Counties of Wales information

The counties of Wales may refer to: Some principal areas of Wales; of the twenty-two, eleven are styled as "counties" Preserved counties of Wales, used...

The preserved counties of Wales (Welsh: siroedd cadwedig) are the eight current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty...

The historic counties of Wales (Welsh: siroedd hynafol) were the thirteen sub-divisions used in Wales from either 1282 and 1535, up to their abolishment...

of Wales, comprising the counties and county boroughs of Wales, are a form of subdivision in Wales. There are currently 22 principal areas in Wales,...

historic counties of Wales were fixed by statute in 1535 (although counties such as Pembrokeshire date from 1138). The Administrative Counties of Wales created...

Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. They...

They are alternatively known as ancient counties, traditional counties, former counties or simply as counties. In the centuries that followed their establishment...

county clubs among which seventeen are English and one is from Wales; and the National Counties Championship, which involves nineteen English county clubs...

ward. Modern local government in Wales emerged during the late 19th century, when administrative counties and county boroughs were established in 1889...

Scotland and Wales, and the subnational divisions within these which have been called counties have varied over time and by purpose. The county has formed...

definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local...

preserved counties: Clwyd Dyfed Mid Glamorgan South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Gwent Gwynedd Powys The historic counties of Wales are ancient subdivisions of Wales...

Gwynedd (Welsh: [ˈɡwɨnɛð]) is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and...

[ˈpou̯ɪs]) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham to the north; the English ceremonial counties of Shropshire...

ˈmoːn]) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island (Ynys...

Wales National County Cricket Club is one of the 20 county clubs that compete in the National Counties Cricket Championship. It represents all of the...

divisions of Wales Local government in Wales Cities of Wales Towns in Wales Communities of Wales Preserved counties of Wales Historic counties of Wales Local...

the preserved counties, there were counties, now referred to as historic counties. These are the oldest of the counties of North Wales, used for centuries...

county council for each area. Some geographically large historic counties were divided into several administrative counties, each with its own county...

3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states...

traditional six counties remain in common everyday use for many cultural and other purposes. The thirteen historic counties of Wales were fixed by statute...

define counties to include separate counties within the traditional county of Dublin. In Ireland, the word county nearly always precedes the county name;...

This is a list of the historic counties of Wales as recorded by the 1891 census, ordered by their area. 1891 census...

those English counties which lie along the border with Wales, particularly Shropshire and Herefordshire, and sometimes adjoining areas of Wales. However,...

of British Counties (ABC) is a non-party-political society formed in 1989 by television personality Russell Grant to promote the historic counties of...

South Wales is divided into 141 counties, which are further divided into parishes. The counties were first set down in the Colony of New South Wales, which...

Sir Gâr) is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative...

Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəmrɨ] ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the...

without distinction across Wales and England, and in Wales the administrative counties were based on the historic counties of Wales, but they were not entirely...