Abarony is anadministrative division of a county in Scotland, Ireland, outlying parts of England and historicallyFrance andSardinia. As a barony is associated to aBaron and acounty to aCount orEarl, it has a lower rank and importance than acounty.
A geographic barony is a remnant from mediaeval times of the area of land held under the form offeudal land tenure termed feudal barony, or barony by tenure, either anEnglish feudal barony, aScottish feudal barony or anIrish feudal barony, which all operated under different legal and social systems. Just as modern counties are no longer under the administrative control of a noblecount orearl, geographic baronies are generally no longer connected with feudalbarons, certainly not in England where such tenure was abolished with the wholefeudal system by theTenures Abolition Act 1660. The position in Scotland is more complex, although the legal force of the Scottish feudal baron was abolished early in the 21st century.[1]
Two divisions of thecounty ofWestmorland inEngland:
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