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Strictly speaking, London was not a county until the establishment of the London County Council (LCC) in 1889. As a result of the huge expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries into one of the largest cities in the world, this new administrative unit absorbed parts of several of the historical counties surrounding it: Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Essex. Throughout these changes, the City of London, whose area was largely established in Roman times, maintained its independence, and these pages are focused on that area, often referred to as 'The City' or 'The Square Mile'.  

'''Merseyside '''is metropolitan county in northwestern [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/700965/England England], on both banks of the lower reaches of the [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/376426/River-Mersey River Mersey] estuary and centred on the Liverpool. It comprises five metropolitan boroughs: [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/320574/Knowsley Knowsley], [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/687496/Saint-Helens St. Helens], [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/532623/Sefton Sefton], [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/645820/Wirral Wirral], and the Liverpool. The areas to the north of the Mersey, including Liverpool, form part of the [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/707647/historic-county historic county] of [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/328964/Lancashire Lancashire], while the borough of Wirral to the south belongs to the historic county of [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/109639/Cheshire Cheshire]. From 1974 to 1986 Merseyside was an unit. In 1986 the metropolitan county lost its administrative powers, and its constituent boroughs became autonomous administrative units, or unitary authorities.