Avon county

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Avon county was a former administrative county in southwest England, centered on the city of Bristol and existing from 1974 until its abolition in 1996.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Avon county canonical 1
county of Avon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former non-metropolitan and ceremonial county
abolished 1996
administrativeCentre Bristol
capital Bristol
ceremonialLordLieutenantTitle Lord Lieutenant of Avon
contained Bath
City of Bristol
linked to: Bristol

Kingswood
Northavon
Wansdyke
Weston-super-Mare
Woodspring
country United Kingdom
createdBy Local Government Act 1972
dissolvedBy Local Government Changes 1996 in England
endDate 1 April 1996
followedBy Bath and North East Somerset (unitary authority)
Bristol (unitary authority)
linked to: County of Bristol

North Somerset (unitary authority)
linked to: North Somerset

South Gloucestershire (unitary authority)
governmentType county council
hasBorderWith Gloucestershire
Somerset
Wiltshire
historicCountyOverlap historic county of Gloucestershire
historic county of Somerset
inception 1974
ISO3166-2Code GB-AVN
largestCity Bristol
legislativeBody Avon County Council
locatedIn South West England
linked to: southwest England
locatedOn Severn Estuary
namedAfter River Avon
partOf England
regionCode GB-AVN
replaced Bristol (county borough)
parts of Gloucestershire
parts of Somerset
shortName Avon
startDate 1 April 1974
status abolished administrative county
timeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
usedFor ceremonial purposes until 1996

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Badgerline operatedIn Avon county
Woodspring partOf county of Avon
linked to: Avon county