ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY Definition & Meaning

administrative county

noun

British.

a principal administrative division in Great Britain, usually not coextensive with traditional county boundaries.

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Origin of administrative county¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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In response to the disappearance of their administrative county, a Huntingdonshire Society was set up to promote awareness of the historic county.

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The area of the administrative county is 538,921 acres.

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The area of the administrative county is 404,518 acres.

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The unit of area for London employment, for example, is not the administrative county, but Greater London, and in Greater London there are more than thirty education authorities.

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The area of the administrative county is 233,984 acres.

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