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proposals could be rejected entirely and the reviews did not allow for suggested changes to the functions of local authorities. Throughout the period, actioning the recommendations of the commission was kept off the policy agenda because of pressure on legislative timetables with other issues (such as post-war redevelopment), lack of money to fund reorganisation and public apathy towards the issue.
894:
rural districts in Devon. Extensions were also recommended for the existing county boroughs of
Bristol, Gloucester, Bath and Exeter, and alterations were proposed for the Gloucestershire/Somerset Devon/Cornwall county boundaries. The draft proposals had not recommended the creation of these county
1797:
The commission met with limited success with only a few recommendations carried out. Typically there was a lack of consensus for proposals and all met with some level of appeal or disdain. As a result, the reporting process could take as long as four years. The lack of executive powers meant that
800:
The proposal to merge
Leicestershire and Rutland remained controversial, and an inquiry into objections made to this part of the report was held between 17 and 26 July 1962. Objections were voiced by Rutland County Council, a number of district and parish councils in that county as well as local
43:
The initial members of the commission were appointed by warrant dated 31 October 1958. The chairman was Sir Henry
Drummond Hancock and the deputy chairman was Michael Edward Rowe. The other members of the commission were Ruth Burton Buckley, Bernard Donald Storey and Ernest William Woodhead. They
942:
The commission recommended in 1963 the creation of a new County of
Tyneside, divided into four boroughs. There was to be a redistribution of services between the county and borough tiers. The final proposal was published on 16 July 1963, and proposed a Tyneside county roughly as follows :-
1625:
The
Commission recommended the amalgamation of the counties of Holland and Kesteven, but the retention of two county councils for Suffolk. The report called for the enlargement of four of the county boroughs (with Grimsby absorbing the non-county borough of Cleethorpes), with the fifth, Great
1729:
put forward a joint proposal for consideration by the
Commission in July 1960. This proposal would have seen an extension of county boroughs, and the creation of two new county boroughs based on Stretford and Ashton, such that the core urban area was contiguous county boroughs.
1772:
The
Berkshire and Oxfordshire Federations of Labour Parties suggested the creation of "Thameshire" by the amalgamation of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and southern Northamptonshire. The idea was opposed by the county councils of Berkshire and
2051:"Report of the inquiry into objections to the proposal to amalgamate Leicestershire and Rutland, and to the recommendations that the present county of Rutland (subject to minor boundary adjustment) should form a single rural district'" at BOPCRIS website
44:
were joined on 14 January 1959 by
Professor Ely Devons and on 15 July 1959 by Robert Hughes Parry. On the death of Woodhead, Leslie Robert Missen was made a member. The last member to be appointed was Professor Bryan Keith-Lucas on 24 June 1965.
1390:
The commission recommended that the county borough of
Barnsley be reduced to a non-county borough in the administrative county of Yorkshire West Riding, and that all the remaining county boroughs continue to exist, all with extended boundaries.
796:
Extension of the two county boroughs of
Leicester and Northampton was also recommended, and that the existing borough of Luton in Bedfordshire be constituted a county borough, but declined to recommend that Dunstable should be added to Luton.
1626:
Yarmouth being reduced to a municipal borough in the county of Norfolk. Changes in county boundaries proposed would have led to an area of East Suffolk adjoining Great Yarmouth passing to Norfolk. The draft proposals had also suggested that
1733:
Draft proposals were presented in December 1965 and would have seen a new county created based on the Manchester conurbation, divided into nine most-purposes boroughs, based on Manchester, Salford, Altrincham/Sale/Stretford (the future
902:, in 1967. None of the extensions of existing county boroughs was made, and no alteration in the boundary between Gloucestershire and Somerset was made. The county boundary between Devon and Cornwall was realigned by the abolition of
1565:
None of these recommendations was put into force. Objections were voiced to the extensions of Nottingham, Sheffield and York county boroughs into adjoining areas. The area proposed to become part of the North Riding became part of
741:
These proposals were greatly controversial (especially in Rutland, which put forth a counter-suggestions to add surrounding areas to Rutland instead from surrounding counties) and the final proposals were watered down somewhat
1653:
Inquiries were held on some of the proposed changes (the extension of Norwich, demotion of Yarmouth and amalgamation of Holland and Kesteven), but no alterations were made in the local government of the area until 1974.
1765:
The county borough of Bournemouth proposed an extension to absorb the boroughs of Christchurch and Poole. The borough of Poole itself sought county borough status, while Dorset county council strongly objected to both
620:
in 1965; the inclusion of a number of small urban districts and boroughs (which became rural boroughs) in rural districts in Shropshire in 1967; and the abolition of two small urban districts in Herefordshire in 1968.
1662:
No final proposals were produced for the North West region, consisting of Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Cheshire (except those parts in the South East Lancashire and Merseyside special review areas).
52:
The Commission carried out reviews of two types of areas: five Special Review Areas, covering the major conurbations outside London, and seven General Review Areas, covering regions comprising a number of
2503:
33:"such proposals as are hereinafter authorised for effecting changes appearing to the Commissions desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government"
909:
A number of small urban districts and boroughs were merged into rural districts in Devon in 1967 and Cornwall in 1968, under reviews made by the two county councils.
2498:
1554:
Ideas not taken up included the amalgamation of the three Yorkshire administrative counties to form a single administrative county of Yorkshire and the request of
17:
612:
The main changes implemented in the area were the realignment of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire county boundary in the Tamworth area, with the abolition of the
561:
The recommendations were largely implemented in 1966, with Solihull becoming a county borough in 1964. The enlarged county borough based on Smethwick was named
679:
The review area included some of the smallest (in both area and population) administrative counties in England. Draft proposals were quite radical, as follows
1750:
Draft proposals were presented in December 1965. They were limited in scope and proposed boundary alterations in county boroughs and county districts only.
1112:
including Middlesbrough and other adjacent boroughs and urban districts, the merger of the county borough of West Hartlepool with the non-county borough of
1043:
812:(excluding Royston) in 1965. A larger non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire, covering all four administrative counties, would be formed in 1974.
1394:
It was also recommended that part of the administrative county of Yorkshire West Riding be transferred to the North Riding. The area concerned was:
1053:
The county borough was not formed, and local government in the area remained unchanged until the Local Government Act 1972 included Tyneside in the
1024:, whilst the other county borough councils wished to see an area of contiguous county boroughs. The decision was put to the Minister in late 1965.
1414:
1048:"of the opinion that the proposals of the Commission ... are not apt for the purpose of securing effective and local government in the area"
1758:
No proposals were put forward by the commission for this area before their dissolution. Among the representations made during this review were:
916:
from Dorset to Devon (with the backing of the local council which made a "unanimous decision" to seek the transfer). Ambitions of Wiltshire on
2284:
Local Government Commission for England: report and proposals for the West Yorkshire special review area (report number 7) at BOPCRIS website
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Local Government Commission for England: report and proposals for the North Eastern general review area (report number 6) at BOPCRIS website
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Local Government Commission for England: report and proposals for the South Western general review area (report number 4) at BOPCRIS website
2024:
Local Government Commission for England: report and proposals for the East Midlands general review area (report number 3) at BOPCRIS website
1807:
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2153:
Local Government Commission for England: report and proposals for the Tyneside special review area (report number 5) at BOPCRIS website
554:
and a new non-county borough was to be formed from the borough of Stourbridge and the urban district of Amblecote. Draft proposals had
518:
The commission recommended the creation of five enlarged county boroughs in the Black Country, based on the existing county boroughs of
295:
551:
433:
487:
The commission's reports made a number of recommendations for the completed reviews. Only some of these were carried into effect.
815:
Luton became a county borough in 1964, and the extensions to Northampton and Leicester were made in 1966 and 1967 respectively.
1143:, the amalgamation of a number of county districts to form three new districts, and the creation of a new non-county borough.
903:
809:
774:
35:. Most of the commission's proposals failed to reach consensus and were not implemented, and the body was dissolved in 1967.
2287:"Local Government Commission for England: Report and proposals for the West Yorkshire special review area (Report number 7)"
2260:"Local Government Commission for England: Report and proposals for the North Eastern general review area (Report number 6)"
2094:"Local Government Commission for England: Report and proposals for the South Western general review area (Report number 4)"
2054:"Local Government Commission for England: Report and proposals for the East Midlands general review area (Report number 3)"
2027:"Local Government Commission for England: Report and proposals for the East Midlands general review area (Report number 3)"
2286:
2259:
2155:
2093:
2053:
2026:
1973:
1468:
1020:
Following a number of objections, an inquiry was held into the proposals in 1964. Newcastle City Council wanted a single
386:
370:
425:
421:
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331:
2156:"Local Government Commission for England: Report and proposals for the Tyneside special review area (Report number 5)"
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805:
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327:
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804:
The other two mergers of administrative counties did take place, with the creation of new administrative counties of
507:, and included six county boroughs, four non-county boroughs and ten urban districts in the administrative county of
1109:
959:
441:
437:
429:
417:
311:
866:
The commission's proposals included the creation of two new county boroughs: one based on the existing borough of
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1488:
1420:
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1971:
Local government Commission for England: Report. number 2. West Midlands general review area at BOPCRIS website
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to become a county borough. A draft proposal for an area of 100 km with a population of 34,000, including
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Part of the administrative county of Yorkshire North Riding was to be transferred to the East Riding, namely:
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should be transferred to West Suffolk. These proposals were toned down or withdrawn in the final proposals.
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into non-county boroughs were not implemented : Burton had brought a court case challenging the action.
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1437:
1317:
1204:
617:
613:
335:
891:
1627:
1542:
1538:
1484:
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1472:
1464:
1262:
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710:
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The West Yorkshire SRA had been defined in the 1958 Act, covering the western industrialised part of the
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of Tyneside, which would have had a population of 900,000, making it the second largest in England after
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become a non-county borough, and extensions to the boundaries of the other county boroughs in the area.
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in Derbyshire. This would have increased the population of Nottingham greatly, from 315,000 to 469,000.
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1431:
717:
702:
465:
268:† An enquiry into the Commission recommendations was ordered to be held, commencing on 18 October 1961.
54:
479:, which dissolved the commission. Most outstanding recommendations were abandoned by the government.
271:‡ An enquiry into the Commission recommendations was ordered to be held, commencing on 23 March 1964.
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1148:
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751:
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individuals and organisations. In August 1963 it was announced that the merger would not go ahead.
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947:
469:
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Draft proposals were presented in October 1965, and were limited in scope. It was proposed that
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1974:"Local government Commission for England: Report. Number 2. West Midlands general review area"
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594:
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832:
747:
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346:
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1021:
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844:
789:
781:
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58:
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which was under review by the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.
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1409:
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574:
535:
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461:
397:
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not included in the West Yorkshire Special Review Area; and the county boroughs of
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1240:
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1039:. He wrote to authorities asking for comments ahead of a public inquiry in March.
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582:
436:. Parts of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey (including the county boroughs of
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urban districts were to be united with part of Stanley urban district and part of
593:(except the parts included in the West Midlands SRA), and the county boroughs of
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to be transferred to Leicestershire was withdrawn in the final recommendations.
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972:
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287:
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1977:
1120:, and the extension of the areas of Sunderland and Darlington county boroughs.
290:(except those areas in the Merseyside and South East Lancashire SRAs), and the
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The municipal boroughs of High Wycombe and Slough sought county borough status
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547:
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formally rejected the commission's scheme, and substituted his own proposal.
2131:
Letter to the Editor, by Ralph Oliver, Mayor of Lyme Regis, 27 December 1961
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A new non-county borough was to form by the merger of the county borough of
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1776:
Aldershot sought county borough status on much larger boundaries including
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Rotherham would increase its population substantially by taking in most of
927:
The proposal for a Cheltenham county borough was rejected in October 1965.
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1710:
1583:
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1313:
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not part of the Tyneside special review area; and the county boroughs of
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989:
968:
951:
936:
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urban district), the other to be formed from the areas of the borough of
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836:
824:
598:
543:
539:
472:, to review the structure of local government in England more radically.
275:
935:
The Tyneside SRA had been defined in the 1958 Act, and consisted of the
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to be transferred to Cambridgeshire from Norfolk, and that the area of
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Of the two proposed county boroughs, only the Devon one was formed, as
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527:
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1135:. The commission proposed the enlargement of the county boroughs of
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921:
899:
852:
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519:
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1762:
The county boroughs of Oxford and Reading sought boundary extensions
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were to change by gaining the Tong area from Bradford county borough
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The North-Western GRA consisted of the administrative counties of
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Derby would expand greatly with parts of the rural districts of
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1161:
Leeds and Huddersfield county boroughs were to remain unchanged
1574:
Lincolnshire and East Anglia General Review Area (Report No.9)
495:
The special review area had been defined in Schedule 3 of the
1463:
Nottingham to take in "nearly all" of the urban districts of
392:
No reviews were commenced for the administrative counties of
341:
The Southern GRA consisted of the administrative counties of
2349:"Boundary extensions proposed for seven county boroughs".
2140:"County borough status advised for Cheltenham and Torbay".
1108:
The commission's proposals included the creation of a new
475:
The reviews were formally brought to an end in 1967 by the
1689:, although floated, was not in the draft recommendations.
1738:), Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne/Hyde/Mossley (the future
1335:
York and North Midlands General Review Area (Report No.8)
1168:
was to be enlarged (and possibly renamed) to include the
515:
and two boroughs and two rural parishes in Warwickshire.
31:
to review the organisation of local government, and make
1520:, nearly doubling its population from 132,000 to 215,000
1547:
Doncaster would be extended slightly by adding part of
1578:
The area consisted of the administrative counties of
1339:
The area consisted of the administrative counties of
823:
The area consisted of the administrative counties of
640:
The area consisted of the administrative counties of
573:
The area consisted of the administrative counties of
2232:"Minister wants all-purpose borough for Tyneside".
1498:urban district and parts of the rural districts of
1453:Sheffield to take in part of the rural district of
1265:
was to be enlarged by absorbing part of Spenborough
1077:The area consisted of the administrative county of
542:was also to be constituted a county borough, while
2504:Local government commissions in the United Kingdom
2401:"Struggle for Survival in South-East Lancashire".
1225:urban district and part of Queensbury and Shelf UD
477:Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967
2078:"New Amalgamations Proposed For Small Counties",
2011:"New amalgamations proposed for small counties".
2388:"Bigger Towns Emerge in Plans for East Anglia".
1449:The expansions of county boroughs proposed were
1127:West Yorkshire Special Review Area (Report No.7)
698:to unite and form a new county of Cambridgeshire
1073:North Eastern General Review Area (Report No.6)
912:The final proposals also proposed transferring
819:South Western General Review Area (Report No.4)
636:East Midlands General Review Area (Report No.3)
569:West Midlands General Review Area (Report No.2)
491:West Midlands Special Review Area (Report No.1)
61:. The commission's remit did not extend to the
1154:Halifax county borough was to take in part of
1147:Bradford county borough was to absorb part of
464:announced in the Commons the appointment of a
18:Local Government Commission for England (1992)
2375:"Boundary Changes Proposed in East Anglia".
1151:urban district, but was to lose the Tong area
8:
2362:"Wider Frontiers Planned for Seven Towns".
2324:"Wakefield angered by plan to lower status"
1941:
1939:
1937:
1935:
1933:
2466:"Aldershot's ambitions opposed by Surrey".
2440:"County borough status for Slough opposed"
1945:"How Local government Areas Stand Today",
931:Tyneside Special Review Area (Report No.5)
1958:"Mergers of Midland Counties Proposed".
1693:South East Lancashire Special Review Area
1239:was to merge with the urban districts of
1044:Minister for Housing and Local Government
460:On 10 February 1966, the Prime Minister,
1123:The proposals were carried out in 1967.
558:becoming part of the Smethwick borough.
67:
2414:"New County Proposed for North West".
1910:"Radical Review of Local Government".
1819:
1415:Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District
1320:urban districts were to form a district
25:Local Government Commission for England
2499:Local government in the United Kingdom
1998:"Outcry Grows Over Midland Counties",
1258:urban district (with boundary changes)
792:in a "county of Leicester and Rutland"
550:urban districts were to merge to form
1808:Local Government Commission for Wales
7:
369:, along with the county boroughs of
2453:"Merger of three counties sought",
2206:"Tyneside Boundary Decision Soon".
2118:"Somerset Unlikely to Lose Towns".
1742:), Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton.
1081:and those parts of the counties of
1027:On 14 December 1965, the Minister,
870:in Gloucestershire (also including
728:urban district - would be added to
709:from Kesteven in Lincolnshire, and
14:
1923:"Halt to local reorganization".
1841:, issue no.41611, 20 January 1959
1829:, issue no.41540, 4 November 1958
1658:North Western General Review Area
1302:urban districts were to be united
1228:The boundaries of the borough of
197:Lincolnshire and East Anglia GRA
701:to this would also be added the
616:and extension of the borough of
483:The Commission's recommendations
2427:"Dorset fights to keep Poole",
2193:"Tyne Plan "Already Obsolete".
1865:, issue no.42620, 13 March 1962
1630:and area be transferred to the
1584:Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven
716:the remainder of Rutland - the
482:
416:, or in the county boroughs of
1853:, issue no.41771, 21 July 1959
1810:, also created by the 1958 Act
1793:Achievements and effectiveness
1721:and the municipal boroughs of
1588:Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey
1580:Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland
1442:Most of the rural district of
904:Broadwoodwidger Rural District
810:Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
775:Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
1:
1877:, issue no.43702, 2 July 1965
1602:; and the county boroughs of
1330:urban districts were to unite
1292:urban districts were to merge
843:; and the county boroughs of
788:, which was to form a single
737:would become a county borough
668:; and the county boroughs of
1754:Southern General Review Area
1673:The creation of a county of
169:York and North Midlands GRA
2481:Local Government in Britain
2311:"Heavy Woollen Area Plan",
1636:Huntingdon and Peterborough
1527:urban district and part of
1203:urban district and most of
806:Huntingdon and Peterborough
758:, to which would be joined
756:Huntingdon and Peterborough
2520:
2180:"Tyneside Hearing Opens".
1746:Mersey Special Review Area
1110:County Borough of Teesside
1031:, proposed a large single
960:Castle Ward Rural District
225:South East Lancashire SRA
15:
2219:"More Groups of Towns".
1489:Long Eaton Urban District
1479:, the rural districts of
1421:Nidderdale Rural District
1079:North Riding of Yorkshire
878:, the urban districts of
497:Local Government Act 1958
29:Local Government Act 1958
1640:Marshland Rural District
1549:Doncaster Rural District
1529:Rotherham Rural District
1494:Hull to take in most of
1277:Tadcaster Rural District
1214:was to be left unchanged
1133:West Riding of Yorkshire
722:Uppingham Rural District
1697:The county boroughs of
1543:Derwent Rural Districts
1533:York would expand into
1247:(with boundary changes)
1118:Stockton Rural District
614:Tamworth Rural District
448:) were included in the
55:administrative counties
27:was established by the
16:For the 1992 body, see
1473:Beeston and Stapleford
1436:The urban district of
1408:The urban district of
1164:The county borough of
760:Thorney Rural District
624:The proposals to make
503:of Birmingham and the
1782:Frimley and Camberley
1510:South East Derbyshire
1477:Arnold Urban District
1353:Yorkshire West Riding
1349:Yorkshire East Riding
1042:On 3 March 1966, the
718:Oakham Rural District
703:Ketton Rural District
2418:. 15 December 1965.
2366:. 6 September 1962.
2293:on 27 September 2006
2266:on 27 September 2006
2162:on 27 September 2006
2100:on 27 September 2006
2060:on 27 September 2006
2033:on 27 September 2006
1980:on 27 September 2006
1632:Soke of Peterborough
1149:Queensbury and Shelf
762:from the Isle of Ely
752:Soke of Peterborough
696:Soke of Peterborough
666:Soke of Peterborough
511:, three boroughs in
2223:. 15 December 1965.
1914:. 11 February 1966.
1457:in Derbyshire, and
1055:metropolitan county
948:Newcastle upon Tyne
777:(including Royston)
552:Aldridge-Brownhills
499:. It comprised the
470:Lord Redcliffe-Maud
183:West Yorkshire SRA
2236:. 15 December 1965
2210:. 12 October 1965.
1949:, 12 February 1966
1369:Kingston-upon-Hull
1351:, and the part of
1254:was to unite with
1221:was to merge with
1170:municipal boroughs
239:North Western GRA
141:North Eastern GRA
127:South Western GRA
113:West Midlands GRA
99:East Midlands GRA
85:West Midlands SRA
48:The Review process
2457:, 27 October 1965
2144:. 3 February 1963
1727:Ashton-under-Lyne
1668:Barrow-in-Furness
626:Burton upon Trent
595:Burton upon Trent
450:Metropolitan Area
296:Barrow-in-Furness
266:
265:
231:17 December 1965
217:17 December 1965
175:7 September 1962
161:16 February 1962
150:22 November 1963
144:15 December 1959
80:Report presented
74:Review Commenced
63:Metropolitan Area
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2353:. 25 June 1964.
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2289:. Archived from
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2271:
2262:. Archived from
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2217:
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2158:. Archived from
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2129:
2123:
2116:
2110:
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2105:
2096:. Archived from
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2083:
2082:, 6 August 1961.
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2065:
2056:. Archived from
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2043:
2042:
2040:
2038:
2029:. Archived from
2022:
2016:
2009:
2003:
1996:
1990:
1989:
1987:
1985:
1976:. Archived from
1969:
1963:
1962:. 2 March 1960.
1956:
1950:
1943:
1928:
1921:
1915:
1908:
1902:
1896:
1890:
1884:
1878:
1872:
1866:
1860:
1854:
1848:
1842:
1836:
1830:
1824:
1398:The boroughs of
1029:Richard Crossman
713:in Hertfordshire
658:Northamptonshire
466:Royal Commission
245:29 October 1965
242:29 October 1962
228:29 October 1962
214:29 October 1962
158:16 January 1960
136:5 February 1963
130:1 December 1959
77:Draft Proposals
68:
2519:
2518:
2514:
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2510:
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2489:
2488:
2487:
2478:
2474:
2465:
2461:
2452:
2448:
2439:
2435:
2426:
2422:
2413:
2409:
2405:. 18 July 1960.
2400:
2396:
2387:
2383:
2379:. 13 May 1963.
2374:
2370:
2361:
2357:
2348:
2344:
2336:
2332:
2328:, 12 March 1964
2323:
2319:
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2296:
2294:
2285:
2283:
2279:
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2256:
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2227:
2218:
2214:
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2192:
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2019:
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2002:, 8 March 1960.
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1944:
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1857:
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1634:(or rather, to
1576:
1568:North Yorkshire
1430:The borough of
1345:Nottinghamshire
1337:
1261:The borough of
1250:The borough of
1235:The borough of
1217:The borough of
1210:The borough of
1192:urban districts
1129:
1103:West Hartlepool
1075:
933:
924:were rejected.
886:, and parts of
841:Isles of Scilly
833:Gloucestershire
821:
748:Huntingdonshire
692:Huntingdonshire
638:
571:
493:
485:
458:
434:Southend-on-Sea
347:Buckinghamshire
292:county boroughs
211:Merseyside SRA
59:county boroughs
50:
41:
21:
12:
11:
5:
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2515:
2507:
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2490:
2486:
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2433:
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2420:
2407:
2394:
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2342:
2340:. 26 June 1964
2338:London Gazette
2330:
2317:
2315:, 19 July 1962
2304:
2277:
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2246:London Gazette
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2197:. 17 July 1963
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2004:
1991:
1964:
1951:
1929:
1927:. 4 May 1967.
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1901:, 2 March 1965
1899:London Gazette
1891:
1889:. 22 June 1965
1887:London Gazette
1879:
1875:London Gazette
1867:
1863:London Gazette
1855:
1851:London Gazette
1843:
1839:London Gazette
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1604:Great Yarmouth
1575:
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1552:
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1487:, and some of
1469:West Bridgford
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1293:
1279:
1266:
1259:
1248:
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1226:
1215:
1208:
1207:urban district
1193:
1162:
1159:
1158:urban district
1156:Sowerby Bridge
1152:
1128:
1125:
1087:Northumberland
1074:
1071:
1033:county borough
1022:county borough
1018:
1017:
1000:
979:
962:
932:
929:
920:and Dorset on
872:Charlton Kings
820:
817:
794:
793:
790:rural district
782:Leicestershire
780:the merger of
778:
767:Cambridgeshire
763:
739:
738:
732:
730:Leicestershire
714:
705:from Rutland,
699:
684:Cambridgeshire
654:Leicestershire
646:Cambridgeshire
637:
634:
603:Stoke-on-Trent
591:Worcestershire
570:
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513:Worcestershire
492:
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263:
262:Not presented
260:
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257:
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246:
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218:
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200:1 August 1961
198:
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2392:. 6 May 1965.
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2125:
2122:. 5 July 1961
2121:
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1095:Middlesbrough
1092:
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1068:
1064:
1061:, along with
1060:
1059:Tyne and Wear
1056:
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974:
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940:
939:conurbation.
938:
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584:
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536:Wolverhampton
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529:
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509:Staffordshire
506:
505:Black Country
502:
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462:Harold Wilson
455:
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253:Southern GRA
252:
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189:20 July 1962
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155:Tyneside SRA
154:
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122:31 July 1961
121:
119:4 April 1960
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2295:. Retrieved
2291:the original
2280:
2268:. Retrieved
2264:the original
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2164:. Retrieved
2160:the original
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2114:
2102:. Retrieved
2098:the original
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2058:the original
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2031:the original
2020:
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1982:. Retrieved
1978:the original
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1600:West Suffolk
1596:East Suffolk
1577:
1564:
1556:Chesterfield
1553:
1455:Chesterfield
1448:
1425:
1393:
1389:
1338:
1296:Colne Valley
1241:Featherstone
1186:Heckmondwike
1184:borough and
1130:
1122:
1116:and part of
1107:
1076:
1052:
1047:
1041:
1026:
1019:
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888:Newton Abbot
865:
822:
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799:
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642:Bedfordshire
639:
623:
611:
583:Warwickshire
577:, Salop (or
572:
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517:
494:
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459:
391:
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256:17 May 1965
203:17 May 1963
178:26 May 1964
133:7 July 1961
71:Review Area
51:
42:
32:
24:
22:
2479:Bryne, T.,
1773:Oxfordshire
1683:Westmorland
1638:), most of
1560:Swadlincote
1496:Haltemprice
1475:, parts of
1444:Scarborough
1432:Scarborough
1324:Aireborough
1245:Knottingley
1182:Spenborough
973:Whitley Bay
771:Isle of Ely
688:Isle of Ely
674:Northampton
650:Isle of Ely
501:conurbation
468:chaired by
456:Dissolution
414:West Sussex
387:Southampton
371:Bournemouth
363:Oxfordshire
288:Westmorland
206:7 May 1965
2493:Categories
2013:The Times.
1815:References
1679:Cumberland
1535:Nidderdale
1504:Holderness
1373:Nottingham
1341:Derbyshire
1286:Kirkburton
1282:Denby Dale
1252:Castleford
1237:Pontefract
1180:, most of
1114:Hartlepool
1099:Sunderland
1091:Darlington
1063:Sunderland
1037:Birmingham
977:Longbenton
975:, part of
958:, part of
914:Lyme Regis
895:boroughs.
868:Cheltenham
857:Gloucester
765:merger of
746:merger of
579:Shropshire
548:Brownhills
426:Eastbourne
422:Canterbury
379:Portsmouth
332:Warrington
324:St. Helens
284:Cumberland
280:Lancashire
39:Membership
2468:The Times
2455:The Times
2442:The Times
2429:The Times
2416:The Times
2403:The Times
2390:The Times
2377:The Times
2364:The Times
2351:The Times
2326:The Times
2313:The Times
2297:14 August
2270:14 August
2234:The Times
2221:The Times
2208:The Times
2195:The Times
2182:The Times
2166:14 August
2142:The Times
2120:The Times
2104:14 August
2080:The Times
2064:14 August
2037:14 August
2000:The Times
1984:14 August
1960:The Times
1947:The Times
1925:The Times
1912:The Times
1723:Stretford
1719:Stockport
1677:to cover
1648:Newmarket
1570:in 1974.
1400:Harrogate
1381:Sheffield
1377:Rotherham
1365:Doncaster
1328:Horsforth
1290:Holmfirth
1256:Normanton
1219:Brighouse
1197:Wakefield
982:Gateshead
965:Tynemouth
906:in 1966.
735:Cambridge
670:Leicester
630:Worcester
607:Worcester
556:Halesowen
524:Smethwick
367:Wiltshire
355:Hampshire
343:Berkshire
328:Southport
304:Blackpool
300:Blackburn
2483:, (1994)
1802:See also
1740:Tameside
1736:Trafford
1711:Rochdale
1628:Stamford
1525:Rawmarsh
1500:Beverley
1419:Most of
1357:Barnsley
1314:Denholme
1273:Rothwell
1269:Garforth
1212:Keighley
1190:Mirfield
1166:Dewsbury
1137:Bradford
1067:Wearside
1046:, being
990:Whickham
969:Wallsend
952:Gosforth
937:Tyneside
884:Paignton
861:Plymouth
837:Somerset
825:Cornwall
773:to form
754:to form
750:and the
707:Stamford
694:and the
664:and the
618:Tamworth
599:Coventry
544:Aldridge
540:Solihull
442:West Ham
438:East Ham
430:Hastings
418:Brighton
312:Carlisle
276:Cheshire
1778:Farnham
1715:Salford
1687:Furness
1675:Cumbria
1646:around
1620:Norwich
1616:Lincoln
1612:Ipswich
1608:Grimsby
1592:Norfolk
1539:Flaxton
1485:Bingham
1481:Basford
1465:Carlton
1459:Wortley
1318:Shipley
1310:Bingley
1306:Baildon
1300:Meltham
1205:Stanley
1201:Horbury
1011:Hebburn
994:Blaydon
986:Felling
956:Newburn
880:Brixham
876:Torquay
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