In message , Tim Roll-Pickering
writes
Mizter T wrote:
UIVMM (always possible!) the County Borough of West Ham remained in
the County of Essex but, as a County Borough, was effectively a free
and independent agent outwith the boundaries of the County Council (as
was the later County Borough of *East* Ham).

I believe so. The main distinction would be that whilst the County Council
didn't cover them, the Lord Lieutenant would.

And the Sheriff.
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