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Colin Rosenstiel · November 30th 04, 10:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Ian Jelf) wrote:

In message , Clive D. W. Feather
writes
In article ,
Roland Perry writes
You don't think Brentwood, Chelmsford, Witham, Southend, Basildon
and Grays are in Essex ?!?!?

Southend isn't (any more than Peterborough is in Cambridgeshire): it's
in the County of Southend-of-Sea.
pedant
Southend is a Unitary authority, combining the duties of District and
County Councils and is therefore not part of the *administrative* county
of Essex. However, it still forms part of the *geographical* (now
termed "Ceremonial" County of Essex, eg for Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant
purposes.

But, although having powers analogous to those of a county, there is no
such things as the County of Southend on Sea.
/pedant

That depends on the purposes. It's a county for the pruposes of the
Parliamentary Boundary Commission, for example, but a district in terms of
the Local Government Act 1972. I think it would have been better not to
have opened this can of worms.

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Colin Rosenstiel