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Rutland is not even England's smallest county [1], it's the fourth according to definitions laid out in the Lieutenancies Act of 1997 [2]. I guess the copy edit
by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 5y ago
Rutland is not even England's smallest county [1], it's the fourth according to definitions laid out in the Lieutenancies Act of 1997 [2]. I guess the copy editor kiboshed "Britain’s largest ‘Sea Dragon’ discovered in England’s fourth smallest county".
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England#Lieutenancy_areas_since_1997 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenancies_Act_1997 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenancies_Act_1997
- JetSetWilly 5y agoHmn that is an interesting point, maybe then the "City of London" is the UK's smallest county?
- goodcanadian 5y agoIt is, however, the least populous.
- OJFord 5y agoIt's the smallest 'historic county' (i.e. per Domesday book, I believe), that's probably where they got it from. It's also not the smallest unitary authority (which I'd argue is a more usual layman's meaning of 'county' than 'ceremonial county for the purposes of the lieutenancies act' - who on the street means to include the City of London when they say 'county' for example?) - beaten by Bristol and the IoW.
- stakkur 5y agoThis is the most English thread I’ve read all year.