Ceremonial counties are geographic regions in England that are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. They are also known as geographic counties or shrieval counties. Most ceremonial counties are entities comprising local authority areas, as they were from 1889 to 1974. The term "ceremonial county" is an anachronism, as they were shown on Ordnance Survey maps as "counties" or "geographical counties," and were referred to in the Local Government Act 1888 simply as "counties". The Lieutenancies Act 1997 defines the "ceremonial counties" in terms of local government areas created by the Local Government Act 1972 as amended. The counties are defined in Schedule 1, paragraphs 2–5 as amended (most recently in 2009) . Although the term is not used in the act, these counties are sometimes known as "ceremonial counties". Ceremonial counties correspond to the shrieval counties, each with a high sheriff appointed. They are definitive geographic regions, not generally having direct administrative functions, but having an appointed Lord-Lieutenant, similar to a traditional county.