County hall

A county hall or shire hall is a common name given to a building that houses the seat of local government for a county.

The location of the county hall has usually denoted the county town.

In the case of Surrey, England, when county boundaries changed the county hall remained in Kingston upon Thames.[1] County halls usually contain a council chamber, committee rooms and offices.[2]

List of county and shire halls

United Kingdom

County halls in England, with the ceremonial county they serve, include:[lower-alpha 1]

Name Town or city County Reference
Avon HouseBristolAvon[3]
County HallBedfordBedfordshire[4]
Shire HallReadingBerkshire[5]
County HallAylesburyBuckinghamshire[6]
Shire HallCambridgeCambridgeshire[7]
County HallChesterCheshire[8]
Municipal BuildingsMiddlesbroughCleveland[9]
County HallTruroCornwall[10]
Cumbria HouseCarlisleCumbria[11]
County HallMatlockDerbyshire[12]
County HallExeterDevon[13]
County HallDorchesterDorset[14]
County HallDurhamCounty Durham[15]
County HallLewesEast Sussex[16]
County HallBeverleyEast Yorkshire[17]
County HallChelmsfordEssex[18]
Shire HallGloucesterGloucestershire[19]
City HallLondonGreater London[20]
County HallManchesterGreater Manchester[21]
Castle HillWinchesterHampshire[22]
ShirehallHerefordHerefordshire[23]
County HallHertfordHertfordshire[24]
County HallNewportIsle of Wight[25]
County HallMaidstoneKent[26]
County HallPrestonLancashire[27]
County HallGlenfieldLeicestershire[28]
County OfficesLincolnLincolnshire[29]
The GuildhallWestminsterMiddlesex[30]
Metropolitan HouseLiverpoolMerseyside[31]
County HallNorwichNorfolk[32]
County HallNorthamptonNorthamptonshire[33]
County HallMorpethNorthumberland[34]
County HallNorthallertonNorth Yorkshire[35]
County HallNottinghamNottinghamshire[36]
County HallOxfordOxfordshire[37]
Catmose HouseOakhamRutland[38]
ShirehallShrewsburyShropshire[39]
County HallTauntonSomerset[40]
County HallBarnsleySouth Yorkshire[41]
County BuildingsStaffordStaffordshire[42]
Endeavour HouseIpswichSuffolk[43]
County HallKingston upon ThamesSurrey[44]
Sandyford HouseNewcastle upon TyneTyne and Wear[45]
Shire HallWarwickWarwickshire[46]
County HallBirminghamWest Midlands[47]
County HallChichesterWest Sussex[48]
County HallWakefieldWest Yorkshire[49]
County HallTrowbridgeWiltshire[50]
County HallWorcesterWorcestershire[51]

County halls in Wales, with the preserved county they serve, include:[lower-alpha 2]

Name Town or city County Reference
County HallMoldClwyd[52]
County HallCarmarthenDyfed[53]
County HallCwmbranGwent[54]
Council OfficesCaernarfonGwynedd[55]
County HallCardiff (Cathays Park)Mid Glamorgan[56]
County HallLlandrindod WellsPowys[57]
County HallCardiff (Butetown)South Glamorgan[58]
County HallSwanseaWest Glamorgan[59]

County halls ceased to have a role in Scotland in 1975, when a system of large regional councils was introduced.[60][lower-alpha 3]

County halls ceased to have a role in Northern Ireland in 1973, when a system of local government districts was introduced.[61][lower-alpha 4]

Republic of Ireland

County halls in the Republic of Ireland, with the county they serve, include:

Name Town or city County Reference
County BuildingsCarlowCounty Carlow[62]
Cavan CourthouseCavanCounty Cavan[63]
County BuildingEnnisCounty Clare[64]
County HallCorkCounty Cork[65]
County HouseLiffordCounty Donegal[66]
County HallDún LaoghaireDún Laoghaire–Rathdown[67]
County HallSwordsFingal[68]
County HallGalwayCounty Galway[69]
County HallTraleeCounty Kerry[70]
Kildare BuildingNaasCounty Kildare[71]
County HallKilkennyCounty Kilkenny[72]
County HallPort LaoiseCounty Laois[73]
County HallCarrick-on-ShannonCounty Leitrim[74]
Civic OfficesLimerickCounty Limerick[75]
County HallLongfordCounty Longford[76]
County HallDundalkCounty Louth[77]
County HallCastlebarCounty Mayo[78]
County HallNavanCounty Meath[79]
County OfficesMonaghanCounty Monaghan[80]
County HallTullamoreCounty Offaly[81]
County HallRoscommonCounty Roscommon[82]
County HallSligoCounty Sligo[83]
County HallTallaghtSouth Dublin[84]
Civic OfficesNenaghCounty Tipperary (formerly North Tipperary)[85]
Civic OfficesClonmelCounty Tipperary (formerly South Tipperary)[86]
Civic OfficesDungarvanCounty Waterford[87]
County BuildingsMullingarCounty Westmeath[88]
County HallWexfordCounty Wexford[89]
County BuildingsWicklowCounty Wicklow[90]

See also

Notes
  1. Some of the English county councils have been abolished to make way for unitary authorities and the respective county halls have either been transferred to successor authorities or have been the subject of change of use
  2. Some of the Welsh county councils have been abolished to make way for unitary authorities and the respective county halls have either been transferred to successor authorities or have been the subject of change of use
  3. All of the Scottish county councils have been abolished to make way for regional authorities and subsequently unitary authorities and the respective county halls have either been transferred to successor authorities or have been the subject of change of use
  4. All of the Northern Irish county councils have been abolished to make way for local government districts and the respective county halls have either been transferred to successor authorities or have been the subject of change of use

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