Ceremonial counties of England

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geographical division system subnational geographic entity grouping

The ceremonial counties of England are geographic areas used mainly for the appointment of Lord-Lieutenants and other formal purposes, often corresponding to traditional county boundaries rather than modern administrative divisions.

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Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical division system ⓘ
subnational geographic entity grouping ⓘ
alsoKnownAs geographic counties of England ⓘ
lieutenancy areas of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England only ⓘ
basedOn historic counties of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditional county boundaries ⓘ
country England ⓘ
differentFrom administrative counties of England ⓘ
metropolitan counties of England ⓘ
non-metropolitan counties of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
unitary authorities of England ⓘ
governedBy Lord-Lieutenant NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic do not always match current administrative boundaries ⓘ
may contain multiple local authorities ⓘ
hasNumberOfUnits 48 ⓘ
includes Bedfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cheshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ
County Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater London NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isle of Wight NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isles of Scilly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Merseyside NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rutland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staffordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyne and Wear NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalDefinitionIn Lieutenancies Act 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom ⓘ
usedFor appointment of Lord-Lieutenants ⓘ
ceremonial purposes ⓘ
lieutenancy ⓘ
statistical purposes ⓘ

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Lieutenancies Act 1997 → relatedTo → Ceremonial counties of England ⓘ