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| {{flag|Kent}} || [[Canterbury]] (name of same origin) ||[[Maidstone]]{{efn|[[East Kent]] and [[West Kent]] had separate administrations until 1814, with East Kent sessions meeting at [[Canterbury]], and West Kent at Maidstone, the over-all county town.}}

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| {{flag|Lancashire}} || [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]||[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]{{efn|In 1787 the Lancashire Quarter Sessions decreed that in future the annual general sessions for transacting all business for the county at large should be held at Preston as it was "a central place in the county." The magistrates of [[Lonsdale (hundred)|Lonsdale Hundred]] refused to accept the decision and would meet only at Lancaster. The matter was settled only when a local act of ~~parliament~~ (38 Geo. 3. c. 58) established that the principal administrative business of the county could be transacted only at Preston.<ref>{{cite book |title=English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: The Parish and the County |url=https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft |last=Webb |first=Sidney |author-link=Sidney Webb |author2=Beatrice Webb |year=1906 |publisher=[[Longman|Longmans Green and Co.]] |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft/page/432 432]–433 }}</ref>}}

| {{flag|Lancashire}} || [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]||[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]{{efn|In 1787 the Lancashire Quarter Sessions decreed that in future the annual general sessions for transacting all business for the county at large should be held at Preston as it was "a central place in the county." The magistrates of [[Lonsdale (hundred)|Lonsdale Hundred]] refused to accept the decision and would meet only at Lancaster. The matter was settled only when a [[local act of Parliament]], the [[Lancaster Annual General Sessions Act 1798]] ([[38 Geo. 3]]. c. 58), established that the principal administrative business of the county could be transacted only at Preston.<ref>{{cite book |title=English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: The Parish and the County |url=https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft |last=Webb |first=Sidney |author-link=Sidney Webb |author2=Beatrice Webb |year=1906 |publisher=[[Longman|Longmans Green and Co.]] |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft/page/432 432]–433 }}</ref>}}

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| {{flag|Leicestershire}}

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!Name in English !! Name in Welsh !! County town in English !! County town in Welsh

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| {{flag|Anglesey}}||Ynys Môn||~~[[Llangefni]] (formerly~~ [[Beaumaris, Wales|Beaumaris]]?)||~~Llangefni ~~Biwmares

| {{flag|Anglesey}}||Ynys Môn|| [[Beaumaris, Wales|Beaumaris]]||Biwmares

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| {{flagicon image|Flag of Brecknockshire.svg}} [[Brecknockshire]]||Brycheiniog||[[Brecon]]||Aberhonddu

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==Great Britain, post 19th-century reforms==

With the creation of elected [[county council]]s in 1889, the administrative headquarters in some cases moved away from the traditional county town. Furthermore, in 1965 and 1974 there were major boundary changes in [[England and Wales]] and [[administrative county|administrative counties]] were replaced with new [[metropolitan county|metropolitan]] and [[non-metropolitan county|non-metropolitan counties]]. The boundaries underwent further alterations between 1995 and 1998 to create [[~~Unitary Authority~~|unitary authorities]], and some of the ancient counties and county towns were restored. (Note: not all headquarters are or were called ~~County Halls~~ or ~~Shire Halls~~ e.g.: Cumbria County Council's HQ up until 2016 was called ''The Courts'' and has since moved to Cumbria House.) Before 1974, many of the county halls were in towns and cities that had the status of a [[county borough]] i.e. a borough outside the county council's jurisdiction.

With the creation of elected [[county council]]s in 1889, the administrative headquarters in some cases moved away from the traditional county town. Furthermore, in 1965 and 1974 there were major boundary changes in [[England and Wales]] and [[administrative county|administrative counties]] were replaced with new [[metropolitan county|metropolitan]] and [[non-metropolitan county|non-metropolitan counties]]. The boundaries underwent further alterations between 1995 and 1998 to create [[unitary authority|unitary authorities]], and some of the ancient counties and county towns were restored. (Note: not all headquarters are or were called 'county hall' or 'shire hall' e.g.: Cumbria County Council's HQ up until 2016 was called ''The Courts'' and has since moved to Cumbria House.) Before 1974, many of the county halls were in towns and cities that had the status of a [[county borough]] i.e. a borough outside the county council's jurisdiction.

===England, from 1889===

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| [[Surrey]]

| 1889 onwards

| [[Inner London Sessions House]], [[Newington, London|Newington]] (until 1893) [[County Hall (Surrey)|County Hall]], [[Kingston upon Thames]] (1893{{ndash}}2020) [[Woodhatch Place, Reigate]] (2021 onwards)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|title=127 year chapter of history comes to an end as Surrey County Council moves home|date=23 December 2020|newspaper=Get Surrey|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503072817/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|url-status=live}}</ref>

| [[Inner London Sessions House]], [[Newington, London|Newington]] (until 1893) [[County Hall (Surrey)|County Hall]], [[Kingston upon Thames]] (1893{{ndash}}2020) [[Woodhatch Place]], [[Reigate]] (2021 onwards)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|title=127 year chapter of history comes to an end as Surrey County Council moves home|date=23 December 2020|newspaper=Get Surrey|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503072817/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| [[East Sussex]]

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# Due to its better transport links and more central location, some administrative functions were moved to [[Llandrindod Wells]].

==Ireland and Northern Ireland==

==Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland==

===Republic of Ireland===

The follow lists the location of the administration of each of the 31 local authorities in the Republic of Ireland, with 26 of the traditional counties.

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[[Category:~~Capitals~~]]

[[Category:Capital cities]]

[[Category:Towns in Ireland]]

[[Category:Towns in the United Kingdom]]

[[Category:County towns in the United Kingdom| ]]

[[Category:County towns in Ireland| ]]

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 | {{flag|Kent}} || [[Canterbury]] (name of same origin) ||[[Maidstone]]{{efn|[[East Kent]] and [[West Kent]] had separate administrations until 1814, with East Kent sessions meeting at [[Canterbury]], and West Kent at Maidstone, the over-all county town.}}
 |-
-| {{flag|Lancashire}} || [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]||[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]{{efn|In 1787 the Lancashire Quarter Sessions decreed that in future the annual general sessions for transacting all business for the county at large should be held at Preston as it was "a central place in the county." The magistrates of [[Lonsdale (hundred)|Lonsdale Hundred]] refused to accept the decision and would meet only at Lancaster. The matter was settled only when a local act of parliament (38 Geo. 3. c. 58) established that the principal administrative business of the county could be transacted only at Preston.<ref>{{cite book |title=English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: The Parish and the County |url=https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft |last=Webb |first=Sidney |author-link=Sidney Webb |author2=Beatrice Webb |year=1906 |publisher=[[Longman|Longmans Green and Co.]] |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft/page/432 432]–433 }}</ref>}}
+| {{flag|Lancashire}} || [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]||[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]{{efn|In 1787 the Lancashire Quarter Sessions decreed that in future the annual general sessions for transacting all business for the county at large should be held at Preston as it was "a central place in the county." The magistrates of [[Lonsdale (hundred)|Lonsdale Hundred]] refused to accept the decision and would meet only at Lancaster. The matter was settled only when a [[local act of Parliament]], the [[Lancaster Annual General Sessions Act 1798]] ([[38 Geo. 3]]. c. 58), established that the principal administrative business of the county could be transacted only at Preston.<ref>{{cite book |title=English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: The Parish and the County |url=https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft |last=Webb |first=Sidney |author-link=Sidney Webb |author2=Beatrice Webb |year=1906 |publisher=[[Longman|Longmans Green and Co.]] |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/englishlocalgove02webbuoft/page/432 432]–433 }}</ref>}}
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 | {{flag|Leicestershire}}
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 !Name in English !! Name in Welsh !! County town in English !! County town in Welsh
 |-
-| {{flag|Anglesey}}||Ynys Môn||[[Llangefni]]<br>(formerly [[Beaumaris, Wales|Beaumaris]]?)||Llangefni<br>Biwmares
+| {{flag|Anglesey}}||Ynys Môn|| [[Beaumaris, Wales|Beaumaris]]||Biwmares
 |-
 | {{flagicon image|Flag of Brecknockshire.svg}} [[Brecknockshire]]||Brycheiniog||[[Brecon]]||Aberhonddu
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 ==Great Britain, post 19th-century reforms==
-With the creation of elected [[county council]]s in 1889, the administrative headquarters in some cases moved away from the traditional county town. Furthermore, in 1965 and 1974 there were major boundary changes in [[England and Wales]] and [[administrative county|administrative counties]] were replaced with new [[metropolitan county|metropolitan]] and [[non-metropolitan county|non-metropolitan counties]].  The boundaries underwent further alterations between 1995 and 1998 to create [[Unitary Authority|unitary authorities]], and some of the ancient counties and county towns were restored.  (Note: not all headquarters are or were called County Halls or Shire Halls e.g.: Cumbria County Council's HQ up until 2016 was called ''The Courts'' and has since moved to Cumbria House.) Before 1974, many of the county halls were in towns and cities that had the status of a [[county borough]] i.e. a borough outside the county council's jurisdiction.
+With the creation of elected [[county council]]s in 1889, the administrative headquarters in some cases moved away from the traditional county town. Furthermore, in 1965 and 1974 there were major boundary changes in [[England and Wales]] and [[administrative county|administrative counties]] were replaced with new [[metropolitan county|metropolitan]] and [[non-metropolitan county|non-metropolitan counties]].  The boundaries underwent further alterations between 1995 and 1998 to create [[unitary authority|unitary authorities]], and some of the ancient counties and county towns were restored.  (Note: not all headquarters are or were called 'county hall' or 'shire hall' e.g.: Cumbria County Council's HQ up until 2016 was called ''The Courts'' and has since moved to Cumbria House.) Before 1974, many of the county halls were in towns and cities that had the status of a [[county borough]] i.e. a borough outside the county council's jurisdiction.
 ===England, from 1889===
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 | [[Surrey]]
 | 1889 onwards
-| [[Inner London Sessions House]], [[Newington, London|Newington]] (until 1893)<br>[[County Hall (Surrey)|County Hall]], [[Kingston upon Thames]] (1893{{ndash}}2020)<br>[[Woodhatch Place, Reigate]] (2021 onwards)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|title=127 year chapter of history comes to an end as Surrey County Council moves home|date=23 December 2020|newspaper=Get Surrey|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503072817/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|url-status=live}}</ref>
+| [[Inner London Sessions House]], [[Newington, London|Newington]] (until 1893)<br>[[County Hall (Surrey)|County Hall]], [[Kingston upon Thames]] (1893{{ndash}}2020)<br>[[Woodhatch Place]], [[Reigate]] (2021 onwards)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|title=127 year chapter of history comes to an end as Surrey County Council moves home|date=23 December 2020|newspaper=Get Surrey|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503072817/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/127-year-chapter-history-comes-19511671|url-status=live}}</ref>
 |-
 | [[East Sussex]]
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 # Due to its better transport links and more central location, some administrative functions were moved to [[Llandrindod Wells]].
-==Ireland and Northern Ireland==
+==Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland==
 ===Republic of Ireland===
 The follow lists the location of the administration of each of the 31 local authorities in the Republic of Ireland, with 26 of the traditional counties.
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:County Town}}
-[[Category:Capitals]]
+[[Category:Capital cities]]
 [[Category:Towns in Ireland]]
 [[Category:Towns in the United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:County towns in the United Kingdom| ]]
 [[Category:County towns in Ireland| ]]

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