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South Yorkshire

(Encyclopedia)South Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Sheffield conurbation and comprised four metropolitan distr...

Berkshire

(Encyclopedia)Berkshire bärks, bûrks [key], former county, S central England. Part of the ancient kingdom of Wessex and the birthplace of King Alfred, the county of Berkshire was abolished as an administrative en...

Merionethshire

(Encyclopedia)Merionethshire mĕrˌēŏnˈəthshər, –shĭrˌ [key], former county, NW Wales. In 1974 most of Merionethshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Gwynedd; the rest was assigned to Clwyd. ...

Clackmannanshire

(Encyclopedia)Clackmannanshire klăkmănˈənshər, –shĭrˌ [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 48,660), 60 sq mi (157 sq km), and former county, central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the cou...

Buskerud

(Encyclopedia)Buskerud bo͞osˈkəro͞od [key], county, c.5,725 sq mi (14,830 sq km), SE Norway. Drammen (the ...

West Sussex

(Encyclopedia)West Sussex, county (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km), S England. Chichester is the county seat. Administratively, the county is divided into the districts of Chichester, Arun, Worthing, Ad...

Morayshire

(Encyclopedia)Morayshire, former county, Scotland: see Moray. ...

Glamorganshire

(Encyclopedia)Glamorganshire, former county, Wales: see Glamorgan. ...

Roxburgh

(Encyclopedia)Roxburgh, former county, Scotland: see Roxburghshire. ...

Sutherlandshire

(Encyclopedia)Sutherlandshire, former county, Scotland: see Sutherland. ...