page_title: List of County Court venues in England and Wales
section_title: Venues
hierarchical_section_title: List of County Court venues in England and Wales / Venues
caption_attribution_description: The County Court in Reading, Berkshire
context_page_description: The County Court of England and Wales dates back to the County Courts Act 1846, which received Royal Assent on 28 August 1846 and was brought into force on 15 March 1847.
  England and Wales were divided into 60 circuits, with a total of 491 county courts within these circuits. The then Lord Chancellor, Lord Cottenham, wanted everyone to be within seven miles of a court, and the final scheme came close to that aim. One county court judge was appointed to each circuit, assisted by one or more registrars with some limited judicial powers, and would travel between the courts in his area as necessary, sitting in each court at least once a month. Few permanent courts were needed initially, given the infrequency of court hearings, and temporary accommodation such as a town hall would often be used where there was no existing courthouse for use. In some places, a building is now shared with the local Crown Court, Family Court, or magistrates' court. The judicial business of the county courts is now carried out by circuit judges and district judges. Part-time judges also sit in the county court. As at 1 April 2015, there are 640 circuit judges and 441 district judges.
context_section_description: Until 1 January 1937, when the County Court Districts (Name of Court) Order 1936 came into force, the full title of each court was The County Court of (county) holden at (location/locations), using the historic county names for England and for Wales. Thereafter, each court was renamed as (location/s) County Court.  For brevity, the latter form is used throughout in this table, and "County Court" is abbreviated to "CC".
caption: The County Court at Reading
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