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List Of NHS Regional Hospital Boards (1947–1974)
Regional hospital boards were established in 1947 by the National Health Service Act 1946 to administer hospital and specialist services of the National Health Service in England and Wales. Each board was responsible for a number of hospital management committees. The National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 replaced the hospital boards with regional health authorities in 1974. Each board administered a regional hospital area, which was defined in terms of local government units: administrative counties, county boroughs, metropolitan boroughs, urban districts and rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...s. In 1965 a new Wessex Regional Hospital Area was formed from the western part of the South-West Metropolitan Hospital Area: At the same ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Health Service Act 1946
The National Health Service Act 1946c 81 came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in England and Wales thus being the first implementation of the Beveridge model. Though the title 'National Health Service' implies a single health service for the United Kingdom, in reality one NHS was created for England and Wales accountable to the Secretary of State for Health, with a separate NHS created for Scotland accountable to the Secretary of State for Scotland by the passage of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947. Similar health services in Northern Ireland were created by the Northern Ireland Parliament through the Health Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1948. The whole Act was replaced by the National Health Service Act 1977, which itself is now superseded by the National Health Service Act 2006 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Provisions According to s 1(1), The Act provided for the establishment of a Central Health Services Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on three sides; by the Scottish Borders region to the north, County Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The fourth side is the North Sea, with a stretch of coastline to the east. A predominantly rural county with a landscape of moorland and farmland, a large area is part of Northumberland National Park. The area has been the site of a number of historic battles with Scotland. Name The name of Northumberland is recorded as ''norð hẏmbra land'' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, meaning "the land north of the Humber". The name of the kingdom of ''Northumbria'' derives from the Old English meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", as opposed to the people south of the Humber Estuary. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton And Brotton
Skelton and Brotton is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland, England. It consists of the town of Skelton-in-Cleveland and village of Brotton, which had a combined population of 18,952 in 2002, reducing to 12,848 at the Census 2011. The modern Skelton Castle incorporates part of the ancient stronghold of Robert de Brus who held it from Henry I. A modern church replaces the ancient one, of which there are ruins, and a fine Norman font is preserved. The large ironstone quarries have not wholly destroyed the appearance of the district. The Cleveland Hills rise sharply southward, to elevations sometimes exceeding , and are scored with deep and picturesque glens. On the coast, which is cliff-bound and fine, is the watering-place of Saltburn-by-the-Sea Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is a seaside town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, around south-east of Hartlepool and southeast of Redcar. It lies within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saltburn And Marske-by-the-Sea
Saltburn, Marske and New Marske is a civil parish in Redcar and Cleveland in north-east England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 18,325 increasing to 19,134 at the 2011 census. As its name suggests, the parish includes Saltburn, Marske-by-the-Sea and the inland settlement of New Marske. It borders the parishes of Skelton and Brotton, Guisborough and the unparished area of Redcar. In parliamentary terms, the parish is split between the constituencies of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, and Redcar. Governance The area, 1889–1974, was in the North Riding of Yorkshire administrative county. From 1894 until 1932, Saltburn had an urban district while Marske was in the Guisborough Rural District. In 1932 the Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea Urban District was formed with both parishes retained separately. The parishes merged in 1974 and acquired its present name in 1983. The district was replaced with the larger Cleveland county Cleveland ( ), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northallerton
Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increase from 15,741 in 2001. It has served as the county town of the North Riding of Yorkshire and, since 1974, of North Yorkshire. Northallerton is made up of four wards: North, Broomfield, Romanby and Central. There has been a settlement at Northallerton since Roman times; however its growth in importance began in the 11th century when King William II gifted land to the Bishop of Durham. Under the Bishop's authority Northallerton became an important religious centre. Later, it was a focus for much conflict between the English and the Scots, most notably the Battle of the Standard, fought nearby in 1138, which saw losses of as many as 12,000 men. In later years trade and transport became more important. The surrounding area was discovere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loftus, North Yorkshire
Loftus is a town and civil parish located north of the North York Moors, England. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire. At the 2011 census, the town's parish population was 7,988. The parish includes the villages of Carlin How, Easington, Liverton, Liverton Mines and Skinningrove. The town was formerly known as Lofthouse. The town's built-up area, including Liverton Mines, had a populatation of 4,824. It is near Brotton, Saltburn and Skelton-in-Cleveland. History The Loftus area has been inhabited since at least the 7th century. Folkloric evidence includes a house owned by Sigurd the Dane, who features in Macbeth as Siward, real evidence has been unearthed in recent times to support the picture of ancient settlement in the area. Loftus is recorded as "Lcotvsv" in the ''Domesday book'', from ''Laghthus'' meaning low houses. The Methodist preacher John Wesley is known to have preached in Loftus. Anglo-Saxon royal burial site The only known Anglo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guisborough
Guisborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmark in the national park. At the 2011 census, the civil parish with outlying Upleatham, Dunsdale and Newton under Roseberry had a population of 17,777, of which 16,979 were in the town's built-up area. It was governed by an urban district and rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Etymology Assessing the origin of the name ''Guisborough'', Albert Hugh Smith commented that it was a "difficult". From its first attestation in the Domesday Book into the 16th century, the second part sometimes derives from the originally Old English word ''burh'' ('town, fortification') and sometimes from the Old English word -''burn'' ('stream'). It seems that the settlement was simply known by both names, the -''burh''/-''borough'' forms predominate in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eston
Eston is a Village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The ward covering the area (as well as Lackenby, Lazenby and Wilton) had a population of 7,005 at the 2011 census. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the outlying settlements of Grangetown, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. Excluding Ormesby, the wider area came under the former Eston Urban District from 1894 until 1968. This was a single civil parish with a district council which had the ability to gain a charter to be a town and become a municipal borough in this case it did not. The County Borough of Teesside was created in 1968. The town remains unparished. History The land around Eston has been occupied since 2400 BC. The 1850 discovery of ironstone in Eston Hills by industrialists from Middlesbrough (most notably Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan) saw Eston develop from a small farming settlement in 1850 to a thriving mining town. Miners' cottages, alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornaby-on-Tees
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in the Teesside built-up area. The town had a royal charter enacted to form a municipal borough in 1892, during the Victorian era, before merging into the County Borough of Teesside in 1968. A borough no longer defines a specific settlement's status as a town in England since the Local Government Act 1972 reforms. The modern centre was built on the north eastern part of Thornaby airfield and lies south-west of Stockton-on-Tees and south-west of Middlesbrough. History Prehistoric There are other signs of Thornaby being a much older settlement. Traces of prehistoric man have been found, the earliest being a stone axe, 8 inches long, dating back to the Mesolithic Period (about 3000 BC). In 1926, a dugout canoe said to date f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, and the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is from the county town of Northallerton and situated on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and is one of the park's tourist centres. The population of Richmond at the 2011 census was 8,413. The Rough Guide describes the town as 'an absolute gem'. Betty James wrote that "without any doubt Richmond is the most romantic place in the whole of the North East f England. Richmond was the winner of the Academy of Urbanism's "Great Town" award in 2009. History The town of Richemont, in Normandy (now in the Seine-Maritime département of the Upper Normandy region), was the origin of the place name Richmond. It is the most duplicated UK place name, with 56 occurrences worldwide. Richmond in North Yorkshire was the Honour of Richmond of the Earls of Richmond (or ''comtes de Richemon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redcar
Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of 37,073 at the 2011 UK Census, 2011 Census. The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland. It gained a town charter in 1922, from then until 1968 it was governed by the municipal borough of Redcar. Since the abolition of County Borough of Teesside, which existed from 1968 until 1974, the town has been Unparished area, unparished. History Origins Redcar occupies a low-lying site by the sea; the second element of its name is from Old Norse ''kjarr'', meaning 'marsh', and the first may be either Old English (Anglo-Saxon) ''rēad'' meaning 'red' or OE ''hrēod'' 'reed'. The town originated as a fishing hamlet in the 14th century, trading with the larger adjacent hamlet of Coatham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Riding Of Yorkshire
The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres). From the Restoration it was used as a lieutenancy area, having been previously part of the Yorkshire lieutenancy. Each riding was treated as a county for many purposes, such as quarter sessions. An administrative county, based on the riding, was created with a county council in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. In 1974 both the administrative county and the North Riding of Yorkshire lieutenancy were abolished, replaced in most of the riding by the non-metropolitan county and lieutenancy of North Yorkshire. History Archives from 1808 record that the "north-riding of York-shire" had once consisted of "fifty-one lordships" owned by Robert the Bruce. During the English Civil War, the North Riding predominantly supported the royalist cause, while other areas of York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
