I have spent the last week or so buisly updating my address with various companies. This wouldn’t be so bad if they (a) Had my new address on their out of date postcode database and (b) didn’t insist that Bristol was in or part of the county of Avon.

Wikipedia states that:

The County of Avon was a short-lived non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it.

Avon was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974 and abolished under the The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 which came into effect on 1 April 1996.

Bristol is both a city and a county. If my address must be written with a county then Bristol should appear twice!