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Angerton, Westmorland And Furness
Angerton is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It was historically part of the Furness portion of Lancashire. The parish includes a few houses, Angerton Hall, and Angerton Marsh. At the 2021 census, the population was 25. History Angerton, also called Angerton Moss, was historically an extra-parochial area within the Lonsdale Hundred of Lancashire. It was bounded on three sides by the parish of Kirkby Ireleth, and on the fourth (western) side by the estuary of the River Duddon. Angerton became a civil parish in 1858 under the Extra-Parochial Places Act 1857, which sought to eliminate such areas that lay outside any parish. When elected parish and district councils were established under the Local Government Act 1894, Angerton was included in the Ulverston Rural District, which was renamed North Lonsdale Rural District in 1960. Angerton was too small to qualify for a parish council, and so it had a parish meeting instead. North Lonsdal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland And Furness
Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal Port in Barrow-in-Furness, and agriculture in the rural parts of the area. The council area was formed on 1 April 2023, on the abolition of Cumbria County Council. The council covers the areas formerly served by the districts of Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow-in-Furness, Eden District, Eden, and South Lakeland, which also ceased to function. It includes all of the area of the historic county of Westmorland as well as the Furness district of historic Lancashire. It also incorporates a very small part of historic Yorkshire, together with about a quarter of the area of (but only 10% of the population of) the historic county of Cumberland. The other part of Cumbria, to the north and west, forms the unitary authority area of Cumberland (u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Act 1894
The Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888 ( 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41). The 1894 legislation introduced elected councils at district and parish level. The principal effects of the act were: *The creation a system of urban and rural districts with elected councils. These, along with the town councils of municipal boroughs created earlier in the century, formed a second tier of local government below the existing county councils. *The establishment of elected parish councils in rural areas. *The reform of the boards of guardians of poor law unions. *The entitlement of women who owned property to vote in local elections, become poor law guardians, and act on school boards. The new district councils were based on the existing urban and rural s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughton-in-Furness
Broughton in Furness is a market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 529 at the 2011 Census. It is located on the south western boundary of England's Lake District National Park, and in the Furness region, which was historically part of Lancashire. History Broughton in Furness is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun held by Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria. Dating from around the eleventh century, the original settlement grew to become the local market town for both fishing and agriculture. Wool was particularly important for the town's development. The town was given a charter in 1575. The Market Square was formally laid out in 1760 by John Gilpin Sawrey, the Lord of the Manor, who lived at Broughton Tower, a large mansion just a short distance from the Square. Key developments around the Market Square included the Old Town Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland And Furness Council
Westmorland and Furness Council is the Local government in England, local authority for Westmorland and Furness, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, being a non-metropolitan district, district council which also performs the functions of a non-metropolitan county, county council. The council has been under Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat majority control since its creation in 2023. It has its official headquarters at the Kendal Town Hall, Town Hall and adjoining South Lakeland House in Kendal, with additional offices in Barrow-in-Furness and Penrith, Cumbria, Penrith. History The district of Westmorland and Furness and its council were created in 2023. The district covers the combined area of the former districts of Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow-in-Furness, Eden District, Eden and South Lakeland. The new council took over the functions of the three former district counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unitary Authorities Of England
In England, a unitary authority or unitary council is a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area. They combine the functions of a non-metropolitan county council and a non-metropolitan district council, which elsewhere in England provide two tiers of local government. The district that is governed by a unitary authority is commonly referred to as a unitary authority area or unitary area. The terms unitary district and, for those which are coterminous with a county, unitary county are also sometimes used. The term unitary authority is also sometimes used to refer to the area governed, such as in the ISO 3166-2:GB standard defining a taxonomy for subdivisions of the UK, and in colloquial usage. Unitary authorities are constituted under the Local Government Act 1992, which amended the Local Government Act 1972 to allow the existence of non-metropolitan counties that do not have multiple districts. Most were established during the 1990s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite
Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It includes the village of Seathwaite and the hamlets of Cockley Beck, Hall Dunnerdale and Hoses. Dunnerdale is an alternative name for the Duddon Valley, and the parish covers the part of the valley east of the River Duddon. The parish is located north of Broughton in Furness, west of Kendal and south of Carlisle. History Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Ireleth, which formed part of the Lonsdale Hundred of Lancashire. The township took on civil functions under the poor laws from the 17th century onwards. As such, the township also became a civil parish in 1866, when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws. When elected parish and district councils were created under the Local Government Act 1894, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite was included in the Ulverston Rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughton West
Broughton West is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is based around the small town of Broughton-in-Furness, for which Broughton West was historically an alternative name. The parish also includes the small village of Foxfield, Cumbria, Foxfield, and the hamlets of Bank End, Lower Hawthwaite and Broughton Mills. History Broughton was historically a Township (England), township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Ireleth, which formed part of the Lonsdale Hundred of Lancashire. The township was known as "Broughton West" or "Broughton-in-Furness", to distinguish it from the other township in Lonsdale Hundred called Broughton, to the east, which was also known as Broughton-in-Cartmel or Broughton East. St Mary Magdalene's Church, Broughton-in-Furness, St Mary Magdalene's Church at Broughton-in-Furness, although dating back to at least the 12th century, was a chapel of ease to St Cuthbert's Church at Kirkby Ireleth until 1870, when an ecclesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grouped Parish Council
A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government. Parish councils are elected corporate bodies, with variable tax raising powers, and they carry out beneficial public activities in geographical areas known as civil parishes. There are about 10,480 parish and town councils in England. Parish councils may be known by different styles, they may resolve to call themselves a town council, village council, community council, neighbourhood council, or if the parish has city status, it may call itself a city council. However their powers and duties are the same whatever name they carry.Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 Parish councils receive the majority of their funding by levying a precept upon the council tax paid by the residents of the parish (or parishes) covered by the council. In 2021-22 the amount raised by precept was £616 million. Other funding may be obtained by local fund-raising or grant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Lakeland
South Lakeland was a local government district in Cumbria, England, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in Kendal. The district covered the southern part of the Lake District region, as well as northwestern parts of the Yorkshire Dales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the district was 103,658, an increase from 102,301 at the 2001 Census. The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was formed from the Kendal borough, Windermere urban district, most of Lakes urban district, South Westmorland Rural District, from Westmorland, Grange and Ulverston urban districts and North Lonsdale Rural District from Lancashire, and Sedbergh Rural District from the West Riding of Yorkshire. In April 2023, Cumbria was reorganised into two unitary authorities. South Lakeland District Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority. Governance Elections to the district council were hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish Meeting
A parish meeting is a meeting all the electors in a civil parish in England are entitled to attend. In some cases, where a parish or group of parishes has fewer than 200 electors, the parish meeting can take on the role of a parish council, with statutory powers, and electing a chairman and clerk to act on the meeting's behalf. Every parish in England has a parish meeting. Function Parish meetings are a form of direct democracy, which is uncommon in the United Kingdom, which primarily uses representative democracy. In England, the annual parish meeting of a parish with a parish council must take place between 1 March and 1 June, both dates inclusive, and must take place no earlier than 6pm. In areas where there is a parish council, the chairman of the parish council shall chair the parish meeting, and the parish meeting has none of the powers listed in the next section of this article. It acts only as an annual democratic point of communication. Powers where there is no parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Lonsdale Rural District
{{coord, 54.291, -3.062, display=title, region:GB_scale:200000 North Lonsdale was a rural district in the county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 as the Ulverston Rural District, and was renamed in 1960. It covered all of North Lonsdale (the exclave of Lancashire north of Morecambe Bay), apart from the towns of Barrow-in-Furness, Dalton-in-Furness, Grange and Ulverston. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was combined with Grange and Ulverston, along with districts from other counties, to form the district of South Lakeland in Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash .... References *http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002904&c_id=10001043 History of Lancashire Geography of Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra-Parochial Places Act 1857
In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no church or clergymen and were therefore exempt from payment of poor or church rates and usually tithes. They were formed for a variety of reasons, often because an area was unpopulated or unsuitable for agriculture, but also around institutions and buildings or natural resources. Extra-parochial areas caused considerable problems when they became inhabited as they did not provide religious facilities, local governance or provide for the relief of the poor. Their status was often ambiguous and there was demand for extra-parochial areas to operate more like parishes. Following the introduction of the New Poor Law, extra-parochial areas were effectively made civil parishes by the ''Extra-Parochial Places Act 1857'' and were eliminated by the Poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
