North Troy, Watervliet, Albany's South End, West Hill, Arbor Hill, Mansion Hill, Guilderland, Berne-Knox Westerlo, Rensselaerville and southern Rensselaer county. | | | The agency offers services to relatives raising children in both Albany and Rensselaer counties. | | | This office includes the Agencies that manage Diocesan sponsored housing for seniors and physically disabled adults; that operate Catholic Charities' emergency shelters and permanent housing for homeless individuals and families; and that own and manage Catholic Charities program sites in the fourteen counties of the Diocese. |
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http://www.ccrcda.org/agen_list_.asp
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| | TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development |
| | Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore and Warren Counties. | | | Cumberland, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane and Scott Counties. | | | Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Sevier and Union Counties. |
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http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/cc/ccareas.htm
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| | GENUKI: Modern and Administrative Counties and County Boroughs |
| | GENUKI: Modern and Administrative Counties and County Boroughs | | | This page associates more modern counties and county boroughs with the GENUKI pages which cover those areas. | | | South Shields (County Borough) - see Co Durham |
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http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Modern.html
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| | Traditional counties of Scotland |
| | However, it isn't a map of administrative counties at any time, either, as it has no County of London. | | | Map of the traditional counties, courtesy of the Association of British Counties | | | Note: this map shows Ross-shire and Cromartyshire as one county, which was a change made to the administrative counties made in 1888. |
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http://www.ukpedia.com/t/traditional-counties-of-scotland.html
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| | Liberian Administrative Counties |
| | The settlement of Maryland was created 1827 in but independence was not proclaimed until 1854. | | | My list of Liberian counties includes the county of Maryland, formerly a republic. | | | The emblem on the flag of Maryland county is a drawing of a tree and a lighthouse on a cliff. |
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http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/lr-count.html
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| | GENUKI: Administrative Areas of England |
| | For a brief description of the administrative changes in the United Kingdom see - Local Government Changes in the United Kingdom. | | | The second table lists the counties after the first round of changes and lists their successor counties and/or unitary authorities. | | | "Hants" derives from "Hantshaving", the original name for this county. |
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http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/England.html
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