"Mizter T" wrote
What I've read beforehand is that neither Herfordshire CC nor any of the
Buckinghamshire local authorities (Bucks CC having been abolished in
favour of unitary authorities) subsidise ...

http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/sites/bcc/...r_Council.page
says Buckinghamshire CC exists and is based in Aylesbury (perhaps somewhere
near uk.r HQ).

Within Buckinghamshire I think it's [1] just Milton Keynes that's a Unitary
Authority, i.e. outside the administrative county but inside the ceremonial
(lord-lieutenancy) one.

[1] That's the real it's. See http://angryflower.com/itsits.gif