County hall
A county hall or shire hall is a common name given to a building that houses the seat of local government for a county.
The location of the county hall has usually denoted the county town.
In the case of Surrey, England, when county boundaries changed the county hall remained in Kingston upon Thames. County halls usually contain a council chamber, committee rooms and offices.List of county and shire halls
County halls in England, with the ceremonial county they serve, include:
| Name | Town or city | County | Reference |
| Avon House | Bristol | Avon | |
| County Hall | Bedford | Bedfordshire | |
| Shire Hall | Reading | Berkshire | |
| County Hall | Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | |
| Shire Hall | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
| County Hall | Chester | Cheshire | |
| Municipal Buildings | Middlesbrough | Cleveland | |
| County Hall | Truro | Cornwall | |
| Cumbria House | Carlisle | Cumbria | |
| County Hall | Matlock | Derbyshire | |
| County Hall | Exeter | Devon | |
| County Hall | Dorchester | Dorset | |
| County Hall | Durham | County Durham | |
| County Hall | Lewes | East Sussex | |
| County Hall | Beverley | East Yorkshire | |
| County Hall | Chelmsford | Essex | |
| Shire Hall | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | |
| City Hall | London | Greater London | |
| County Hall | Manchester | Greater Manchester | |
| Castle Hill | Winchester | Hampshire | |
| Shirehall | Hereford | Herefordshire | |
| County Hall | Hertford | Hertfordshire | |
| County Hall | Newport | Isle of Wight | |
| County Hall | Maidstone | Kent | |
| County Hall | Preston | Lancashire | |
| County Hall | Glenfield | Leicestershire | |
| County Offices | Lincoln | Lincolnshire | |
| The Guildhall | Westminster | Middlesex | |
| Metropolitan House | Liverpool | Merseyside | |
| County Hall | Norwich | Norfolk | |
| County Hall | Northampton | Northamptonshire | |
| County Hall | Morpeth | Northumberland | |
| County Hall | Northallerton | North Yorkshire | |
| County Hall | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
| County Hall | Oxford | Oxfordshire | |
| Catmose House | Oakham | Rutland | |
| Shirehall | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | |
| County Hall | Taunton | Somerset | |
| County Hall | Barnsley | South Yorkshire | |
| County Buildings | Stafford | Staffordshire | |
| Endeavour House | Ipswich | Suffolk | |
| County Hall | Kingston upon Thames | Surrey | |
| Sandyford House | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne and Wear | |
| Shire Hall | Warwick | Warwickshire | |
| County Hall | Birmingham | West Midlands | |
| County Hall | Chichester | West Sussex | |
| County Hall | Wakefield | West Yorkshire | |
| County Hall | Trowbridge | Wiltshire | |
| County Hall | Worcester | Worcestershire | |
County halls in Wales, with the preserved county they serve, include:
| Name | Town or city | County | Reference |
| County Hall | Mold | Clwyd | |
| County Hall | Carmarthen | Dyfed | |
| County Hall | Cwmbran | Gwent | |
| Council Offices | Caernarfon | Gwynedd | |
| County Hall | Cardiff | Mid Glamorgan | |
| County Hall | Llandrindod Wells | Powys | |
| County Hall | Cardiff | South Glamorgan | |
| County Hall | Swansea | West Glamorgan | |
County halls ceased to have a role in Northern Ireland in 1973, when a system of local government districts was introduced. Former county halls in the Northern Ireland, with the county they serve, include:
| Name | Town or city | County | Reference |
| County Hall | Ballymena | County Antrim | |
| Charlemont Place | Armagh | County Armagh | |
| Downpatrick Courthouse | Downpatrick | County Down | |
| County Buildings | Enniskillen | County Fermanagh | |
| County Hall | Coleraine | County Londonderry | |
| County Hall | Omagh | County Tyrone | |
County halls ceased to have a role in Scotland in 1975, when a system of large regional councils was introduced.County halls in the Republic of Ireland, with the county they serve, include:
| Name | Town or city | County | Reference |
| County Buildings | Carlow | County Carlow | |
| Cavan Courthouse | Cavan | County Cavan | |
| County Building | Ennis | County Clare | |
| County Hall | Cork | County Cork | |
| County House | Lifford | County Donegal | |
| County Hall | Dún Laoghaire | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | |
| County Hall | Swords | Fingal | |
| County Hall | Galway | County Galway | |
| County Hall | Tralee | County Kerry | |
| Kildare Building | Naas | County Kildare | |
| County Hall | Kilkenny | County Kilkenny | |
| County Hall | Port Laoise | County Laois | |
| County Hall | Carrick-on-Shannon | County Leitrim | |
| Civic Offices | Limerick | County Limerick | |
| County Hall | Longford | County Longford | |
| County Hall | Dundalk | County Louth | |
| County Hall | Castlebar | County Mayo | |
| County Hall | Navan | County Meath | |
| County Offices | Monaghan | County Monaghan | |
| County Hall | Tullamore | County Offaly | |
| County Hall | Roscommon | County Roscommon | |
| County Hall | Sligo | County Sligo | |
| County Hall | Tallaght | South Dublin | |
| Civic Offices | Nenagh | County Tipperary | |
| Civic Offices | Clonmel | County Tipperary | |
| Civic Offices | Dungarvan | County Waterford | |
| County Buildings | Mullingar | County Westmeath | |
| County Hall | Wexford | County Wexford | |
| County Buildings | Wicklow | County Wicklow | |
