ceremonial county
C1627
concept
A ceremonial county is a geographic area in a country, typically in the United Kingdom, defined primarily for the purposes of lieutenancy and traditional or ceremonial functions rather than for local government administration.
Observed surface forms (3)
- ceremonial county of England ×6
- lieutenancy area ×3
- lieutenancy area of Scotland ×1
Instances (56)
- Devon
- Isle of Wight
- Buckinghamshire
- Gloucestershire
- Oxfordshire
- Cumbria
- West Midlands
- Bristol
- Hampshire
- Greater Manchester
- Cheshire
- Perth and Kinross via concept surface "lieutenancy area of Scotland"
- Shropshire
- City of London
- Greater London
- Derbyshire
- Carmarthenshire
- Pembrokeshire
- West Yorkshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Lincolnshire via concept surface "ceremonial county of England"
- Staffordshire via concept surface "ceremonial county of England"
- East Sussex
- West Sussex
- Norfolk
- Lanarkshire via concept surface "lieutenancy area"
- Ayrshire via concept surface "lieutenancy area"
- Surrey
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Worcestershire, England
surface form: Worcestershire
- Essex
- South Yorkshire
- Ceremonial county of Somerset
-
county of Hertfordshire
surface form: Hertfordshire
- North Yorkshire
- County Durham
-
Norfolk, England
surface form: Norfolk
- Ceredigion
- Northumberland
- Suffolk, England
- Lancashire
- Tyne and Wear
- Gwynedd via concept surface "lieutenancy area"
- Somerset
- Kent
- Hertfordshire
- Suffolk
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire, England
- Northamptonshire via concept surface "ceremonial county of England"
- Dorset