Wales Counties Map

Maps of wales the counties of wales.

Wales counties map. The welsh hotel on the world wide web. Saxton s county maps of wales. Following the publication of cambriae typus humphrey llwyd s map of wales in 1573 other cartographers began to produce more detailed mapping of wales some of which focused on individual counties and regions. The counties of wales may refer to.

Here we have a selection of digitised maps depicting the counties of wales from the late 16th century onwards. 3 these counties originate in 1535 with the laws in wales act 1535 converting the remaining marcher lordships into counties. There are 22 local government units in wales that we can talk about as counties. The preserved counties of wales are the current areas used in wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty they are based on the counties created by the local government act 1972 and used for local government and other purposes between 1974 and 1996.

This is the hub project for the counties of wales. Current counties map of wales. Interactive map of wales all of wales is here. 4 despite being created at the same act as the other counties monmouthshire was included with english counties.

Former administrative counties of wales see history of local government in wales. Our database currently has a total of 23 counties in wales. Showing all towns and cities also counties populations welsh universities rugby clubs football clubs castles railway stations marinas political constituencies. Historic counties of wales.

In this article we will provide information on the total area the population and some important features of these management units. In 2002 newport was granted city status and the county borough is now styled as the city of newport. 2 these counties originate in 1282 following king edward i s conquest. Click on the town link next to each county to view all the towns in that particular county and click on the postcode link to view all the postcodes in that county.

The history of local government in the united kingdom differs between england northern ireland. There are 22 principal areas in wales. You can see these 22 local government units on the map below. Eleven are named as counties including the cities and counties of cardiff and swansea marked and eleven are styled as county boroughs marked.

1 the earldom of pembroke and lordship of glamorgan pre date the edwardian conquest. Principal areas of wales see local government in wales. Comparison map and notes stirnet see table of welsh place names table listing where places are in current post 1974 1996 welsh counties historic counties.