Editing County (section)

====Scotland and Wales====
[[File:WalesTradNumbered.png|thumb|upright=0.5|Historic counties of Wales]]
[[File:ScotlandCountiesNumbered.png|thumb|left|upright=0.5|Counties in Scotland at the time of their 1975 abolishment]]

The thirteen [[historic counties of Wales]] were fixed by statute in 1539 (although counties such as [[Pembrokeshire]] date from 1138) and most of the [[shires of Scotland]] are of at least this age. The Welsh word for county is ''sir'' which is derived from the English 'shire'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?sir|title=Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru}}</ref> The word is officially used to signify counties in Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales|title=Carmarthenshire County Council Website : Gwefan Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin|publisher=Carmarthenshire.gov.wales|access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> In the Gaelic form, Scottish traditional county names are generally distinguished by the designation {{lang|gd|siorramachd}}—literally "sheriffdom", e.g. {{lang|gd|Siorramachd Earra-ghaidheal}} (Argyllshire). This term corresponds to the jurisdiction of the sheriff in the Scottish legal system.