What is the county of Bristol in uk?

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Spike

AVON

Young008

There is an English college called Bristol and is supposed to be really good!

Nickname

Since 1996 Bristol has been a county for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1972, as actioned by the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995. As such it is also a county for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997.

It is one of only two English cities that are also counties in their own right, the other is the City of London. The reforms in 1996 reinstated a historic status that had been lost in 1974.

Bristol has ALWAYS been a county in it's own right.

It really annoys me when people Avon down, as the county STOPPED existing in 1996.

javber26

Bristol is unusual in having been a city with county status since medieval times. The county was expanded to include suburbs such as Clifton in 1835, and it was named a county borough in 1889, when the term was first introduced.
However, on 1 April 1974, it became a local government district of the short-lived county of Avon. On 1 April 1996, it once again regained its independence and county status, when the county of Avon was abolished and Bristol became a Unitary Authority.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol

Bristol is the largest city in the south west of England, with a population of approximately half a million. The city lies between Somerset and Gloucestershire and has been politically administered by both counties in part at various times. However, Bristol is historically a county in its own right and is properly entitled the City and County of Bristol.
http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/

Butch UK

Bristol is neither a county or anything else, it has the distinction of being one of Englands finest CITY'S it is not a Town or a Village or a Hamlet it is a City it has a Royal Charter to be so, they are only granted on special occasions, the county of Essex has no city's which is a travesty.

stepney_lad

Pikey

Dennis - 1

The county of Avon no longer exists. Bristol has in effect returned to its former status as a city and county.
This is confused because organisations like the Police continue to address themselves incorrectly as the Avon & Somerset Constabulary

Ern T

Bristol City is it's own county, neither Somerset nor Avon.

iain xx

Avon,
Avonshire.

Mimkat

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