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What (who) is county town - definition

COUNTY'S ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IRELAND
County Town; County towns; County Towns; Kreisstadt

county town         
(county towns)
A county town is the most important town in a county, where the local government is. (BRIT; in AM, use county seat
)
We met in Dorchester, Dorset's bustling county town.
N-COUNT
county town         
(N. Amer. county seat)
¦ noun the town that is the administrative capital of a county.
County town         
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elected.

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County town

In the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elected. Following the establishment of the English county councils in 1889, the headquarters of the new councils were usually located in the county town of each county. However, the concept of a county town pre-dates the establishment of these councils.

The concept of a county town is ill-defined and unofficial. Some counties have their administrative bodies located elsewhere. For example, Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, but the county council is located in Preston. Some county towns are no longer situated within the administrative county because of changes in the county's boundaries. For example, Nottingham is administered by a unitary authority separate from the rest of Nottinghamshire.

Examples of use of county town
1. Warwick, an old county town, which takes a lot of work from SE Birmingham ; Northampton, a largely ruined old county town which gets custom from itself and places like Kettering; and Oxford, which needs no description.
2. Structure damage was reported to police in the Perry County town of Cherry Hill.
3. Shawn was abducted while riding his bike near his home in the Washington County town of Richwoods.
4. San Antonio television KABB reports the dead cats were found Thursday in the Guadalupe County town of Marion.
5. Federalsburg Mayor Betty Ballas declared an emergency for the southern Caroline County town of about 2,600 people Sunday morning.