On Feb 7, 6:32*pm, (Paul Cummins) wrote:

(Mizter T) wrote:
Berkshire continues to exist as an administrative entity
(specifically as a non-metropolitan county),
albeit one without a county council.

fx: Panto Oh no it doesn't :-)

I was perhaps a bit unclear - Berkshire still exists in an
administrative sense in that it remains a non-metropolitan county, it
just doesn't have a county council any more. (My reference to it as an
'administrative entity' is perhaps potentially confusing, not least
because the the "administrative county" died in legalese in 1974.)

The same situation now exists with regards to Bedforshire and
Cheshire. It's similar to the situation metropolitan counties are in -
they continue to exist (e.g. Greater Manchester, Tyne & Wear etc), but
they don't have a county council any more.