traditional county

traditional county
a) A county without direct administrative functions. e.g. Yorkshire, County Tipperary, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
b) any of the historic divisions of the British Isles no longer used for administrative purposes in favour of ceremonial counties and administrative counties

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