A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a subdivision of England used for local government. The non-metropolitan counties were originally...

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

they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status...

Metropolitan counties are a subdivision of England which were originally used for local government. There are six metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester...

services in an area. They combine the functions of a non-metropolitan county council and a non-metropolitan district council, which elsewhere in England provide...

fields such as sport. County-tier councils and each unitary authority are separate non-metropolitan counties, each non-metropolitan county can be known as a...

(centred on Wakefield), and the non-metropolitan counties of North Yorkshire (centred on Northallerton) together with the non-Yorkshire named Humberside (centred...

two-tier counties of England by population. It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure...

counties are divided into districts, and 21 of those have a county council. Most ceremonial counties correspond to a metropolitan or non-metropolitan...

services and police forces (see Non-metropolitan county § List of non-metropolitan counties). Similarly the short-lived county of Avon provides part of the area...