No other English county has been honoured in this way, although it lost the distinction on Richard's fall in 1399. ===Lieutenancy: North split-off=== ====District==== Through the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974, some areas in the north became part of the metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
No other English county has been honoured in this way, although it lost the distinction on Richard's fall in 1399. ===Lieutenancy: North split-off=== ====District==== Through the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974, some areas in the north became part of the metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
It was also home to the former Vale Royal Borough Council and Cheshire County Council. ===Transition into a lieutenantcy=== From 1 April 1974 the area under the control of the county council was divided into eight local government districts; Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal and Warrington.
Halton (which includes the towns of Runcorn and Widnes) and Warrington became unitary authorities in 1998.
The Halton and Warrington boroughs were not affected by the 2009 restructuring. On 25 July 2007, the Secretary of State Hazel Blears announced she was 'minded' to split Cheshire into two new unitary authorities, Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East.
She confirmed she had not changed her mind on 19 December 2007 and therefore the proposal to split two-tier Cheshire into two would proceed.
The changes were implemented on 1 April 2009. Congleton Borough Council pursued an appeal against the judicial review it lost in October 2007.
On 31 January 2008 The Standard, Cheshire and district's newspaper, announced that the legal action had been dropped.
The appeal was dismissed on 4 March 2008. ==Geography== ===Physical=== Cheshire covers a boulder clay plain separating the hills of North Wales and the Peak District (the area is also known as the Cheshire Gap).
The remaining districts and the county were abolished as part of local government restructuring on 1 April 2009.
The Halton and Warrington boroughs were not affected by the 2009 restructuring. On 25 July 2007, the Secretary of State Hazel Blears announced she was 'minded' to split Cheshire into two new unitary authorities, Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East.
The changes were implemented on 1 April 2009. Congleton Borough Council pursued an appeal against the judicial review it lost in October 2007.
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