Croft is a village in the in the north west of Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England near Sankey Viaduct crossing Sankey Brook Newton-le-Willows train station Huskisson monument Newton-le-Willows is a town in St Helens in Merseyside in North West England. It is to the east of the town of St Helens and the north of Warrington. The old centre of Newton is on... Newton-le-Willows. Historically within the Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. The term has since tended to represent a tertiary geographical unit of administration intermediate between the larger, secondary state or province... county of Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Lancs. Its traditional county town was Lancaster, but the county council is now based in Preston. The county borders Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, and... Lancashire, it is administratively in the A unitary authority is a term used in a two-tier local government system to describe a unit of local government that operates as a single tier. New Zealand In New Zealand a unitary authority is a territorial authority (district or city) which also performs the functions of a regional... unitary authority of Alternate uses: see Warrington (disambiguation). Warrington; Britains second biggest town, after Northampton, is a town and borough in North West England. It was traditionally in Lancashire, but was moved to Cheshire in 1974. Since April 1, 1998 it has been an independent unitary authority and administrative county. At the last... Warrington, and for ceremonial purposes within the The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. They are also often used in a geographic reference frame, and in this capacity are sometimes called geographic counties. Map History Ceremonial... ceremonial county of This article is about the English county. For other uses see Cheshire (disambiguation) Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a palatine county in North West England. Its county town is the city of Chester. It borders the ceremonial counties of Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire (with Stoke-on... Cheshire.