In the case of for the North Riding , Beverley for the East Riding , and Wakefield for the West Riding . Contrary to popular belief, there are no civil administrative offices for the county of Yorkshire as a whole (not even in York ).
Note - Despite the fact that Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, it is not the county town of any County . Greater Belfast straddles two counties (''Antrim'' and ''Down'').
The eight administrative counties that existed in Wales between 1974 and 1996 were subsequently retained as Lieutenancy Areas . Since these areas have no administrative or judicial functions they no longer have county towns. The county towns in Glamorgan were seldom referred to as such even when the administrative counties existed.
