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Note that in Eastern Canada and the United States Of America , the term County Seat is usually used for the same purpose. However, in the state of Louisiana the term ''' Parish Seat ''' is used instead. LIST OF COUNTY TOWNS Historic counties of England # The county administration was split between the two towns by the nineteenth century. Lent assizes were held at Reading, where the county gaol and house of correction were situated; summer assizes were held at Abingdon, which was the site of the county bridewell. Knights for the shire were nominated at Reading and elected at Abingdon.Samuel Lewis, ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'', Vol. I, 1831 # Sir John Baldwin, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, caused the county assizes to be moved to Aylesbury. Knights for the shire continued to be elected at Buckingham. the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica considered Buckingham to be the county town. # The 1911 Britannica considered Bodmin to be the county town. Launceston was also historically considered the county town.1 # Knights Of The Shire were elected at Cockermouth # 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. # Knights of the Shire were elected at Alnwick # Knights of the Shire were elected at Ilchester . Somerton temporarily became the county town in the late thirteenth century, when the shire courts and county gaol were moved from Ilchester. Somerton archaeological survey (Somerset County Council) # Southwark is listed as the county town by Stewart (1828). Quarter Sessions were held at Newington by Southwark . # Horsham was occasionally described as the county town of Sussex due to the presence of the county gaol and the periodic holding of the county assizes and quarter sessions in the town. The last assizes were held there in 1830 , while the gaol was closed in 1845 .''General history of Horsham - The town as county centre'', Victoria County History of Sussex, Volume VI British History Online # Wiltshire County Council note that Wiltshire "never had a well recognised county town". Wilton had served as the seat of Quarter Sessions and for election of Knights of the Shire until 1832. Knights had been nominated at Devizes. 2A 1870s gazetteer describes " Salisbury and Devizes " as the "county towns". 3 The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica names only Salisbury. Counties of Scotland # In 1900 Aberdeen became a county of a city and thus outside Aberdeenshire. # Inverary was regarded as the county town until 1890 , when the Argyll County Council was created with headquarters in Lochgilphead. # The headquarters of the Lanark County Council established in 1890 were in Hamilton . # Edinburgh was a county of itself, and therefore lay outside the county of Midlothian. # The headquarters of Renfrew County Council were in Paisley from 1890 . # Newtown St Boswells was the administrative headquarters of the county council established in 1890 . # The headquarters of Sutherland County Council were at Golspie from 1890 . # Stranraer became the administrative headquarters of the Wigtown county council in 1890 , and was sometimes described as the "county town" thereafter. Historic counties of Wales Historic counties of Northern Ireland 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''). Traditional counties of the Republic of Ireland The term county capital is also used. Other counties of the Republic of Ireland
COUNTY HALLS Over time, the location of administrative headquarters (County Halls) have moved away from the traditional county town. Furthermore, in 1965 and 1974 there were major administrative boundary changes in England And Wales and Administrative Counties were replaced with new Metropolitan and Non-metropolitan Counties . The boundaries underwent more major alterations between 1995 and 1998 to create Unitary Authorities and some of the Traditional Counties and county towns were restored for administrative purposes. (Note: not all headquarters are or were called County Halls or Shire Halls eg: Cumbria County Council's HQ is called ''The Courts'') England Wales REFERENCES |
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