The Act specified the composition and names of the English and Welsh counties, and the composition of the metropolitan and Welsh districts. It did not specify any names of districts, nor indeed the borders of the non-metropolitan districts — these were specified by Statutory Instrument after the passing of the Act (specifically by the The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972, SI 1972/2038). In England there were 46 counties and 296 districts, in Wales there were 8 and 37. Six of the English counties were design ...

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Local Government Act 1972, Local Government Act 1972 - Background, Local Government Act 1972 - The Act, Local Government Act 1972 - The new local government areas, Local Government Act 1972 - England, Local Government Act 1972 - Wales, Local Government Act 1972 - Map, Local Government Act 1972 - Division of functions, Local Government Act 1972 - Reaction and aftermath

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Abingdon is a market town in the Thames Valley in southern England and is one of several places which claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town. Abingdon, Oxfordshire - History and economy. The site has been occupied from the early to middle Iron Age, and the remains of a late Iron Age defensive enclosure, or oppidum, underly the town centre. The oppidum was in use throughout the Roman occupation. William the Conqueror in 1084 celebrated Easter at Abingdon, and left his son, aft ...

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1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). 1974 - Events. January 5 - Dungeons & Dragons officially released. January 6 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. January 30 - G. Gordon Liddy found guilty of Watergate charges 1974 - February. February 1 - Fire in Joelman Bank Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil - ...

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Elected county councils were set up in England in 1888, taking over many of the administrative functions of the Quarter Sessions courts, as well as being given other powers over the years. For political purposes, these covered newly established areas known as 'administrative counties', which included such entities as the County of London, covering parts of historic Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and the historic counties were not formally abolished. The administrative counties did not cover the independent county boroughs; and many historic cou ...

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Chesterfield is a market town and local government district in Derbyshire, a county in England. It lies south of Sheffield, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper, and has a population of approximately 100,000. It is located at 53°34′N 1°25′W. It received its market charter in the year 1204 from King John. Chesterfield benefited greatly from the building of the Chesterfield Line - part of the Derby to Leeds railway (North Midland Line), which was begun in 1837 by George Stephenson. During its construction, ...

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The city of Worcester (pronounced /ˈwʊstə/) is a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England. The River Severn runs through the middle, with the city's large cathedral overlooking the river. Worcester - History. The site of Worcester was first used by the Roman Empire in the 1st century, linking Gloucester to Wroxeter. In AD 407 the village was thought to have been abandoned, only to be resurrected as a settlement in the mid 7th century by t ...

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York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. In the 2001 UK census the city had a population of 181,094 [1], of which 137,505 lived on the York urban area. Its geographic coordinates are 53°57′N 1°05′W. York is the traditional county town of Yorkshire, to which it lends its name. However, it did not form part of any of the three ridings of Yorkshire. The modern City of York, created on April 1, 1996, is a unitary authority. As well as York itself, it includes a number of neighb ...

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Leeds City Council http://www.leeds.gov.uk/ The City of Leeds is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire in northern England, stretching from Otley in the north, on the border with North Yorkshire, to the border with the district of Wakefield in the south, and from Pudsey on the border with the district of the City of Bradford in the west, to Garforth and Wetherby in the east. It is named after its major settlement, Leeds, which is also the administrative seat. To the south and west, the borders o ...

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In the United Kingdom, Charter Trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a parish council is established. Functions are limited to ceremonial activities such as the election of a mayor. The Charter Trusees are made up of local councillors in the district representing wards within the boundaries of the town/city. The original sets of Charter Trustees were set up in 1974, under section 246 of the Local Government Act 1972; in the 1990s several more such bodies ...

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The City of Lancaster is a local government district with city status in Lancashire in North West England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the boroughs of Lancaster and Morecambe and Heysham, along with Carnforth urban district, Lancaster Rural District and Lunesdale Rural District.

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Northavon Bristol Kingswood Woodspring Wansdyke Bath 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 from the City and County of Bristol and parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset by the Local Government Act 1972, and came into being on April 1, 1974. It had six districts: Bristol, Bath, Northavon, Kingswood, Woodspring an ...

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An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly in a town or city with many jurisdictions. Members of Chicago's city council, for example, are known by the title of alderman. The title is derived from the Anglo-Saxon position of Ealdorman, literally meaning "elder man", and was used by the chief nobles presiding over shires. Alderman - United Kingdom. Although the term originated in England, it had no clear definition there until the 19th century, as each municipal corporation had its own con ...

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Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. It is located about 107 miles southwest of London, at 50.72° N 1.88° W. The town is bordered by Poole in the west and Christchurch in the east (forming a conurbation), and overlooks Poole Bay. It is traditionally part of Hampshire but was ceded to Dorset in a 1974 local government reform. Evidence of this can be found at a roundabout at the end of the Wessex Way called "County Gates" where the gate marking the divide between Hampshire and Dorset once stood, and which now marks the border between Poole and Bournemouth. On April 1, 1997 Bo ...

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Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the county of West Yorkshire in the north of England. It became a borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897. The city status was transferred to the Metropolitan District when it was formed in 1974 [1]. It has a population of 295,000 with 478 800 inhabitants in the district as a whole ^Including:

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The City of Sunderland is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. The district had a population of 280,807 at the 2001 census. [1] The people of Sunderland are known as Mackems. The city is unparished, except that Hetton-le-Hole is a civil parish, and has a town council. City of Sunderland - History. The metropolitan borough was formed in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the area of several former districts of Cou ...

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Cardiganshire (Sir Aberteifi in Welsh) is a traditional county in Wales that came into being in 1282. In 1282 Edward I conquered the principality of Wales and divided the area into counties. The name Cardigan was an anglicization of the name for the historic kingdom of Ceredigion. Cardiganshire - Geography. Cardiganshire is a maritime county bounded to the west by Cardigan Bay, to the north by Merionethshire, to the east by Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Brecknockshire, and to the so ...

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In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. Civil parishes in the modern sense were established in 1894, and although their origins are in the system of ecclesiastical parishes, they no longer have anything to do with the Church of England. Parishes previously also existed in Scotland and Wales. They still formally exist in Ireland, but are now largely obselete. Civil parish - Geography. Parishes do not ...

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The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. It is to the south of the county, and most of the area was previously part of Berkshire. The main town is Abingdon, other places include Faringdon and Wantage. It takes its name from the Vale of the White Horse, a region lying between the Berkshire Downs and the River Thames, which in turn is named after the prehistoric Uffington White Horse. The district was fomed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal borough of Abingdon, Wantage urban district, Abindgon Rural District, Fa ...

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The Wales and Berwick Act 1746 was an act of Parliament explicitly expressing that all future laws applying to England would likewise also be applicable to Wales and Berwick unless the body of the law explicitly stated otherwise. Berwick remained a county in its own right however, and was not included in Northumberland for Parliamentary purposes until 1885. The act was repealed in 1967 with regard to Wales. The Local Government Act 1972 provided for Berwick to be part of Northumberland, and the Interpretation Act 1978 repealed ...

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Vale Royal is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, North West England. It contains the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham. The district was created on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a meger of Northwich and Winsford urban districts, Northwich Rural District and part of Runcorn Rural District. Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | C ...

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