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Administrative centre

In the United Kingdom it is the centre of a local authority which is distinct from a historic county with a county town.

Boyd's Marriage Index

Index entries contain the surname and Christian name(s) of the bride and groom, the year, county and parish where the marriage took place, and source of the record.

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All English counties are covered, though none completely, and the periods indexed vary according to the copies of records which were readily available.

Direct grant grammar school

The grant system was restructured when the Board of Education was created in 1901 to fund early secondary schools, and the Education Act 1902 gave counties and county boroughs responsibility for schools, designating them as Local Education Authorities (LEAs).

National Association of Boat Owners

There are no specific regional meetings or sub-committees, but each county has a Regional Representative on the Council, a River Users Coordinator to look after the special interests of boat owners on rivers and a Continuous Cruising Representative.

Rootschat

As well as generic beginner and "common room" boards, countries and British and Irish Counties all have their own boards to allow people researching in the same area to communicate and share knowledge.

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