On 2018-08-26 22:47, Adam Snape wrote:
> I feel I should stress at this point that we do map a fairly similar set of
> boundaries, the so-called 'ceremonial counties'. These are basically a modern
> attempt at providing a set of geographic county areas which don't strictly
> follow county council administrative areas eg. the ceremonial county of
> Nottinghamshire actually contains Nottingham!
>
> If our mapping of boundary relations should only extend to administrative
> functions we probably ought to reconsider our inclusion of ceremonial
> counties. If we can see the value to the database of a county as a geographic
> concept divorced from administration there might well be a case for including
> our traditional counties.
Except that the "ceremonial counties" actually do exist, and serve a
function. They are formally called "Lieutenancy Areas" and represent the
jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant as direct representative of the
monarchy. Their boundaries are maintained by a different legal process
to the admin areas, and on occasions can diverge for a limited period
until they catch up with changes to admin boundaries. And then there is
the Stockton-on-Tees anomaly...the borough is divided between the
ceremonial counties of Durham and North Yorkshire.
While we are at it, let's kill off the admin_level=5 regions and
introduce the new combined authorities with a metro mayor at that level.
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