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Shire districts
StatusMany districts have Borough status, which means the local council is called a 'Borough Council' instead of 'District Council' and gives them the right to appoint a Mayor. Borough status is granted by royal charter, and in many cases continues a style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status, granted by letters patent, but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a 'City Council'. Not all city or borough councils are non-metropolitan districts. HistoryBy 1899 England had been divided at district level into rural districts, urban districts, municipal boroughs, county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs. This system was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972. Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside of Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers then their non-metropolitan couterparts.
Non-metropolitan counties on the original pattern are now commonly called 'shire counties' to make them distinct from unitary authorities. Scotland and WalesIn Wales an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales). In 1996 this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since the areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately, and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system. List of counties and districtsThis is a list of shire counties and their shire districts. Some counties contain unitary authorities which are excluded from this list, as are the counties of Berkshire which has no county council, and the counties of Herefordshire, the Isle of Wight and Rutland which have no districts. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs see Districts of England. References
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