A county hall or shire hall is a common name given to a building that houses the seat of local government for a county.
In the case of Surrey, England, when county boundaries changed the county hall remained in Kingston upon Thames.
[1] County halls usually contain a council chamber, committee rooms and offices.
[2] County halls in England, with the ceremonial county they served, include:[a] County halls ceased to have a role in Scotland in 1975, when a system of large regional councils was introduced.
[59] Former county halls in Scotland, with the county they served, include:[b] County halls ceased to have a role in Northern Ireland in 1973, when a system of local government districts was introduced.