Wales Counties
1974 1996 counties of wales.
Wales counties. Wales is a nation within the united kingdom. The welsh hotel on the world wide web. This page was last edited on 18 september 2013 at 15 44 utc. Pre 1974 counties map.
This is a list of the counties of the united kingdom the history of local government in the united kingdom differs between england northern ireland scotland and wales and the subnational divisions within these which have been called counties have varied over time and by purpose. If you re visiting wales or have moved here recently you may be struggling to get to grips with the county boundaries. If an internal link led you here you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Current counties map of wales.
Maps of wales the counties of wales. This is the hub project for the. Map sponsored by the bryn holcombe hotel colwyn bay conwy. 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.
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. Since 1996 there have been 22 unitary authorities areas of local government that are responsible for delivering. They are alternatively known as ancient counties. The historic counties of wales are sub divisions of wales they were used for various functions for several hundred years but have been largely superseded by contemporary sub national divisions some of which bear some limited similarity to the historic entities in name and extent.
Our database currently has a total of 23 counties in wales. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title counties of wales. Text is available under the.