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