0 a county (= area with its own local government) in England that is in the countryside, not a metropolitan county:
The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of Medway.
In local government, many of our shire counties and districts have led the way in raising the quality of public service.
In the more rural shire counties, the provision of education and welfare services was allocated to the counties, not to the second-tier authorities.
the long-term drift of population from the cities to the suburbs and the shire counties
In London and the shire counties, the bill per home will exceed £1,000 for the first time.
An average of over £1 million per shire county can do an awful lot.
The information requested is given in the table, which includes combined county forces and joint metropolitan areas, as well as single shire county forces.
That is by no means the lowest for a shire county.
Details of funding for each shire county is not collected as many projects operate across boundaries.
