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195:, and were created to govern large urban areas. In 1986 their county councils were abolished, and since then the metropolitan counties have had no local government role. The local government functions were largely taken over by the metropolitan boroughs, with joint boards created to co-ordinate some county-wide services. The metropolitan counties are all
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government came to power in 1970. The
Conservatives' local government white paper was published in February 1971, naming the metropolitan areas "metropolitan counties", and giving them as "Merseyside, south-east Lancashire and north-east Cheshire, the West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire,
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in West
Midlands. The Conservative policy favoured retaining historic boundaries as far as was practicable, and the new white paper proposals generally reduced the metropolitan counties to the continuously built up area. Many areas on the edges were excluded from the metropolitan counties when the
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introduced in 2011 that allow local authorities to voluntarily pool responsibilities and collaborate. The combined authorities for
Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Midlands and West Yorkshire cover the same areas as the metropolitan counties; the boroughs of Merseyside are part of the
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The metropolitan counties are sometimes referred to as "former metropolitan counties", although this description is not entirely correct. The county councils were abolished, but under the Local
Government Act 1972, the counties themselves remain in existence, although they no longer exist in
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described it as a "completely cynical manoeuvre". Merseyside in particular put up a struggle against abolition. Most of the functions of the MCCs passed either to the metropolitan borough councils, or to joint boards. Some assets were given to
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1063:. This organisation accords no distinct legal status on these councils over any other city council in England but appears to be organically moving towards some kind of recognition of their role as regional capitals outside London.
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were established for the metropolitan counties of South
Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, and two combined authorities were established which each covered a metropolitan county and adjacent non-metropolitan districts: the
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has been proposed subsequently, although the 2006 local government white paper had no firm proposals for formal recognition of this concept. This changed in 2010 when the
Government accepted a proposal from the
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The metropolitan county councils were intended to be strategic authorities that ran regional services such as main roads, public transport, emergency services, civil protection, waste disposal, and
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725:. Government policy on the issue was considered throughout 1982, and the Conservative Party put a "promise to scrap the metropolitan county councils", and the GLC, in their manifesto for the
971:(in Merseyside and Greater Manchester). These joint boards are made up of councillors appointed by the boroughs. Since 2000, the metropolitan counties have been used as the areas of joint
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However the fact that all of the county councils were controlled by the Labour Party led to accusations that their abolition was motivated by party politics: the general secretary of the
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had supported abolition of the MCCs in his 1981 conference speech. The government's stated reasons for the abolition of the MCCs were based on efficiency and their overspending.
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was established for the West
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The proposed counties were also far smaller than in the original proposals; they were trimmed at each successive stage. The
Redcliffe-Maud Report had included
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The metropolitan counties were first created with a two-tier structure of local government. Local government functions were divided between the
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986:). Despite some talk of doing so, no bodies were established to replace the MCCs. The Blair government instead pursued the idea of elected
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990:, although after an unsuccessful referendum in the most positive region, the North East, this idea now has few proponents. The idea of
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The last elections to the councils were held in May 1981; elections that would have been held in 1985 were abandoned under the
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The exact details of the reform caused problems. In
October 1983, Thatcher's government published a white paper entitled
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in the allocation of powers between the county and district councils. The metropolitan districts had more powers than
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Walker, David (23 September 1983). "Whitehall admits problem in abolishing GLC and metropolitan councils".
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of 1969 proposed the creation of three large "metropolitan areas" based upon the conurbations surrounding
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While the abolition of the GLC was highly controversial, the abolition of the MCCs was much less so. The
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Walker, David (15 January 1983). "Tory plan to abolish GLC and metropolitan councils, but rates stay".
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which set out detailed plans for the abolition of the MCCs, together with the abolition of the GLC.
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Some local services are still run on a metropolitan county-wide basis, administered by statutory
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671:. The county councils were first elected in 1973, and were formally established in April 1974.
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for disposal. The split of functions from the metropolitan county councils was as follows:
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Haviland, Julian (5 May 1983). "Tories may abolish county councils if they win election".
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936:. They are also used in certain government statistics, although they no longer appear on
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in England and Wales. They were the top tier of a two-tier system of counties and
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1567:"Table 1.3a: Local authority responsibility for major services in England"
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1522:- Gazetteer of the old and new geographies of the United Kingdom, p. 48.
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In 1999, following a successful referendum, the Labour government under
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701:. The metropolitan county councils functioned between 1974 and 1986.
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Number of counties/districts/unitary authorities/wards etc in the UK
753:; the MCCs and the GLC were abolished at midnight on 31 March 1986.
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The six metropolitan counties and their metropolitan districts are:
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Tendler, Stewart (16 June 1983). "Big cities defiant over police".
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2011:
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932:(sometimes called 'geographic counties') which have an appointed
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59:
1589:"Welcome to the Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan Website"
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The idea of creating administrative areas based upon the large
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as an indirectly elected, top tier, strategic authority for
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The metropolitan counties were created in 1974 as part of a
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legislated to create a strategic authority for London (the
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1314:. 8 October 1983. p. 5 – via Internet Archive.
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Department for Transport - Regional transport statistics
713:-controlled metropolitan county councils (MCCs) and the
506:, the commission proposed instead a group of contiguous
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maps, which show the individual metropolitan boroughs.
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Type of county-level administrative division of England
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Just a decade after they were established, the mostly
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and draft proposals considered it for Selnec. For the
1349:"Bill to abolish GLC centrepiece of Queen's Speech".
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broadly accepting these recommendations, and adding
1327:"Labour storm over White Paper on council shake-up"
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National and Local Government Officers' Association
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1085:Map of the UK counties and unitary administrations
1193:Thamesside county urged to tackle river problems.
1024:for Tyne and Wear and the unitary authorities of
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1073:List of local governments in the United Kingdom
1710:Administrative geography of the United Kingdom
1615:"Welcome to the TravelWise Merseyside website"
1408:
1276:. Bopcris.ac.uk. 27 March 2007. Archived from
1124:. North East Combined Authority. 19 March 2024
947:and special joint arrangements; these include
758:Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984
667:The metropolitan counties were created by the
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1994:
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997:Association of Greater Manchester Authorities
215:, and those of Tyne and Wear are part of the
644:(either the southern part or all of it) and
4010:List of administrative divisions by country
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202:All of the metropolitan boroughs belong to
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2161:
2147:
2001:
1987:
1795:Metropolitan and Non-metropolitan counties
1701:
1687:
1415:"Angry reaction to councils White Paper".
556:The proposals were radically altered when
486:proposed several new counties, including '
37:
4051:Interested parties in planning in England
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1617:. Transportmerseyside.org. Archived from
1503:, 20 March 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
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1338:. p. 1 – via Internet Archive.
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1139:
492:South West Lancashire North West Cheshire
488:South East Lancashire North East Cheshire
222:
2277:
1643:. Westmidlandsltp.gov.uk. Archived from
1571:CLG Local Government Finance Directorate
1484:, 22 July 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
1457:Local Government and Politics in Britain
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1368:
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1014:Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
866:
510:with no overall metropolitan authority.
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1238:
1122:"North East Combined Authority - About"
921:as extant administrative subdivisions.
496:Local Government Commission for England
160:. There are six metropolitan counties:
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1718:Local government in the United Kingdom
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1039:Since 1995, the cities of Birmingham,
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1982:
1682:
1533:"Metropolitan Counties and Districts"
1007:. In 2014 similar indirectly elected
1001:Greater Manchester Combined Authority
2036:ITL 1 statistical regions of England
1845:Local government in Northern Ireland
1109:Aspects of Britain: Local Government
830:
484:Local Government Boundary Commission
1543:. 17 September 2004. Archived from
1147:Local Government and Urban Politics
699:strategic town and country planning
13:
633:. One area, the county borough of
239:Constituent metropolitan boroughs
14:
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1107:Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
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498:proposed such an arrangement for
4036:Types of administrative division
3027:Organized incorporated territory
2010:
1537:Beginners' Guide to UK Geography
1325:Walker, David (8 October 1983).
1034:West Midlands Combined Authority
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705:Abolition of the county councils
686:The structure differed from the
660:(and now considered part of the
4015:Slavic administrative divisions
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1090:Map of all UK local authorities
1059:have assembled together in the
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810:Arts, pensions and debt, sport
800:Fire, police, public transport
749:soon afterwards. It became the
156:which were originally used for
4056:1972 establishments in England
3564:Non-English terms or loanwords
2768:Direct-controlled municipality
1541:Office for National Statistics
1513:Office for National Statistics
1481:Office for National Statistics
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965:passenger transport executives
741:The bill was announced in the
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2893:Special administrative region
1591:. Gmltp.co.uk. Archived from
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1022:North East Combined Authority
217:North East Combined Authority
2793:Mountain resort municipality
2670:Intermediate school district
2653:Educational service district
2509:Regional county municipality
1874:Local government in Scotland
1161:The Times. 17 February 1971.
871:Map of the situation in 2023
721:about overspending and high
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7:
4046:Local government in England
3124:Autonomous territorial unit
1761:Local government in England
1195:The Times. 19 January 1972.
1172:Local Government in Britain
1066:
1020:unitary authority, and the
789:Special joint arrangements
461:
199:which share their borders.
10:
4072:
3005:National capital territory
2726:Indian reserve/reservation
2593:Indian government district
2247:Designations for types of
1968:Corporate Joint Committees
1432:politics.co.uk Issue Brief
692:non-metropolitan districts
541:'s government published a
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189:reform of local government
20:
3995:Autonomous administration
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3000:Federal capital territory
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2603:Local government district
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1520:UK Government Web Archive
1477:UK Government Web Archive
1384:Loughlin, Martin (1996).
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751:Local Government Act 1985
688:non-metropolitan counties
669:Local Government Act 1972
504:West Midlands conurbation
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2805:Specialized municipality
2482:Consolidated city-county
1518:23 December 2003 at the
1443:Jonathan Rawle's website
1437:13 November 2007 at the
984:Greater London Authority
745:and was introduced into
623:Skelmersdale and Holland
3167:Military exclusion zone
3145:Exclusive economic zone
2910:National capital region
2502:Non-metropolitan county
2249:administrative division
2064:Non-metropolitan county
2017:Subdivisions of England
1906:Community council areas
1392:Oxford University Press
1016:for Merseyside and the
911:non-metropolitan county
735:Streamlining the cities
553:as metropolitan areas.
3184:Self-administered zone
3022:Incorporated territory
2889:Administrative region
2658:Local service district
2578:Congressional district
926:Lieutenancies Act 1997
913:
715:Greater London Council
223:Counties and districts
154:subdivision of England
108:Additional status
4041:Metropolitan counties
3155:Special economic zone
2839:Praetorian prefecture
2823:Autonomous prefecture
2783:Regional municipality
2773:District municipality
2608:Metropolitan district
2472:Administrative county
2454:Residential community
2300:Local government area
2170:Metropolitan counties
1475:13 April 2002 at the
973:local transport plans
870:
727:1983 general election
681:metropolitan district
664:) was also proposed.
515:Redcliffe-Maud Report
213:Liverpool City Region
193:metropolitan boroughs
150:Metropolitan counties
139:Metropolitan district
3746:Njësi administrative
2778:Neutral municipality
2717:Subdivision of India
2449:Autonomous community
2338:Metropolitan borough
2278:Common English terms
2096:Metropolitan borough
1835:Combined authorities
1670:4 April 2010 at the
1499:24 June 2009 at the
1455:Kingdom, J. (1991).
1280:on 27 September 2007
1009:combined authorities
879:metropolitan borough
494:'. In the 1960s the
233:Metropolitan county
204:combined authorities
3389:Autonomous republic
3317:Enclave and exclave
3216:Other English terms
3012:Dependent territory
2858:Autonomous province
2788:Resort municipality
2763:County municipality
2550:Overseas department
2497:Metropolitan county
2310:Unincorporated area
2059:Metropolitan county
1800:Unitary authorities
1783:Ceremonial counties
1621:on 28 February 2009
988:regional assemblies
930:ceremonial counties
490:' ("Selnec"), and '
437:Newcastle-upon-Tyne
197:ceremonial counties
115:Ceremonial counties
32:Metropolitan county
23:Counties of England
4005:Electoral district
3322:Federal dependency
3150:Free economic zone
3034:Overseas territory
2917:Development region
2800:Rural municipality
2733:Indian reservation
2625:Municipal district
2583:Electoral district
2423:Free imperial city
2181:Greater Manchester
1943:Preserved counties
1355:. 7 November 1984.
1005:Greater Manchester
953:police authorities
914:
646:central Lancashire
576:in Merseyside and
474:, modelled on the
284:Greater Manchester
236:Population (2021)
162:Greater Manchester
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3017:Federal territory
2995:Capital territory
2900:Autonomous region
2864:Overseas province
2758:City municipality
2649:Service district
2645:Sanitary district
2635:Regional district
2620:Military district
2477:Autonomous county
2410:Incorporated city
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2111:Unitary authority
2054:Ceremonial county
1976:
1975:
1963:Historic counties
1916:Historic counties
1896:Lieutenancy areas
1830:Historic counties
1737:Lieutenancy areas
1577:on 27 March 2009.
1421:. 8 October 1983.
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1018:Borough of Halton
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901:unitary authority
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3793:Savivaldybė
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3654:South Tyrol
3534:Viceroyalty
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3285:Condominium
3188:Trade zone
3062:Market town
3057:Census town
2955:Proto-state
2927:Microregion
2492:County town
2487:County seat
2354:Half-canton
1953:Communities
1891:Sheriffdoms
1170:Bryne, T.,
769:David Steel
543:white paper
124:Populations
4030:Categories
3849:Historical
3813:Shahrestān
3756:Autonomous
3504:Presidency
3452:Historical
3421:Suzerainty
3404:Autonomous
3248:Autonomous
2970:Free state
2960:City-state
2922:Mesoregion
2815:Prefecture
2542:Department
2186:Merseyside
1551:11 January
1096:References
1053:Nottingham
980:Tony Blair
951:(by joint
856:March 2017
747:Parliament
652:and south
531:Merseyside
527:Birmingham
519:Manchester
449:Sunderland
429:1,127,200
402:1,375,100
371:1,423,300
367:Merseyside
347:Calderdale
339:2,351,600
300:Manchester
288:2,867,800
253:Birmingham
249:2,919,600
166:Merseyside
21:See also:
3890:Landskap
3886:Län/Lääni
3840:Vingtaine
3808:Seniūnija
3798:Selsoviet
3773:Poblacion
3710:Landskap
3640:Gemeinde
3631:Freguesia
3586:Apskritis
3509:Residency
3474:Exarchate
3416:Sultanate
3307:Eldership
3238:Bailiwick
2987:Territory
2937:Subregion
2682:in the US
2514:Viscounty
2441:Community
1864:Districts
1810:Districts
1418:The Times
1352:The Times
1335:The Times
1311:The Times
1259:The Times
1242:The Times
1225:The Times
1208:The Times
1174:, (1994).
1149:, (1991).
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1049:Newcastle
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675:Structure
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635:Southport
607:New Mills
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587:Easington
529:(Selnec,
523:Liverpool
433:Gateshead
418:Sheffield
414:Rotherham
410:Doncaster
387:St Helens
379:Liverpool
359:Wakefield
316:Stockport
3991:See also
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3721:Località
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3626:Frazione
3596:Barangay
3426:Townland
3364:Precinct
3349:Muftiate
3300:District
3260:Cadastre
3072:Township
2850:Province
2741:(Canada)
2699:Division
2560:District
2079:District
1859:Counties
1742:Counties
1668:Archived
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1067:See also
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578:Redditch
565:and the
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470:outside
462:Creation
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375:Knowsley
351:Kirklees
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257:Coventry
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152:are a
100:Number
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