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338:. The reforms saw the creation of new unitary authorities and the abolition of a number of districts with city or borough status. The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009 allow for the creation of trustees to preserve civic traditions in those areas where there is no obvious successor parish council. In the case of the cities of Chester and Durham the charter trustees area are identical to the entire abolished district, which includes not only the central unparished area but also the surrounding parishes.
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The wards of Grange and
Rossmore, Groves and Whitby, the unparished part of the Central and Westminster ward, and the parts of the wards of Ledsham and Willaston and Sutton and Manor comprised in the Ledsham, Sutton, Sutton Green and Manor and Willaston and Thornton wards of the former Ellesmere Port
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The wards of
Boscombe East, Boscombe West, Central Bournemouth, East Cliff and Springbourne, East Southbourne and Tuckton, Kinson North, Kinson South, Littledown and Iford, Moordown, Queen’s Park, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Throop and Muscliff, Wallisdown and Winton West,
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Section 245(4) of the Local
Government Act 1972 allowed the shadow district councils to make a petition to the Queen for borough status, before their coming into effect on 1 April 1974. In this case, if "it is signified on behalf of Her Majesty before that date that She proposes to accede" to the
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whose remit was to review the system created in 1974. As a result there was a partial reorganisation, with a number of districts with borough or city status being abolished. The mechanism of creating charter trustees to preserve civic traditions was again used. However, trustees were created only
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The wards of
Harrogate Bilton Grange, Harrogate Bilton Woodfield, Harrogate Central, Harrogate Coppice Valley, Harrogate Fairfax, Harrogate Harlow, Harrogate High Harrogate, Harrogate Hookstone, Harrogate Kingsley, Harrogate New Park, Harrogate Oatlands, Harrogate Old Bilton, Harrogate Starbeck,
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The charter trustees are made up of local councillors in the district representing wards within the boundaries of the town/city. If there are fewer than three district councillors for the former borough, then qualified local electors may be co-opted to make the number up to three.
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Kingmoor, Botcherby and Harraby North, Cathedral and Castle, Currock and Upperby, Denton Holme and Morton South, Harraby South and Parklands, Newtown and Morton North, Sandsfield and Morton West and Stanwix and Houghton.
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The wards of
Alderney, Branksome East, Branksome West, Broadstone, Canford Cliffs, Canford Heath East, Canford Heath West, Creekmoor, Hamworthy East, Hamworthy West, Merley and Bearwood, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, Penn Hill and Poole Town.
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included a large rural area. In such cases, the charter trustees were not established for the entire area of the former borough, but were limited to that part of the new authority which was unparished: the area identifiable as the town.
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Harrogate Stray, Harrogate St
Georges, Harrogate Valley Gardens, the unparished part of the ward of Harrogate Duchy, the unparished part of the ward of Harrogate Pannal and the unparished part of the ward of Harrogate Saltergate.
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An Act to provide for the continuation of the charter trustees of any city or town and for the preservation of their powers and of the privileges and rights of the inhabitants of their area upon that area becoming comprised in a
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Charter trustees must hold an annual meeting within twenty-one days of the annual meeting of the district council. The first item of business is the election of a town or city mayor and deputy mayor for the next year.
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Charter Trustees for Crewe, Macclesfield, Chester and Ellsemere Port. The Charter Trustees for Crewe and Macclesfield were subsequently abolished and replaced by parishes.
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Belmont, Brandon, Coxhoe, Deerness Valley, Durham South, Elvet, Framwellgate Moor, Gilesgate, Neville’s Cross, Newton Hall and Sherburn
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The wards of Barrow Island, Central, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North and Walney South.
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were established. Charter trustees were established for
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An article about Charter Trustees from the City of Bath
2530:"Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1984-1985"
2420:"Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1975-1978"
2217:"The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022"
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abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Cleethorpes
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abolished 1977, successor the Borough of Chelmsford
2233:. Test Valley Borough Council. 2008. Archived from
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1288:abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
1099:abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
2068:. House of Lords. 1972-09-22. col. 1494–1496.
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1509:abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Erewash
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1154:unparished area became various parishes in 2003
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122:"there will be no charter trustees in Wales."
2573:"The Charter Trustees (Hereford) Order 1998"
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571:Municipal Borough of East Retford
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1145:abolished 1992 when
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927:Test Valley District
38:civil parish council
2732:, HMSO, London 1974
2463:"Chippenham Mayors"
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1598:
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1590:
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1575:
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1569:
1564:
1557:
1556:
1553:
1550:
1545:
1540:
1534:
1533:
1532:parished 2016
1530:
1527:
1525:Worcestershire
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1511:
1510:
1507:
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1499:
1494:
1488:
1487:
1486:parished 2000
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1476:
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1464:
1463:
1460:
1457:
1452:
1447:
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1437:
1434:
1431:
1426:
1420:
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1418:parished 2004
1416:
1413:
1410:
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1399:
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1395:
1392:
1389:
1384:
1378:
1377:
1376:parished 1996
1374:
1371:
1368:
1366:Dover district
1363:
1357:
1356:
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1353:
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1332:
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1241:
1236:
1231:
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1174:
1169:
1163:
1157:
1156:
1143:
1140:
1135:
1130:
1124:
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1122:parished 2003
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1117:
1112:
1107:
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1097:
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1078:
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1074:
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1066:
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1038:
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1031:
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986:
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983:
980:
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918:
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824:
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1627:Macclesfield
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1023:Bedfordshire
854:Lincolnshire
700:High Wycombe
662:Lincolnshire
634:Lincolnshire
565:East Retford
553:Lincolnshire
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206:Commencement
200:16 July 1985
196:Royal assent
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42:town council
34:city charter
30:town charter
25:
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2390:16 February
2332:"No. 46725"
2312:"No. 47453"
2045:Scarborough
2033:city status
1993:Bournemouth
1871:Merseyside
1676:Lancashire
1538:King's Lynn
1520:Wyre Forest
1433:Humberside
1282:Merseyside
1217:Humberside
1208:Cleethorpes
1069:East Sussex
991:Basingstoke
978:Oxfordshire
814:Scarborough
650:Borough of
537:Cleethorpes
430:Bournemouth
306:city status
294:city status
2637:2009-03-14
2608:2009-12-19
2583:2009-12-19
2469:2009-02-28
2357:2009-02-28
2297:2009-02-28
2272:2009-02-23
2241:2009-02-28
2199:2009-12-19
2153:2009-02-28
2051:References
2017:Cumberland
1926:Workington
1909:Woodspring
1850:Wiltshire
1615:Hampshire
1502:Derbyshire
1429:Boothferry
1403:Folkestone
1239:Lancashire
1185:Chippenham
1166:Chelmsford
1161:Chelmsford
1105:Bridgwater
1092:Merseyside
1046:Humberside
1000:Hampshire
839:Scunthorpe
466:Cumberland
175:1985 c. 45
160:Long title
112:, but the
2041:Harrogate
1957:Somerset
1931:Allerdale
1892:Somerset
1862:Southport
1840:Salisbury
1719:Berkshire
1634:Cheshire
1606:Lymington
1583:Lowestoft
1562:Lichfield
1382:Dunstable
1261:Cheshire
1195:Wiltshire
1168:District
1149:became a
1110:Sedgemoor
1019:District
945:Aylesbury
932:Hampshire
877:Bassetlaw
730:Mansfield
674:Harrogate
576:Bassetlaw
290:Rochester
2740:Category
2553:cite web
2510:cite web
2443:cite web
2103:14 March
2029:Carlisle
1935:Cumbria
1838:City of
1776:Ramsgate
1742:Cornwall
1732:Penzance
1560:City of
1492:Ilkeston
1469:Hereford
1467:City of
1317:Daventry
1294:Dartford
1115:Somerset
1036:Beverley
973:Cherwell
913:Created
621:Grantham
609:Cheshire
510:City of
497:Cheshire
482:City of
457:Carlisle
455:City of
416:Somerset
401:City of
371:Website
368:Created
313:Beverley
252:district
171:Citation
165:borough.
2716:Sources
2001:Taunton
1970:Changes
1883:Taunton
1737:Penwith
1709:Newbury
1593:Suffolk
1588:Waveney
1548:Norfolk
1497:Erewash
1408:Shepway
1151:borough
1017:Bedford
1012:Bedford
968:Banbury
922:Andover
866:Worksop
758:Margate
711:Wycombe
484:Chester
471:Cumbria
390:Cumbria
347:Current
256:borough
120:, and
63:History
18:England
2543:2 June
2500:2 June
2433:2 June
2037:Barrow
2023:, and
1947:Yeovil
1867:Sefton
1781:Thanet
1688:Newark
1667:Nelson
1655:Essex
1651:Maldon
1646:Maldon
1278:Sefton
1273:Crosby
1087:Sefton
1082:Bootle
1064:Rother
897:Former
802:Dorset
769:Thanet
512:Durham
444:Dorset
302:Medway
220:Amends
2533:(PDF)
2490:(PDF)
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2266:(PDF)
2259:(PDF)
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1960:1974
1938:1974
1917:1974
1914:Avon
1874:1974
1853:1974
1830:1974
1827:Kent
1809:1974
1788:1974
1785:Kent
1767:1974
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1746:1974
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1700:1974
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1658:1974
1637:2009
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1597:1974
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1483:1998
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1424:Goole
1415:1974
1412:Kent
1394:1974
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1370:Kent
1361:Dover
1352:1974
1349:Kent
1331:1974
1308:1974
1285:1974
1264:2009
1252:Crewe
1243:1974
1229:Colne
1220:1974
1199:1974
1176:1974
1172:Essex
1142:1974
1119:1974
1096:1974
1073:1974
1050:1996
1027:1974
1003:1974
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959:1974
936:1974
886:1974
858:1996
831:2023
806:2019
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778:1974
750:1974
720:1974
692:2023
666:1996
638:1974
613:2009
585:1974
557:1996
529:2009
501:2009
475:2023
448:2019
420:1996
394:2023
190:Dates
101:), a
46:mayor
22:Wales
2559:link
2545:2023
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