Talk:Subdivisions of England

message: I think this statement about Lord-Lieutenancy counties is questionable:
These counties are sometimes used by people when describing where they live in England.
I've never heard or seen anyone refer to where they come from with reference to a Lord-Lieutenant's seat. It sounds unlikely to me. Is there any evidence for this?
Secondly, is the City of London actually a London borough? If the city's authority is legally different shouldn't it have its own listing as 'county-level subnational entities' on this page? Also, who actually governs the inns of court? Are they local authorities in their own right, or areas that are not within any local authority?
Lastly, if The "shire counties" were also created in 1974 and are legally known as non-metropolitan counties why are we calling them "shire counties"? Isn't it better to stick to legal names rather than making up alternative names and putting them in quotation marks? Stringops 17:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Some Questions / Comments

message: Should this reflect Local government in Scotland and move to Local government in England? (currently redirects here, and more articles link to this redirect than any other) MRSC 17:35, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure. I'd say "Administrative divisions of" gives more indication that the article will address areas more than the machinery of local government; perhaps it's Local government in Scotland et al that might benefit from a rename...?  Regards, David Kernow (talk) 01:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For some reason I expect Administrative divisions of England to mention health authorities or other kinds of divisions. Which other articles do you propose moving, aside from the Scotland one? MRSC 06:56, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't (yet) have a firm idea, as I'm not sure whether the kinds of "divisions" or "areas" addressed in these articles are best identified as "(national) administrative divisions", "administrative country subdivisions", or something else. (I'm thinking worldwide.) What's your experience...?  I do feel, however, that "Local government in..." is probably too vague a name per the areas/machinery distinction above. Thanks for your input, David (talk) 09:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say that this article is already straying beyond the scope of "divisions" as it has a light sprinkling of the functions of local government (talking occasionally about "powers" but not saying which ones); I think this could do with expansion. MRSC 10:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Expansion and/or clarification... I'm interested, though, by your reading of "Administrative divisions of England" since I agree that "administrative divisions", even when in the context of a country, doesn't necessarily imply counties, provinces, municipalities, etc, etc; hence my musing above. Yours, David (talk) 12:28, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page move?

message: Just thought I'd point out that Bedfordshire is actually in the East region, not the Southeast, so it's in the wrong position in the table.  I would try to do it myself, but I'm not sure how to edit tables in Wikipedia!  Can anyone help?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.127.142 (talk) 12:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bedfordshire

message: One of the numbers in the first image is wrong - there are 46 unitary authorities, not 41. 84.65.52.11 (talk) 22:46, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers wrong 

message: With last year's changes to unitary authorities in Cheshire and Bedfordshire, a couple of the maps in this article are now out of date. Can these be updated please? A blank png map is available on Commons but I can't figure out how to amend it and use it here. Additionally, many other articles need to have their maps updated, e.g. Cornwall which shows the county highlighted on a map of England with old Cheshire/Beds borders. Bazonka (talk) 09:38, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a detailed map that shows the de-facto administrative units. The existing other maps on the page aren't mine but I can produce equivalent versions of them. XrysD (talk) 12:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maps need to be updated 

message: This wiki article either has the wrong title or it is pointless. There are a multitude of subdivisions of England. If this is about administrative subdivisions then the title should say so, and deal with that. The first line says there are non-administrative ceremonial county subdivisions, so presumably it is not just about administrative subdivisions. Each of the very many ways England is subdivided should have its own article, as often is the case. It seems this article would achieve more by being nothing more than a tabled list of different ways in which England is subdivided. How about Westminster parliamentary constituencies to get started? Roger 8 Roger (talk) 08:21, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: "Political subdivisions of England"? Compare "Administrative geography of the United Kingdom", "Local government in England", "Subdivisions of Scotland", and "Local government in Scotland". Seems like a lot of pointless repetition to me.--DrewMek (talk) 22:44, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this article pointless? 

message: I have created an update to the article. Does this work and can references and legislation  be put here to implement in to my update and once it is up to standard I can update the sections.
My sandbox:
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Please use reply in text on here to send a notification to me so I can see it in good time. Chocolateediter (talk) 19:31, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update