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Administrative counties and unitary authority areas
Map supplied by the Association of British Counties
Administrative counties
Within the Gazetteer, the phrase "administrative county" means one of the"counties" of the Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972) within which localgovernment provision is shared between a "county council" and several "districtcouncils".
A18 Leicestershire A2Buckinghamshire A19 Lincolnshire A3Cambridgeshire A20 Norfolk A4Cheshire A21 North Yorkshire A22 Northamptonshire A6Cumbria A23 Northumberland A7Derbyshire A24 Nottinghamshire A25 Oxfordshire A26 Shropshire A10 Durham A28 Staffordshire A12 Essex A29 Suffolk A30 Surrey A31 Warwickshire A15 Hertfordshire A16 Kent A17 Lancashire A34 Worcestershire
Unitary authority areas
Within local government legislation there are ten distinct types of local government area all of which are listed in the column labelled "UnitaryAuthority Area" within the Gazetteer of British Place Names. It is reasonable to use this term to describe all of these areas since a single local authority isresponsble for all local government service provision within them. However, the map above and the key below denote each type separately. The following notes briefly explain the nature of each of these types of area (see the main body ofthe text for a more detailed explanation.
(1) Scottish local government area (SLGA) - as created by the LocalGovernment etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
(2) Welsh principal area (WPA) - ascreated by the LGA 1972 (as amended by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994).
(3) London borough (LB) - as created by the London Government Act1963.
(4) Metropolitan district (MD) - i.e. a district within one of the"metropolitan counties" created by the LGA 1972. The "metropolitan counties" nolonger have councils.
(5) English "unitary district" (UD) - i.e. one ofthose LGA 1972 "counties" with only a single district and within which the soleextant council is that of the district.
(6) Berkshire "unitary district"(BUD) - i.e. a district within the LGA 1972 "county" of "Berkshire" (there beingno extant "county council" for this "county").
(7) English "unitary county"(UC) - i.e. an LGA 1972 "county" within which the sole extant council is that ofthe "county".
(8) The City of London (CL)
(9) The Inns of Court (IC) -these are not shown on the map.
(10) The Isles of Scilly (IS) - i.e. thelocal government area of this name as created by the LGA 1972 and SI 1978/1844.
The type of each "unitary authority area" is denoted in brackets after itsname in the following list.
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87 Merthyr Tydfil (WPA) 2Angus (SLGA) 88 Merton (LB) 3Argyll and Bute (SLGA) 89 Middle Temple (IC) 4Barking and Dagenham (LB) 90 Middlesbrough (UD) 5Barnet (LB) 91 Midlothian (SLGA) 6Barnsley (MD) 92 Milton Keynes (UD) 7Bath and North East Somerset (UD) 93 Monmouthshire (WPA) 8Bexley (LB) 94 Moray (SLGA) 9Birmingham (MD) 95 Na h-Eileanan an Iar (SLGA) 10 Blackburn with Darwen (UD) 96 Neath Port Talbot (WPA) 11 Blackpool (UD) 97 Newcastle upon Tyne (MD) 12 Blaenau Gwent (WPA) 98 Newham (LB) 13 Bolton (MD) 99 Newport(WPA) 14 Bournemouth (UD) 100 North Ayrshire (SLGA) 15 101 North East Lincolnshire (UD) 16 Bradford (MD) 102 North Lanarkshire (SLGA) 17 Brent (LB) 103 North Lincolnshire (UD) 18 Bridgend (WPA) 104 North Somerset (UD) 19 Brighton and Hove (UD) 105 North Tyneside (MD) 20 Bristol (UD) 106 Nottingham (UD) 21 Bromley (LB) 107 Oldham (MD) 22 Bury (MD) 108 Orkney Islands (SLGA) 23 Caerphilly (WPA) 109 Pembrokeshire (WPA) 24 Calderdale (MD)
110 Perth and Kinross (SLGA) 25 Camden (LB)
111 Peterborough (UD)
26 Cardiff (WPA)
112 27 Carmarthenshire (WPA) 113 Poole (UD)
28 Ceredigion (WPA)
114 Portsmouth (UD)
29 City of Aberdeen (SLGA) 115 Powys (WPA)
30 City of Dundee (SLGA) 116 31 City of Edinburgh (SLGA) 117 Redbridge (LB)
32 City of Glasgow (SLGA) 118 Redcar and Cleveland (UD) 33 City of London (CL) 119 Renfrewshire (SLGA)
34 Clackmannanshire (SLGA) 120 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff (WPA) 35 Conwy (WPA)
121 Richmond Upon Thames (LB) 36 County of Herefordshire (UD) 122 Rochdale (MD)
37 Coventry (MD)
123 Rotherham (MD)
38 Croydon (LB)
124 Rutland (UD)
39 Darlington (MD)
125 Salford (MD)
40 Denbighshire (WPA) 126 Sandwell (MD)
41 Derby (UD)
127 Sefton (MD)
42 Doncaster (MD)
128 Sheffield (MD)
43 Dudley (MD)
129 Shetland Islands (SLGA) 44 Dumfries and Galloway (SLGA) 130 45 Ealing (LB)
131 Solihull (MD)
46 East Ayrshire (SLGA) 132 South Ayrshire (SLGA) 47 East Dunbartonshire (SLGA) 133 South Gloucestershire (UD) 48 East Lothian (SLGA) 134 South Lanarkshire (SLGA) 49 East Renfrewshire (SLGA) 135 South Tyneside (MD) 50 East Riding of Yorkshire (UD) 136 Southampton (UD)
51 Enfield (LB)
137 Southend-on-Sea (UD) 52 Falkirk (SLGA)
138 Southwark (LB)
53 Fife (SLGA)
139 St Helens (MD)
54 Flintshire (WPA)
140 Stirling (SLGA)
55 Gateshead (MD)
141 Stockport (MD)
56 Greenwich (LB)
142 Stockton-on-Tees (UD) 57 Gwynedd (WPA)
143 Stoke-on-Trent (UD) 58 Hackney (LB)
144 Sunderland (MD)
59 Halton (UD)
145 Sutton (LB)
60 Hammersmith and Fulham (LB) 146 Swansea (WPA)
61 Haringey (LB)
147 Swindon (UD)
62 Harrow (LB)
148 Tameside (MD)
63 Hartlepool (UD)
149 Telford and Wrekin (UD) 64 Havering (LB)
150 The Scottish Borders (SLGA) 65 Highland (SLGA)
151 The Vale of Glamorgan (WPA) 66 Hillingdon (LB)
152 Thurrock (UD)
67 Hounslow (LB)
153
68 Inner Temple (IC)
154 Torfaen (WPA)
69 Inverclyde (SLGA)
155 Tower Hamlets (LB)
70 Isle of Anglesey (WPA) 156 Trafford (MD)
71 Isle of Wight (UC) 157 Wakefield (MD)
72 Isles of Scilly (IS) 158 Walsall (MD)
73 Islington (LB)
159 Waltham Forest (LB)
74 Kensington and Chelsea (LB) 160 Wandsworth (LB)
75 Kingston upon Hull (UD) 161 Warrington (UD)
76 Kingston Upon Thames (LB) 162 77 Kirklees (MD)
163 West Dunbartonshire (SLGA) 78 Knowsley (MD)
164 West Lothian (SLGA)
79 Lambeth (LB)
165 Westminster (LB)
80 Leeds (MD)
166 Wigan (MD)
81 Leicester (UD)
167 82 Lewisham (LB)
168 Wirral (MD)
83 Liverpool (MD)
169 Wokingham (BUD)
84 Luton (UD)
170 Wolverhampton (MD)
85 Manchester (MD)
171 Wrexham (WPA)
86 Medway (UD)
172 York (UD)
