Southwark was also the location of several prisons, including those of the Crown or ' Prerogative Courts ', the Marshalsea and King's Bench prisons, that of the local manors courts e. g. Borough Compter, The Clink, and the Surrey county gaol originally housed at the ' White Lion Inn ' ( also called informally the ' Borough Gaol ') and eventually at Horsemonger Lane Gaol.

In 1800 they were given the power, along with the city constables, to execute any justices ’ or court order requiring the conveyance of prisoners to or from the county gaol ( at Fisherton Anger, then outside the city of Salisbury ) as if it were the city gaol ( and, in so doing, they were made immune from any legal action for acting outside their respective jurisdictions ).

King Charles was executed in January 1649 and shortly after Parliament again ordered the slighting of the castle, apart from buildings necessary for administration and use as a county gaol.

In the last two decades of the century, around £ 30, 000 was spent rebuilding Lancaster's county gaol.

Many royal castles continued to have a role as the county gaol, with the gatehouse frequently being used as the principal facility.

Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county gaol for violations of the Conventicle Act, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England.

The Local Jurisdictions Act 1820, though giving the liberty bench the power to commit ( for murder only ) to the county Assizes, did not abridge their full rights of gaol delivery.

A building referred to as " Somerset castle " is believed to have been built around 1280 as a county gaol, with a visitor in 1579 describing the remaining portion as " an old tower embattled about castle-like ".

The courthouse and gaol were built within a few months and the county began operations.

* Administration of the county gaol ( jails )

By the Acts of Union, Presteigne-at first jointly with New Radnor-became the county town of Radnorshire and its administrative and judicial centre, housing the county gaol and the Shire Hall.

To begin with, Gray leased out the keep to a local grain merchant and the east side was leased out to the county as a gaol.

Since construction, it has gone through a variety of changes, starting as a county gaol, then became an adult women's prison in 1890, changing to a girls ' borstal in the 1930s, and between 1959-1961 was an adult male prison, after which it became a male YOI and since 1989 has held only long term prisoners.

In July, 1927, under the order of communists, Yuan's men and Wang's men raided Yongxin ( 永新 ) county, freeing over 80 Communist Party agents held in the local jail converted from a gaol.

Nonetheless, in July 1927, under the order of communists, Yuan's men and Wang's men raided Yongxin ( 永新 ) county, freeing over 80 Communist Party agents held in the local jail converted from a gaol.

In these busones we can see the persons whose names appear in the commissions of gaol delivery, oyer and terminer, and who were in later days, as justices of the peace, to rule the county.

The castle became the centre for the administration of the county of Oxford, and gaol and assizes were held there until 1577, when plague broke out during what became known as the " Black Assizes ": the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, two knights, eighty gentlemen and the entire grand jury for the session all died, including Sir Robert D ' Oyley, a relative of the founder of the castle.

This county status enabled Coventry to control its own assize and gaol, and the city's bailiffs became sheriffs – officers to the king.

Cambridge Castle was refortified during the English Civil War but once again fell into disuse, used primarily as the county gaol.

The gatehouse remained in use as the county gaol into the 19th century, being run, like other similar prisons, as a private business — the keeper of the castle gaol was paid £ 200 ( equivalent to £ 13, 100 in 2009 prices ) a year by the county in 1807.

St. Louis county under its present leadership also has largely closed its eyes to the need for governmental reform, and permitted parochial interests to take priority over area-wide interests.

Moreover, the entire state Democratic hierarchy, from Gov. Brown on down to the county chairmen, also participates in this huge operation.

Most counties also have maps available from the county engineer showing roads and other features and from the assessor's office showing ownerships of land.

Mr. Simpkins is a resident of Somerset county, and he and the Governor, also a Somerset countian, have been friends since Mr. Simpkins was a child.

In January 1864 Johnson organized a gathering of his state's Union loyalists, where resolutions were passed to elect county officials throughout the state, including a plan for a convention to dispose of the slavery issue ; also adopted was a very controversial and mandatory oath for voters, to protect and preserve the Union in the future.

When the new metropolitan counties ( Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tyne & Wear, West Midlands, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire ) were created in 1974, their sub-divisions also became metropolitan boroughs ; in many cases these metropolitan boroughs recapitulated abolished county boroughs ( for example, Stockport ).

It was formerly the county town of Cornwall until the Crown Courts moved to Truro which is also the administrative centre ( before 1835 the county town was Launceston ).

The School also has one of the largest sixth forms in the county.

The New Towns Act of 1946 set up development corporations to construct new towns, while the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 instructed county councils to prepare development plans and also provided compulsory purchase powers.

It is also part of the Wells county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It is also the county seat of Merrimack County.

Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion of the city limits also extend into DuPage County.

Prior to 1969, Carson City was also the county seat of Ormsby County.

It is the seat of local government for Fermanagh District Council, and is also the county town of Fermanagh as well as its largest town.

The chalk that is the bedrock of much of the county provides an aquifer that feeds streams and is also exploited to provide water supplies for much of the county and beyond.

Originally, VECs were formed for each administrative county and county borough, and also in a number of larger towns.

The counties remain in use for some purposes, including the three-letter coding of vehicle number plates, the Royal Mail postcode address file ( which records counties in all addresses although they are no longer required for postcoded mail ) and Lord Lieutenancies ( for which the former county boroughs are also used ).

The GAA also uses the term " county " for some of its organisational units in Britain and further afield.

Lansing is the only U. S. state capital ( among the 47 located in counties ) that is not also a county seat.

He has also played county cricket in England, mainly for Lancashire ( 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2007 ) where he appeared in twenty-eight first-class games for the club.

The town was founded by merchant George W. Wright, who donated of land in February 1844, when the community was also designated the county seat.

Each county was also to have a sheriff, a coroner, justices of the peace, and constables to serve two-year terms.