Counties of cities are areas combining functions of county and city: in England & Wales and Ireland county corporate (prior to the creation of county councils in 1889 (England & Wales) 1898) county borough (subsequently) in Scotland from the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 until 1973 List of local government areas in Scotland 1930–75#Counties of cities
See also county town City-county (disambiguation) City status in the United Kingdom Counties of the United Kingdom