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county borough
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County borough
County borough
is a term introduced in 1889 in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
(excluding
Scotland
), to refer to a
borough
or a
city
independent of
county council
control. They were abolished by the
Local Government Act 1972
in
England and Wales
, but continue in use for
lieutenancy
and
shrievalty
in
Northern Ireland
. In the
Republic of Ireland
they remain in existence but have been renamed
cities
under the provisions of the
Local Government Act 2001
. The
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
re-introduced the term for certain "
principal areas
" in Wales. Scotland did not have county boroughs but instead
counties of cities
. These were abolished on 16 May 1975. All four Scottish cities of the time —
Aberdeen
,
Dundee
,
Edinburgh
, and
Glasgow
— were included in this category. There was an additional category of
large burgh
in the Scottish system, which were responsible for all services apart from police, education and fire.
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