Historic counties of England the Morecambe Bay tidal flats. When the first county councils were set up in 1889, they covered newly created entities known as administrative counties. Several historic subdivisions with separate county administrations were also created administrative counties, particularly the separate ridings of Yorkshire, the separate parts of Lincolnshire, and East and West Sussex. The Local Government Act 1888 also contained wording to create both a new "administrative county" and "county" of London, and to ensure that the county boroughs which were created at the same time continued for non-administrative purposes to be part of the county which they had previously formed
Cork (barony) used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown. The barony, doughnut-like, entirely surrounds the Barony of Cork City. Other neighbouring baronies include Barrymore to the east, Barretts to the north-west, Muskerry East to the west, and Kerrycurrihy to the south. The River Lee bisects the barony from west to east. The barony of Cork comprises part or all of 16 civil parishes: From : From other sources: Cork (barony) Cork () is a barony in County Cork, Ireland, surrounding