From 1974 until 1996, it was also an administrative county, with a county council.

This was established as an administrative county in 1889.

In 1918 the parliamentary representation of the administrative county was increased from two divisions to four.

It was an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now is part of Cumbria.

All these were previously in the administrative county of Holland.

Between 1889 and 1965 it formed an administrative county.

The region was divided into two administrative counties in 1804.

This was leading to loss of territory by administrative counties.

The boundaries of the administrative counties changed considerably over time.

In other cases, the "traditional" county was divided to form two administrative counties.