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The first county councils were introduced in the late 19th century in England and Wales, and this system was soon extended to Scotland and the island of Ireland. The areas they covered were termed administrative counties, and did not necessarily align with the traditional counties.
County councils were responsible for more strategic services in a region, with smaller urban district councils and rural district councils responsible for other activities.
The writ of the county councils did not extend everywhere: county boroughs were independent of the council for the county in which they were geographically situated, and county borough councils exercised the functions of both county councils and district councils.
In England and Wales local government was reformed in 1974. County boroughs were abolished and all of the country (apart from Greater London) was placed in a two-tier arrangement with county councils and district councils.
Another reform in 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa abolished the Greater London CouncilGLC can also stand for the UK rap group named Goldie Lookin' Chain. The Greater London Council (GLC was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to its abolition in 1986. Prior to the GLC London had the Metropolitan B (which was similar but not identical to a county council) and the councils of the six metropolitan countiesThe metropolitan counties of England are administative counties that cover large urban areas, each with several metropolitan districts. The counties no longer have county councils, as they were abolished in 1986 with most of their functions being devolved abolished. Their functions were transferred to the metropolitan boroughA metropolitan borough or metropolitan district is the style of a sub-division of a metropolitan county. The first metropolitan boroughs in England were created in London in 1899, ten years after the formation of London County Council. These were abolishes.
In 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan in WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir another local government reform replaced the two-tier system with an arrangement of unitary counties and county boroughs of WalesFor local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities. There are 9 counties, 3 cities, and 10 county boroughs, although all have equal status. Collectively these are known as the principal areas of Wales . They came into being on Apr. There therefore continue several county councils.
The 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn in England saw the reestablishment of county boroughs in all but name, as unitary authorities. As a result of this, a further county council, that of Berkshire, was abolished, whilst others saw their territory decrease. Most of these unitary authorities were boroughs or districts, but two, Rutland and Herefordshire, correspond to traditional counties, and so their councils are known as county councils.
In Scotland a major reform took place in 1975. This resulted in bodies identical in function and structure to the England and Welsh county councils; but called 'regional councils', because they covered regions instead of counties.
In Northern Ireland, county councils were abolished in 1973, along with urban and rural districts and county boroughs, and they were replaced by a consistent system of 26 districts.
In the Republic of Ireland, the county councils are still around in their original form, though they have taken on the powers of rural districts after they were abolished.
In the United States, most of the individual states have counties as a form of local government, usually with a county council in charge of it.
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