What is County town?
A '''county town''' is the most important town of any [[county]] in [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]]. In the [[United States]] the town is called the [[county seat]]. It can be the place where the [[headquarters]] of the [[county council]] is based, or the place where the courts are. It has usually been the county town for hundreds of years. It could also be the biggest or most important town in the county. There is often a [[university]] in or near the county town. [[City|Cities]] can also be county towns, such as [[Hereford]], or [[Durham City]]. Some examples of county towns today in [[England]]: *[[Aylesbury]] of [[Buckinghamshire]] *[[Ipswich]] of [[Suffolk]] *[[Bedford]] of [[Bedfordshire]] *[[Chelmsford]] of [[Essex]] *[[Chester]] of [[Cheshire]] *[[Exeter]] of [[Devon]] *[[Guildford]] of [[Surrey]] *[[Hereford]] of [[Herefordshire]] *[[Shrewsbury]] of [[Shropshire]] *[[Stafford]] of [[Staffordshire]] *[[Truro]] of [[Cornwall]] *[[Warwick]] of [[Warwickshire]] ==Related pages== *[[County seat]] {{geo-stub}} [[Category:County towns| ]]