Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland from 1888 to 1974, used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy.

Administrative county
CategoryCounty
LocationEngland and Wales and Ireland
Created byLocal Government Act 1888
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
CreatedEngland and Wales 1889
Ireland 1899
Abolished byLocal Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 2001
AbolishedNorthern Ireland 1973
England and Wales 1974
Republic of Ireland 2002
GovernmentCounty council
SubdivisionsRural district
Urban district
Municipal borough

History

England and Wales
Further information: Administrative counties of England

The term was introduced for England and Wales by the Local Government Act 1888, which created county councils for various areas, and called them 'administrative counties' to distinguish them from the continuing statutory counties.

In England and Wales the legislation was repealed in 1974, and entities called 'metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties' in England and 'counties' in Wales were introduced in their place. Though strictly inaccurate, these are often called 'administrative counties' to distinguish them from both the historic counties, and the ceremonial counties.

Scotland

In Scotland they were never established as separate entities as they were in England and Wales. For local government purposes Scottish counties were replaced in 1975 with a system of regions and island council areas.

Ireland

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 created administrative counties in Ireland on the same model that had been used in England and Wales.

In Northern Ireland the administrative counties were replaced by a system of 26 districts on 1 October 1973. Section 131 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 stated that "every county and every county borough shall cease to be an administrative area for local government purposes".[1]

The areas of the former administrative counties (and county boroughs) remain in use for Lieutenancy purposes, being defined as the areas used "for local government purposes immediately before 1 October 1973, subject to any subsequent definition of their boundaries...".[2]

In the Republic of Ireland the legislation that created them remained in force until the Local Government Act 2001 was passed, which renamed them 'counties'.

New entities
England – administrative counties 1890–1965.

The administrative counties that did not share the names of previous counties:

England

CountyAdministrative counties
CambridgeshireIsle of Ely
HampshireIsle of Wight
LincolnshireHolland, Kesteven, Lindsey
LondonLondon
NorthamptonshireSoke of Peterborough
SuffolkEast Suffolk, West Suffolk
SussexEast Sussex, West Sussex
YorkshireEast Riding, North Riding, West Riding

Scotland

Republic of Ireland

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See also
  • List of articles about local government in the United Kingdom

References
  1. Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, (1972 C.9)
  2. The Northern Ireland (Lieutenancy) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975 No.156)
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