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Walton And Weybridge Urban District
Walton and Weybridge Urban District was a local government district in Surrey, England from 1933 to 1974. Boundaries and background The district was formed by a County Review Order in 1933 by the merger of Walton-on-Thames and Weybridge Urban Districts. These in turn were the main civil (secular) successors to the medieval parishes of the same names which continued to have a very minor Civil Parish counterparts until 1974. The year 1894 saw the mass creation of multi-function districts across the country. Thus the two Urban Districts mentioned were constituted and as was quite common, on approximately the medieval era parish boundaries. As Walton-on-Thames was by far the larger authority in population and area its offices were chosen in 1933 as those for the combined Urban District. Areas also included within boundaries Before 1894 but in the 19th century two lesser ecclesiastical parishes, hence villages, had been legally recognised in what was the very large parish of Walt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, locally known as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Walton forms part of the Greater London built-up area, within the KT postcode and is served by a wide range of transport links. According to the 2011 Census, the town has a total population of 22,834. The town itself consists mostly of affluent suburban streets, with a historic town centre of Celtic origin. It is one of the largest towns in the Elmbridge borough, alongside Weybridge. History The name "Walton" is Anglo-Saxon in origin and is cognate with the common phonetic combination meaning "Briton settlement" (literally, "Welsh Town" – weal(as) tun). Before the Romans and the Saxons were present, a Celtic settlement was here. The most common Old English word for the Celtic inhabitants was the "Wealas", originally meaning "foreigners" or "strangers". William Camden identified Cowey Stakes or Sale, Walton as the place where Julius Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hersham
Hersham is a village in Surrey, within the M25. Its housing is relatively low-rise and diverse and it has four technology/trading estates. The only contiguous settlement is Walton-on-Thames, its post town. Hersham is served by Hersham and Walton-on-Thames railway stations with a minimum of two trains per hour and differing types of services on the South West Main Line. Two golf courses are within its bounds, Burhill Golf Club and Hersham Village Golf Club; considerable other land is wooded, used for mixed farming or Esher Rugby Club, much of which is Metropolitan Green Belt. History According to ''Hersham in Surrey'': That this could have been constructed at all indicates a fairly large population in the district, a chieftain of some sort, organised labour and a desperate perhaps recurring danger. Bronze and Iron Age burials have been found on the slopes of the hill which was clearly a feature of some importance in ancient times. The Anglo-Saxons may well have been the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of England Abolished By The Local Government Act 1972
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Borough Of Surbiton
Surbiton was a local government district in northeast Surrey, United Kingdom from 1855 to 1965. Creation Until 1855 Surbiton was administered as part of the parish of Kingston upon Thames. In that year a body of improvement commissioners was formed by a local act of parliament to govern the area. Changes The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the Improvement Commissioners District as an urban district, and Surbiton Urban District Council was formed to replace the commissioners. The parishes of Hook and Tolworth were added from the short-lived Kingston Rural District in 1895 and Chessington was added in 1933, transferred from Epsom Rural District. In 1936 the town was granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough. Abolition Surbiton formed part of the review area of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London. The transfer to Greater London was supported by Surbiton Borough Council and opposed by Surrey County Council. In 1965 it was abol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Of Elmbridge
The Hundred of Elmbridge or Elmbridge/Emley Hundred was a geographic subdivision (called a "hundred") in the north of the county of Surrey, England. The majority of its area forms the modern Borough of Elmbridge, with the remainder forming part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London. History Elmbridge appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Amelebrige'' an area used for strategic, secular purposes with a Hundred Court where local wealthy and powerful figures met about once a month. It also had in early centuries a small number of owners who attempted to charge and collect rent of all of the owners of the main manageable medieval asset in the country, the manors. Etymology The name refers to a bridge over the River Mole, which was originally called the River Emel or Amele, a word possibly meaning 'misty' and later had the alternate form Emlyn; the bridge may have been between Hersham and Esher and specifically close to the crossing of today's A244 roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esher Urban District
Esher Urban District was an urban district in Surrey, England created by merging two urban districts and adding two parishes to the south-west. It existed from 1933 to 1974 and was governed by the elected Esher Urban District Council which shared local government functions with Surrey County Council. Its main building was the large town hall in Esher. Creation It was created following the Local Government Act 1929 as part of a county review order from: * East and West Molesey Urban District * Esher and the Dittons Urban District *From Epsom Rural District the civil parishes of Cobham and Stoke d'Abernon *Very small parts of Surbiton Urban District (15 acres) and Walton and Weybridge Urban District (3 acres) The district had eight wards, electing 33 councillors to Esher Urban District Council. Abolition The district was within the Metropolitan Police District and part of the review area of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London. It was proposed by the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Elmbridge
Elmbridge is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its principal towns and villages are Esher, Cobham, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Molesey. It directly borders the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the London Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Some areas of the borough form a continuation of the Greater London Built-up Area, formerly falling into the Metropolitan Police District. History of Local Authority and politics The borough shares a long boundary with Greater London—the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to the north, with which the border is formed by the Thames itself, and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to the east. Running anticlockwise from the northwest, Elmbridge borders the Surrey boroughs of Spelthorne, Runnymede, Woking, Guildford and Mole Valley. Elmbridge is almost entirely within the bounds of the M25 motorway. There is only one civil parish, Claygate, while the remainder of the area has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Government of 1970–74. Its pattern of two-tier metropolitan and non-metropolitan county and district councils remains in use today in large parts of England, although the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986, and both county and district councils have been replaced with unitary authorities in many areas since the 1990s. In Wales, too, the Act established a similar pattern of counties and districts, but these have since been entirely replaced with a system of unitary authorities. Elections were held to the new authorities in 1973, and they acted as "shadow authorities" until the handover date. Elections to county councils were held on 12 April, for metropolitan and Welsh districts on 10 May, and for non-metropolitan distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chertsey Rural District
Chertsey Rural District was a rural district in Surrey, England from 1894 to 1933. The rural district was the successor to the Chertsey Rural Sanitary District and originally comprised seven civil parishes of England, civil parishes. It did not include the town of Chertsey, which was an urban district in its own right. The district was reduced in size in 1907 and 1909 with the loss of two parishes to urban districts and finally abolished in 1933 when its constituent parishes were transferred to other districts under a Local Government Act 1929, county review order. The rural district as originally constituted, was in three parts, separated by other districts. The four parishes of Bisley, Chobham, Horsall and Windlesham formed a single block while the parish of Thorpe was a detached portion to the north-east and the parishes of Byfleet and Pyrford formed another detached block to the south-east. References External links * {{coord missing, United Kingdom 1933 disestabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byfleet
Byfleet is a village in Surrey, England. It is located in the far east of the borough of Woking, around east of West Byfleet, from which it is separated by the M25 motorway and the Wey Navigation. The village is of medieval origin. Its winding main street, High Road, contains old large public houses, a church and several timber-framed houses, as well as other 16th and 17th century houses with listed status. The former Brooklands motor racing circuit is located just to the north, while to the east, across the River Wey, is the former Silvermere estate, now a golf club. Byfleet is served by Byfleet & New Haw railway station, on the South West Main Line. In July 2012, its northern bypass hosted the long-distance cycling road races for the 2012 Summer Olympics. History The village was in the Godley hundred, a Saxon division for strategic and taxation purposes. Byfleet appears in Domesday Book as ''Byeflete''. It was held by Ulwin (Wulfwin) from Chertsey Abbey. Its domesday asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oatlands, Surrey
Oatlands is a village in the north of the English county of Surrey on low, verdant ridges partially overlooking the River Thames. Oatlands acquired its name from the Royal Tudor and Stuart Oatlands Palace, which was built for Henry VIII to the north of Weybridge town centre. Before acquiring its first place of worship it was part of Walton on Thames, and shortly after thereby becoming a village did not qualify for post town status and instead its post town became Weybridge. The towns it adjoins have their centres away. Oatlands has a park, parade of shops, one pub, one Working Men's Club, and three schools. Administratively its borough of Elmbridge electoral ward is Oatlands Park, and its Surrey electoral division is Walton South and Oatlands. Geography The village is elevated from the London Basin and has gentle slopes down to the old village in a slight dip and to Walton-on-Thames. The roads are characterised by many avenues and garden-fronted properties surrounded by par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In England
A gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's county, unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates. __NOTOC__ ;Location names beginning with A: * Location names beginning with Aa–Ak * Location names beginning with Al * Location names beginning with Am–Ar * Location names beginning with As–Az ;Location names beginning with B: * Location names beginning with Bab–Bal * Location names beginning with Bam–Bap * Location names beginning with Bar * Location names beginning with Bas–Baz * Location names beginning with Bea–Bem * Location names beginning with Ben–Bez * Location names beginning with Bi * Location names beginning with Bla–Blac * Location names beginning with Blad–Bly * Location names beginning with Boa–Bot * Location names beginning with Bou–Boz * Location names beginning with Bra * Location names beginning with Bre–Bri * Location names beginning with Bro–Bron * Location names beginning with Broo–Brt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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