A barony is an administrative division of a county in Scotland, Ireland, outlying parts of England and historically France and Sardinia.
Just as modern counties are no longer under the administrative control of a noble count or earl, geographic baronies are generally no longer connected with feudal barons, certainly not in England where such tenure was abolished with the whole feudal system by the Tenures 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 the county of Westmorland in England:
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