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In [[England and Wales]], '''charter trustees''' are set up to maintain the continuity of a [[town charter]] or [[city charter]] after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a [[Parish councils in England|parish council]] is established. Duties are limited to ceremonial activities such as the election of a [[Mayors in the United Kingdom|mayor]], and various other functions depending upon local customs and laws.
In [[England]] and [[Wales]], '''charter trustees''' are set up to maintain the continuity of a [[town charter]] or [[city charter]] after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a [[Parish councils in England|civil parish council]] or in larger settlements, a [[town council]] is established. Duties are limited to ceremonial activities such as the election of a [[Mayors in the United Kingdom|mayor]], and various other functions depending upon local customs and laws.


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.
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.


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. The charter trustees of [[Lowestoft]] failed to nominate any candidate for the office of town mayor for several years until a change of political control in 2003, the trustees being effectively in abeyance.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
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.


Since 2021 there have been sixteen towns in England which continue to appoint charter trustees.
As of 2023, there are nineteen areas in England which continue to appoint charter trustees.


==History==
==History==
===Local Government Act 1972===
===Local Government Act 1972===
{{main|Local Government Act 1972}}


The original bodies of charter trustees were set up in 1974, under section 246 of the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. The concept was introduced into the Bill by a government amendment in September 1972.<ref>{{cite hansard|house=House of Lords|date=1972-09-22|column_start=1494|column_end=1496}}</ref>
The original bodies of charter trustees were set up in 1974, under section 246 of the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. The concept was introduced into the Bill by a government amendment in September 1972.<ref>{{cite hansard|house=House of Lords|date=1972-09-22|column_start=1494|column_end=1496}}</ref>
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===Charter Trustees Act 1985===
===Charter Trustees Act 1985===
{{Infobox UK legislation

| short_title = Charter Trustees Act 1985
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = 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 borough.
| year = 1985
| citation = 1985 c. 45
| introduced_commons =
| introduced_lords =
| territorial_extent = England and Wales
| royal_assent = 16 July 1985
| commencement = 16 July 1985
| expiry_date =
| repeal_date =
| amends = [[Local Government Act 1972]]
| replaces =
| amendments =
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| related_legislation =
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| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/45/enacted
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| UK-LEG_title = Charter Trustees Act 1985
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Originally, under section 246(7), when the [[Districts of England|district]] in which a town for which charter trustees had been established gained the status of a [[borough]], the trustees would be immediately dissolved. Some new district councils petitioned for borough status soon after 1 April 1974, quickly dissolving the charter trustees.
Originally, under section 246(7), when the [[Districts of England|district]] in which a town for which charter trustees had been established gained the status of a [[borough]], the trustees would be immediately dissolved. Some new district councils petitioned for borough status soon after 1 April 1974, quickly dissolving the charter trustees.


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===Local Government Act 1992===
===Local Government Act 1992===
{{main|Local Government Act 1992}}


Legislation passed in 1992 led to the establishment of [[Local Government Commission for England (1992)|Local Government Commission]] 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 where an outgoing council requested their establishment. The failure of the extinguished [[City of Rochester-upon-Medway]] council to appoint charter trustees for [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]] or to apply for Rochester's [[list of cities in the United Kingdom|city status]] to be transferred to the replacement [[unitary authority]] of [[Medway]] led to Rochester losing its [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]].
Legislation passed in 1992 led to the establishment of a [[Local Government Commission for England (1992)|Local Government Commission]] 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 where an outgoing council requested their establishment. The failure of the extinguished [[City of Rochester-upon-Medway]] council to appoint charter trustees for [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]] or to apply for Rochester's [[list of cities in the United Kingdom|city status]] to be transferred to the replacement [[unitary authority]] of [[Medway]] led to Rochester losing its [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]].


Some abolished boroughs such as [[Beverley (borough)|Beverley]] 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.
Some abolished boroughs such as [[Beverley (borough)|Beverley]] 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.


===Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007===
===Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007===
{{main|Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007}}


A further wave of [[2009 structural changes to local government in England|reorganisations]] came into effect in some areas of England on 1 April 2009, under the terms of the [[Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007]]. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090467_en_1 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100402154621/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090467_en_1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2010 |title=The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009 |accessdate=14 March 2009 |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]] |date=10 March 2009 }}</ref>
A further wave of [[2009 structural changes to local government in England|reorganisations]] came into effect in some areas of England on 1 April 2009, under the terms of the [[Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007]]. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090467_en_1 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100402154621/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090467_en_1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2010 |title=The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009 |accessdate=14 March 2009 |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]] |date=10 March 2009 }}</ref>


==List==
==List==

=== Current ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name of Charter Trustees
!class=unsortable|Area when established
!Local Government Area
!Ceremonial County
!Created
!class=unsortable|Website
|-
|[[Barrow-in-Furness]]
|The wards of Barrow Island, Central, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North and Walney South.
|[[Westmorland and Furness]]
|[[Cumbria]]
|2023<ref name="cumbria">{{Cite web |title=The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/187/schedule/made}}</ref>
|
|-
|City of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
|City of Bath district (1974-1996)
|[[Bath and North East Somerset]]
|[[Somerset]]
|1996<ref name="ct1996">{{cite web |year=1996 |title=The Charter Trustees Regulations 1996 |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960263_en_1.htm |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information}}</ref>
|[https://mayorofbath.co.uk/]
|-
|[[Bournemouth]]
|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, West Southbourne, Westbourne and West Cliff, Winton East and the unparished part of the ward of Strouden Park.
|[[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole]]
|[[Dorset]]
|2019<ref name="Dorset">[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/615/schedule/made The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019]</ref>
|
|-
|City of [[Carlisle]]
|The wards of Belah and 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.
|[[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]]
|[[Cumbria]]
|2023<ref name="cumbria" />
|
|-
|City of [[County Borough of Chester|Chester]]
|The wards of Blacon, Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross, Broxton, City, Gowy, Hoole and Newton, Mickle Trafford, Overleigh and Upton.
|[[Cheshire West and Chester]]
|[[Cheshire]]
|2009<ref name="lgsc2009">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090837_en_1 |accessdate=2009-12-19 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information}}</ref>
|[https://lordmayorchester.co.uk/]
|-
|City of [[Durham, England|Durham]]
|The electoral divisions of Belmont, Brandon, Coxhoe, Deerness Valley, Durham South, Elvet, Framwellgate Moor, Gilesgate, Neville’s Cross, Newton Hall and Sherburn
|[[County Durham (district)|County Durham]]
|[[County Durham]]
|2009<ref name="lgsc2009" />
|
|-
|[[Cleethorpes]]
|Unparished area of the [[Borough of Cleethorpes]]
|[[North East Lincolnshire]]
|[[Lincolnshire]]
|1996<ref name="ct1996" />
|
|-
|[[Retford|East Retford]]
|The [[Municipal Borough of East Retford]]
|[[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
|[[Nottinghamshire]]
|1974
|[https://eastretfordchartertrustees.co.uk/]
|-
|[[Ellesmere Port]]
|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 and Neston Borough Council.
|[[Cheshire West and Chester]]
|[[Cheshire]]
|2009<ref name="lgsc2009" />
|
|-
|[[Grantham]]
|The Municipal Borough of Grantham
|[[South Kesteven]]
|[[Lincolnshire]]
|1974
|
|-
|[[Great Grimsby]]
|Borough of [[Great Grimsby (borough)|Great Grimsby]]
|[[North East Lincolnshire]]
|[[Lincolnshire]]
|1996<ref name="ct1996" />
|
|-
|[[Harrogate]]
|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, 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.
|[[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]]
|[[North Yorkshire]]
|2023<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/328/schedule/2/made?view=plain}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[High Wycombe]]
|The [[Municipal Borough of High Wycombe]]
|[[Wycombe (district)|Wycombe]]
|[[Buckinghamshire]]
|1974
|[https://www.mayorofhighwycombe.co.uk/]
|-
|[[Mansfield]]
|The [[Municipal Borough of Mansfield]]
|[[Mansfield (district)|Mansfield district]]
|[[Nottinghamshire]]
|1974
|
|-
|[[Margate]]
|The [[Municipal Borough of Margate]]
|[[Thanet District|Thanet]]
|[[Kent]]
|1974
|[https://www.margate.org.uk/]
|-
|[[Poole]]
|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.
|[[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole]]
|[[Dorset]]
|2019<ref name="Dorset" />
|
|-
|[[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]]
|The wards of Woodlands, Northstead, Castle, Weaponness and Ramshill, Falsgrave and Stepney and the unparished part of the ward of Eastfield.
|[[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]]
|[[North Yorkshire]]
|2023<ref name=":1" />
|
|-
|[[Scunthorpe]]
|[[Borough of Scunthorpe]]
|[[North Lincolnshire]]
|[[Lincolnshire]]
|1996<ref name="ct1996" />
|
|-
|[[Worksop]]
|The [[Municipal Borough of Worksop]]
|[[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
|[[Nottinghamshire]]
|1974
|[https://www.worksopchartertrustees.co.uk/]
|}

=== Former ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
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!Successor district
!Successor district
!County in 1974
!County in 1974
!Website
!Created
!Created
!Parished/abolished
!Parished/abolished
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|[[Test Valley|Test Valley District]]
|[[Test Valley|Test Valley District]]
|[[Hampshire]]
|[[Hampshire]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Test Valley<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=6395 |title=Test Valley Mayors and District Council Chairmen since 1973 |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher=Test Valley Borough Council |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613220133/http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=6395 |archivedate=2011-06-13 }}</ref>
|abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Test Valley<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=6395 |title=Test Valley Mayors and District Council Chairmen since 1973 |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher=Test Valley Borough Council |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613220133/http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=6395 |archivedate=2011-06-13 }}</ref>
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|[[Aylesbury Vale]]
|[[Aylesbury Vale]]
|[[Buckinghamshire]]
|[[Buckinghamshire]]
|[http://www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/guide/Mayoralty%20In%20Aylesbury%20-%20History.pdf |title=The History of Mayoralty in Aylesbury |accessdate=2009-02-23 |publisher=Aylesbury town Council |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717162004/http://www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/guide/Mayoralty%20In%20Aylesbury%20-%20History.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-17 }}</ref>
|parished 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/guide/Mayoralty%20In%20Aylesbury%20-%20History.pdf |title=The History of Mayoralty in Aylesbury |accessdate=2009-02-23 |publisher=Aylesbury town Council |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717162004/http://www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/guide/Mayoralty%20In%20Aylesbury%20-%20History.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-17 }}</ref>
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|[[Cherwell (district)|Cherwell]]
|[[Cherwell (district)|Cherwell]]
|[[Oxfordshire]]
|[[Oxfordshire]]
|[http://www.banbury.gov.uk]
|1974
|1974
|parished 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.banbury.gov.uk/index.asp |title=Banbury Town Council |accessdate=2009-02-28 |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312074251/http://banbury.gov.uk/index.asp |archivedate=2009-03-12 }}</ref>
|parished 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.banbury.gov.uk/index.asp |title=Banbury Town Council |accessdate=2009-02-28 |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312074251/http://banbury.gov.uk/index.asp |archivedate=2009-03-12 }}</ref>
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|[[Basingstoke and Deane|Basingstoke District]]
|[[Basingstoke and Deane|Basingstoke District]]
|Hampshire
|Hampshire
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1978, successor the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47453 |date=2 February 1978 |page=1397 }}</ref>
|abolished 1978, successor the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47453 |date=2 February 1978 |page=1397 }}</ref>
|-
|City of [[County Borough of Bath|Bath]]
|[[Bath and North East Somerset]]
|[[Avon (county)|Avon]]
|[http://www.mayorofbath.co.uk/the-charter-trustees-of-the-city-of-bath ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602072939/http://www.mayorofbath.co.uk/the-charter-trustees-of-the-city-of-bath |date=2019-06-02 }}
|1996<ref name=ct1996>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960263_en_1.htm |title=The Charter Trustees Regulations 1996 |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |year=1996 }}</ref>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Bedford]]
|[[Bedford]]
|[[Borough of Bedford|Bedford]] District
|[[Borough of Bedford|Bedford]] District
|[[Bedfordshire]]
|[[Bedfordshire]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of North Bedfordshire<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46725 |date=31 October 1975 |page=13813}}</ref>
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of North Bedfordshire<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46725 |date=31 October 1975 |page=13813}}</ref>
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|[[East Riding of Yorkshire]]
|[[East Riding of Yorkshire]]
|[[Humberside]]
|[[Humberside]]
|1996<ref name="ct1996" />
|[http://www.beverley.gov.uk/pages/page.asp]
|1996<ref name=ct1996/>
|parished 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beverley.gov.uk/Contents/Text/Index.asp?SiteId=476&SiteExtra=19749316&TopNavId=426&NavSideId=10759 |title=Beverley Town Council |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher= |date= }}</ref>
|parished 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beverley.gov.uk/Contents/Text/Index.asp?SiteId=476&SiteExtra=19749316&TopNavId=426&NavSideId=10759 |title=Beverley Town Council |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher= |date= }}</ref>
|-
|-
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|[[Rother District|Rother]]
|[[Rother District|Rother]]
|[[East Sussex]]
|[[East Sussex]]
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 2021<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rother District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Bexhill-on-Sea) Order 2021 |date=2021 |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Resources/Local%20Government%20Orders/South%20East/East%20Sussex/The%20Rother%20District%20Council%20(Reorganisation%20of%20Community%20Governance)%20(Bexhill-on-Sea)%20Order%202021.pdf |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>
|parished 2021<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rother District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Bexhill-on-Sea) Order 2021 |date=2021 |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Resources/Local%20Government%20Orders/South%20East/East%20Sussex/The%20Rother%20District%20Council%20(Reorganisation%20of%20Community%20Governance)%20(Bexhill-on-Sea)%20Order%202021.pdf |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216071049/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Resources/Local%20Government%20Orders/South%20East/East%20Sussex/The%20Rother%20District%20Council%20(Reorganisation%20of%20Community%20Governance)%20(Bexhill-on-Sea)%20Order%202021.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[County Borough of Bootle|Bootle]]
|[[County Borough of Bootle|Bootle]]
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
|[[Merseyside]]
|[[Merseyside]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
|abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
|-
|[[County Borough of Bournemouth|Bournemouth]]
|
|[[Dorset]]
|
|2019<ref name=Dorset/>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Bridgwater]]
|[[Bridgwater]]
|[[Sedgemoor]]
|[[Sedgemoor]]
|[[Somerset]]
|[[Somerset]]
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 2003
|parished 2003
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|[[East Staffordshire]]
|[[East Staffordshire]]
|[[Staffordshire]]
|[[Staffordshire]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1992 when [[East Staffordshire]] became a [[borough]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=12336&strquery=East%20Staffordshire#s22|title=Burton-upon-Trent: Local government &#124; British History Online}}</ref>
|abolished 1992 when [[East Staffordshire]] became a [[borough]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=12336&strquery=East%20Staffordshire#s22|title=Burton-upon-Trent: Local government &#124; British History Online}}</ref>
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|[[Chelmsford (borough)|Chelmsford]] District
|[[Chelmsford (borough)|Chelmsford]] District
|[[Essex]]
|[[Essex]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1977, successor the Borough of Chelmsford<ref name=changes75-78>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320000302/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/17523/change-bulletin-1975-1978.pdf|title=Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1975-1978|publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]]|archivedate=20 March 2022|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/17523/change-bulletin-1975-1978.pdf|access-date=2 June 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
|abolished, 1975, successor the Borough of Chelmsford
|-
|City of [[County Borough of Chester|Chester]]
|[[Cheshire West and Chester]]
|[[Cheshire]]
|
|2009<ref name=lgsc2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090837_en_1 |title=The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 |accessdate=2009-12-19 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |year=2009 }}</ref>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Chippenham, Wiltshire|Chippenham]]
|[[Chippenham, Wiltshire|Chippenham]]
|[[North Wiltshire]]
|[[North Wiltshire]]
|[[Wiltshire]]
|[[Wiltshire]]
|[http://www.chippenham.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1984<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chippenham.gov.uk/files/Past%20Mayors/CHIPPENHAM%20%20MAYORS.doc |title=Chippenham Mayors |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher=Chippenham Town Council |year=2008 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
|parished 1984<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chippenham.gov.uk/files/Past%20Mayors/CHIPPENHAM%20%20MAYORS.doc |title=Chippenham Mayors |accessdate=2009-02-28 |publisher=Chippenham Town Council |year=2008 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
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|[[Borough of Cleethorpes|Cleethorpes District]]
|[[Borough of Cleethorpes|Cleethorpes District]]
|Humberside
|Humberside
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Cleethorpes
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Cleethorpes
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes|Cleethorpes]]
|[[North East Lincolnshire]]
|Humberside
|
|1996<ref name=ct1996/>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Colne]]
|[[Colne]]
|[[Borough of Pendle|Pendle district]]
|[[Borough of Pendle|Pendle district]]
|[[Lancashire]]
|[[Lancashire]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Pendle
|abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Pendle
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|[[Cheshire East]]
|[[Cheshire East]]
|Cheshire
|Cheshire
|2009<ref name="lgsc2009" />
|
|2009<ref name=lgsc2009/>
|parished 2013
|parished 2013
|-
|-
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|[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
|Merseyside
|Merseyside
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
|abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
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|[[Dartford (borough)|Dartford district]]
|[[Dartford (borough)|Dartford district]]
|[[Kent]]
|[[Kent]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1977, successor the Borough of Dartford
|abolished 1977, successor the Borough of Dartford
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|[[Daventry (district)|Daventry district]]
|[[Daventry (district)|Daventry district]]
|[[Northamptonshire]]
|[[Northamptonshire]]
|[http://www.daventrytowncouncil.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 2003
|parished 2003
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|[[Dover (district)|Dover district]]
|[[Dover (district)|Dover district]]
|Kent
|Kent
|[http://www.deal.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1996
|parished 1996
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|[[Dover (district)|Dover district]]
|[[Dover (district)|Dover district]]
|Kent
|Kent
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 1996
|parished 1996
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|[[South Bedfordshire]]
|[[South Bedfordshire]]
|Bedfordshire
|Bedfordshire
|[http://dunstable.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1985
|parished 1985
|-
|City of [[Durham and Framwelgate]]
|
|[[County Durham]]
|
|2009<ref name=lgsc2009/>
|extant
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of East Retford|East Retford]]
|[[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
|Nottinghamshire
|
|1974
|extant
|-
|[[Ellesmere Port]]
|Cheshire West and Chester
|Cheshire
|
|2009<ref name=lgsc2009/>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Folkestone]]
|[[Folkestone]]
|[[Folkestone and Hythe (District)|Shepway]]
|[[Folkestone and Hythe (District)|Shepway]]
|Kent
|Kent
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 2004
|parished 2004
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|[[Boothferry (district)|Boothferry]]
|[[Boothferry (district)|Boothferry]]
|Humberside
|Humberside
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1978, successor the Borough of Boothferry. The area was parished in 1983.<ref name="ch8283">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320002208/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/17510/alteration-of-areas-and-status-of-authorities-1982-1983.pdf|title=Alteration to Areas and Status of Local Authorities 1982-83|publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]]|archivedate=20 March 2022|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/17510/alteration-of-areas-and-status-of-authorities-1982-1983.pdf|access-date=2 June 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
|abolished 1978, successor the Borough of Boothferry
|-
|[[Grantham]]
|[[South Kesteven]]
|[[Lincolnshire]]
|
|1974
|extant
|-
|[[Great Grimsby]]
|[[North East Lincolnshire]]
|Humberside
|
|1996<ref name=ct1996/>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Hemel Hempstead]]
|[[Hemel Hempstead]]
|[[Dacorum|Dacorum District]]
|[[Dacorum|Dacorum District]]
|[[Hertfordshire]]
|[[Hertfordshire]]
|
|1974
|1974
|Abolished 1984, successor the Borough of Dacorum<ref name=>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320000523/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/17513/bulletin84-85.pdf|title=Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1984-1985|publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]]|archivedate=20 March 2022|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/17513/bulletin84-85.pdf|access-date=2 June 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
|Abolished 1986, successor the Borough of Dacorum
|-
|-
|City of [[Hereford]]
|City of [[Hereford]]
|[[Herefordshire]]
|[[Herefordshire]]
|[[Herefordshire]]
|[[Herefordshire]]
|1998<ref name="cth1998">{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19980582.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20050725230000/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19980582.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-25 |title=The Charter Trustees (Hereford) Order 1998 |accessdate=2009-12-19 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |year=1998 }}</ref>
|[http://www.herefordcitycouncil.gov.uk/]
|1998<ref name=cth1998>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19980582.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20050725230000/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19980582.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-25 |title=The Charter Trustees (Hereford) Order 1998 |accessdate=2009-12-19 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |year=1998 }}</ref>
|parished 2000
|parished 2000
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of High Wycombe|High Wycombe]]
|[[Wycombe (district)|Wycombe]]
|Buckinghamshire
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20040511061336/http://www.mayorofwycombe.co.uk/]
|1974
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of Ilkeston|Ilkeston]]
|[[Municipal Borough of Ilkeston|Ilkeston]]
|[[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]]
|[[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]]
|[[Derbyshire]]
|[[Derbyshire]]
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Erewash
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Erewash
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|[[Wyre Forest (district)|Wyre Forest]]
|[[Wyre Forest (district)|Wyre Forest]]
|[[Worcestershire]]
|[[Worcestershire]]
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 2016
|parished 2016
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|[[King's Lynn and West Norfolk|West Norfolk district]]
|[[King's Lynn and West Norfolk|West Norfolk district]]
|[[Norfolk]]
|[[Norfolk]]
|
|1974
|1974
|Abolished 1981, successor the Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
|Abolished 1981, successor the Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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|[[Lichfield (district)|Lichfield district]]
|[[Lichfield (district)|Lichfield district]]
|Staffordshire
|Staffordshire
|[http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1980
|parished 1980
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|[[Waveney District|Waveney]]
|[[Waveney District|Waveney]]
|[[Suffolk]]
|[[Suffolk]]
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 2017
|parished 2017
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|[[New Forest (district)|New Forest district]]
|[[New Forest (district)|New Forest district]]
|Hampshire
|Hampshire
|
|1974
|1974
|parished (as four parishes) 1979
|parished (as four parishes) 1979
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|Cheshire East
|Cheshire East
|Cheshire
|Cheshire
|2009<ref name="lgsc2009" />
|
|2009<ref name=lgsc2009/>
|parished 2015
|parished 2015
|-
|-
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|[[Maldon (district)|Maldon]]
|[[Maldon (district)|Maldon]]
|Essex
|Essex
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060106165657/http://www.maldon.info/maldontc/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1987
|parished 1987
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of Mansfield|Mansfield]]
|[[Mansfield (district)|Mansfield district]]
|Nottinghamshire
|
|1974
|extant
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of Margate|Margate]]
|[[Thanet District|Thanet]]
|Kent
|[http://www.margate.org.uk/]
|1974
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]]
|[[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]]
|[[Borough of Pendle|Pendle district]]
|[[Borough of Pendle|Pendle district]]
|Lancashire
|Lancashire
|
|1974
|1974
|Abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Pendle
|Abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Pendle
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|[[Newark and Sherwood|Newark district]]
|[[Newark and Sherwood|Newark district]]
|Nottinghamshire
|Nottinghamshire
|[http://www.newark.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1980
|parished 1980
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|[[West Berkshire]]
|[[West Berkshire]]
|[[Berkshire]]
|[[Berkshire]]
|[http://www.newbury.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1997
|parished 1997
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|[[Penwith]]
|[[Penwith]]
|[[Cornwall]]
|[[Cornwall]]
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 1980
|parished 1980
|-
|[[Poole]]
|
|Dorset
|
|2019<ref name=Dorset/>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Queenborough-in-Sheppey]]
|[[Queenborough-in-Sheppey]]
|[[Borough of Swale|Swale district]]
|[[Borough of Swale|Swale district]]
|Kent
|Kent
|
|1974
|1974
|Parished (as four parishes) in 1982<ref name="ch8283"/>
|parished 1976?
|-
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of Ramsgate|Ramsgate]]
|[[Municipal Borough of Ramsgate|Ramsgate]]
|[[Thanet District|Thanet]]
|[[Thanet District|Thanet]]
|Kent
|Kent
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20091008014830/http://www.ramsgatetc.kentparishes.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thanet.gov.uk/docs/District%20of%20Thanet_Reorganisation%20of%20Community%20Governance.doc |title=District of Thanet (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2009 |accessdate=2009-12-19 |publisher=Thanet District Council |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716143145/http://www.thanet.gov.uk/docs/District%20of%20Thanet_Reorganisation%20of%20Community%20Governance.doc |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
|parished 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thanet.gov.uk/docs/District%20of%20Thanet_Reorganisation%20of%20Community%20Governance.doc |title=District of Thanet (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2009 |accessdate=2009-12-19 |publisher=Thanet District Council |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716143145/http://www.thanet.gov.uk/docs/District%20of%20Thanet_Reorganisation%20of%20Community%20Governance.doc |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
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|[[Warwick (district)|Warwick district]]
|[[Warwick (district)|Warwick district]]
|Warwickshire
|Warwickshire
|[http://www.leamingtonspatowncouncil.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 2002
|parished 2002
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|[[Tunbridge Wells (borough)|Tunbridge Wells district]]
|[[Tunbridge Wells (borough)|Tunbridge Wells district]]
|Kent
|Kent
|
|1974
|1974
|Abolished 1974, successor the Borough of Tunbridge Wells
|Abolished 1974, successor the Borough of Tunbridge Wells
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|[[Salisbury (district)|Salisbury district]]
|[[Salisbury (district)|Salisbury district]]
|Wiltshire
|Wiltshire
|[http://www.salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 2009
|parished 2009
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe|Scunthorpe]]
|[[North Lincolnshire]]
|Humberside
|
|1996<ref name=ct1996/>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[County Borough of Southport|Southport]]
|[[County Borough of Southport|Southport]]
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
|Merseyside
|Merseyside
|
|1974
|1974
|abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
|abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
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|[[Taunton Deane|Taunton Deane District]]
|[[Taunton Deane|Taunton Deane District]]
|Somerset
|Somerset
|1974, re-established 2019
|
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Taunton Deane. Parished 1 April 2023 (Taunton Town Council)
|1974
|abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Taunton Deane
|-
|[[Taunton]]
|
|Somerset
|
|2019<ref name=Dorset/>
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Weston-super-Mare]]
|[[Weston-super-Mare]]
|[[North Somerset|Woodspring]] (now North Somerset)
|[[North Somerset|Woodspring]] (now North Somerset)
|Avon
|Avon
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20040509055303/http://www.weston-super-maretowncouncil.gov.uk/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 2000
|parished 2000
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|[[Allerdale]]
|[[Allerdale]]
|Cumbria
|Cumbria
|
|1974
|1974
|parished 1982
|parished 1982
|-
|[[Municipal Borough of Worksop|Worksop]]
|[[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
|Nottinghamshire
|
|1974
|extant
|-
|-
|[[Yeovil]]
|[[Yeovil]]
|[[South Somerset|Yeovil district]] (now South Somerset)
|[[South Somerset|Yeovil district]] (now South Somerset)
|Somerset
|Somerset
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20040430095359/http://www.yeoviltown.com/Static/Town_Council/]
|1974
|1974
|parished 1984
|parished 1984
|}
|}


==Changes in April 2009==
==Changes==


=== 2009 ===
The [[2009 structural changes to local government in England|structural changes to local government in 2009]] affected charter trustees. Trustees were formed in a number of new unitary authorities to preserve the mayoralty and civic traditions of abolished boroughs. At the same time, the charter trustees of Salisbury were dissolved on the parishing of the area.
The [[2009 structural changes to local government in England|structural changes to local government in 2009]] led to the formation of Charter Trustees for Crewe, Macclesfield, Chester and Ellsemere Port.<ref name="2009order">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/draft/ukdsi_9780111475096_en_5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101218004758/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/draft/ukdsi_9780111475096_en_5 |archive-date=2010-12-18 |accessdate=2009-03-14 |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]]}}</ref> The Charter Trustees for Crewe and Macclesfield were subsequently abolished and replaced by parishes.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!New Authority
!Boroughs or cities abolished
!Charter trustees formed
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Cheshire East]]
|Borough of [[Congleton (borough)|Congleton]]
|Borough is completely parished. Charters and civic property likely to pass to Congleton Town Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlineservices.congleton.gov.uk/minutes/Published/C00000102/M00002342/AI00003005/$Executive81008CivilandCeremonial.docA.ps.pdf |title=Congleton Borough Council and Cheshire East Council - Civic and Ceremonial Arrangements |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=Congleton Borough Council |date=8 October 2008 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|Borough of [[Crewe and Nantwich]]
| Charter Trustees for [[Crewe]].<br>(The ward of Crewe East and the unparished parts of the wards of Crewe West, Crewe North, and Crewe South.)<ref name=2009order>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/draft/ukdsi_9780111475096_en_5 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101218004758/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/draft/ukdsi_9780111475096_en_5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-18 |title=The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 |accessdate=2009-03-14 |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]] |year=2009 }}</ref>
|-
|Borough of [[Macclesfield (borough)|Macclesfield]]
| Charter Trustees for Macclesfield.<br>(Wards of Broken Cross, Macclesfield Town, Macclesfield West, and the unparished parts of the wards of Macclesfield Forest, and Prestbury and Tytherington).<ref name=2009order/>
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Cheshire West and Chester]]
|City of [[Chester (district)|Chester]]
| Charter Trustees for the City of Chester, with lord mayoralty preserved.<br>(area identical to abolished [[Chester (district)|City of Chester District]])<ref name=2009order/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/cwac/vr.nsf/AllByUniqueIdentifier/DOCA476E38AD32783BD8025753900429100/$file/Senior%20Manager%20Electoral%20and%20Civic%20Services%20Job%20Desc.pdf |title=Job Description, Senior Manager Electoral and Civic Services |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=Cheshire West and Chester Council |date= }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|Borough of [[Ellesmere Port and Neston]]
| Charter Trustees for [[Ellesmere Port]] formed as a temporary measure before creation of town council.<ref name=2009order/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ellesmereport-neston.gov.uk/Ellesmere%20Port%20and%20Neston%20Borough%20Council/Committee%20documents/ReportItemNo.09CivicandCeremonialIssues.pdf |title=Civic and Ceremonial Issues |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council |date=24 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721020957/http://www.ellesmereport-neston.gov.uk/Ellesmere%20Port%20and%20Neston%20Borough%20Council/Committee%20documents/ReportItemNo.09CivicandCeremonialIssues.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-21 }}</ref><ref>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 and Neston Borough Council</ref>
|-
|Borough of [[Vale Royal]]
| Borough is entirely parished.
|-
|[[Cornwall]]
|Borough of [[Restormel]]
| No action was taken, and borough status ceased on 31 March 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncdc.gov.uk/media/docs/7/3/Civic_Ceremonial_Issues_in_Cornwall_P1.doc |title=Civic Ceremonial Issues in Cornwall |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=One Cornwall Implementation Executive |date=18 September 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[County Durham]]
| City of [[Durham, England|Durham]]
| Charter trustees for the City of Durham<ref name=2009order/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/pressrel.nsf/vWeb/FC89FE0F225232268025756A00445451 |title=Council Agrees Cost of Keeping City's 407 Year-Old Tradition |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=Durham County Council |date=27 February 2009 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> <br>(area identical to abolished [[Durham (district)|City of Durham local government district]])
|-
| Borough of [[Sedgefield (borough)|Sedgefield]]
| Privileges and rights relating to the borough charter transferred to Sedgefield Town Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/etech/DCCMinutes.nsf/375078fce317fabb80256aef003c01ac/a45c108bcb035bad802574aa004f06d4?OpenDocument |title=Ceremonial Issues arising from Local Government Review |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=Durham County Council |date=28 August 2008 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226072654/http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/etech/DCCMinutes.nsf/375078fce317fabb80256aef003c01ac/a45c108bcb035bad802574aa004f06d4?OpenDocument%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Northumberland]]
| Borough of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed (borough)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]
| Civic functions of the Mayoralty and Shrievalty and all associated regalia were transferred to Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council (created 1 April 2008).<ref name=northumberlandrv>{{cite web|url=http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/%5Cdrftp%5C17911.asp |title=Ceremonial Rights and Privileges |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=Joint Transition Forum, Northumberland County Council |date=30 June 2008 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| Borough of [[Blyth Valley]]
| Area divided into three parishes of Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Councillor/Upload/CDocs/853_M183.doc |title=Creation of Parish Councils in South East Northumberland |accessdate=2009-02-27 |publisher=Joint Transition Forum, Northumberland County Council |date=8 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726044716/http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Councillor/Upload/CDocs/853_M183.doc |archivedate=26 July 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| Borough of [[Castle Morpeth]]
| The borough is entirely parished.
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Shropshire]]
| Borough of [[Oswestry (borough)|Oswestry]]
| The borough is entirely parished.
|-
| Borough of [[Shrewsbury and Atcham]]
| Shrewsbury Town Council formed 1 April 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shropshireandtelfordartspartnership.org.uk/shrewsburytowncouncil |title=Shrewsbury Town Council |accessdate=2009-05-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512013350/http://www.shropshireandtelfordartspartnership.org.uk/shrewsburytowncouncil |archivedate=2009-05-12 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Wiltshire]]
| [[Salisbury (district)|Salisbury]] District
| Existing charter trustees of the City of New Sarum will be dissolved with the creation of civil parish and [[Salisbury City Council]] in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web | title=Councillors | url=http://www.salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk/index.php/about-the-council-link/4-about-the-council/25-councillors | publisher=Salisbury City Council | date= | accessdate=2009-05-10}}</ref>
|}


==Changes in 2019==
=== 2019 ===
Charter trustees were established in April 2019 for [[Bournemouth]], [[Poole]] and [[Taunton]] as a consequence of local government [[2019/2020 structural changes to local government in England#Changes in 2019|structural changes in Dorset and Somerset]].<ref name=Dorset>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/615/schedule/made The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019]</ref>
Charter trustees were established in April 2019 for [[Bournemouth]], [[Poole]] and [[Taunton]] as a consequence of local government [[2019/2020 structural changes to local government in England#Changes in 2019|structural changes in Dorset and Somerset]].<ref name="Dorset" />


==Changes in 2023==
=== 2023 ===
On 1 April 2023 unitary authorities will be created in [[Cumbria]] and [[North Yorkshire]]. Elections to the councils were held in May 2022 and they are acting as 'shadow' councils until 2023. It has been announced that charter trustees will be established for [[Carlisle]] (which will also preserve its [[city status in the United Kingdom|city status]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19983763.house-lords-intervene-save-carlisles-city-status/|title=Lords and local authority move to placate Carlisle city status concerns|author=Gareth Cavanagh|work=Cumberland News and Star|date=11 March 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20143830.new-mayor-carlisle-will-work-ensure-not-last/|title=New Mayor of Carlisle will make sure he is not the last|date=18 May 2022|author=Gareth Cavanagh|work=Cumberland News and Star}}</ref> The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022 establishes trustees for [[Harrogate]] and [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/328/schedule/2/made?view=plain|title=The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022 - Schedule 2|work=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>
On 1 April 2023 the unitary authorities of [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]], [[Westmorland and Furness]], and [[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]] were established. Charter trustees were established for [[Carlisle]] (which also preserved its [[city status in the United Kingdom|city status]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Gareth Cavanagh |date=11 March 2022 |title=Lords and local authority move to placate Carlisle city status concerns |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19983763.house-lords-intervene-save-carlisles-city-status/ |work=Cumberland News and Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Gareth Cavanagh |date=18 May 2022 |title=New Mayor of Carlisle will make sure he is not the last |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20143830.new-mayor-carlisle-will-work-ensure-not-last/ |work=Cumberland News and Star}}</ref>), [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]],<ref name="cumbria"/> [[Harrogate]] and [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022 - Schedule 2 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/328/schedule/2/made?view=plain |work=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 15:34, 8 May 2024

In England and Wales, charter trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a civil parish council or in larger settlements, a town council is established. Duties are limited to ceremonial activities such as the election of a mayor, and various other functions depending upon local customs and laws.

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.

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.

As of 2023, there are nineteen areas in England which continue to appoint charter trustees.

History[edit]

Local Government Act 1972[edit]

Main article: Local Government Act 1972

The original bodies of charter trustees were set up in 1974, under section 246 of the Local Government Act 1972. The concept was introduced into the Bill by a government amendment in September 1972.[1]

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 request then, the style of borough could be used immediately from 1 April 1974, despite the fact that the charter would be presented only later.

For the new districts which made no such petition (or where it was refused), for each former municipal borough in the district which was to become an unparished area rather than a successor parish, a body corporate styled the charter trustees of the town or city, were established, under section 246(4) of the Act.

In the original legislation, charter trustees could also be formed in Welsh districts, but the Charter Trustees Order 1974, which provided for the establishment of the trustees, stated that the section "shall not apply to the area consisting of the counties established by section 20 of the Act (new local government areas in Wales)", and "there will be no charter trustees in Wales."[2]

Charter Trustees Act 1985[edit]

Charter Trustees Act 1985
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn 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 borough.
Citation1985 c. 45
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent16 July 1985
Commencement16 July 1985
Other legislation
AmendsLocal Government Act 1972
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Charter Trustees Act 1985 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Originally, under section 246(7), when the district in which a town for which charter trustees had been established gained the status of a borough, the trustees would be immediately dissolved. Some new district councils petitioned for borough status soon after 1 April 1974, quickly dissolving the charter trustees.

This was changed by the Charter Trustees Act 1985, which provided that charter trustees would cease to exist only when a parish council was formed for the area of the former borough.

Local Government Act 1992[edit]

Main article: Local Government Act 1992

Legislation passed in 1992 led to the establishment of a Local Government Commission 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 where an outgoing council requested their establishment. The failure of the extinguished City of Rochester-upon-Medway council to appoint charter trustees for Rochester or to apply for Rochester's city status to be transferred to the replacement unitary authority of Medway led to Rochester losing its city status.

Some abolished boroughs such as Beverley 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.

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007[edit]

Main article: Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

A further wave of reorganisations came into effect in some areas of England on 1 April 2009, under the terms of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. 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.[3]

List[edit]

Current[edit]

Name of Charter Trustees Area when established Local Government Area Ceremonial County Created Website
Barrow-in-Furness The wards of Barrow Island, Central, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North and Walney South. Westmorland and Furness Cumbria 2023[4]
City of Bath City of Bath district (1974-1996) Bath and North East Somerset Somerset 1996[5] [1]
Bournemouth 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, West Southbourne, Westbourne and West Cliff, Winton East and the unparished part of the ward of Strouden Park. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Dorset 2019[6]
City of Carlisle The wards of Belah and 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. Cumberland Cumbria 2023[4]
City of Chester The wards of Blacon, Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross, Broxton, City, Gowy, Hoole and Newton, Mickle Trafford, Overleigh and Upton. Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire 2009[7] [2]
City of Durham The electoral divisions of Belmont, Brandon, Coxhoe, Deerness Valley, Durham South, Elvet, Framwellgate Moor, Gilesgate, Neville’s Cross, Newton Hall and Sherburn County Durham County Durham 2009[7]
Cleethorpes Unparished area of the Borough of Cleethorpes North East Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 1996[5]
East Retford The Municipal Borough of East Retford Bassetlaw Nottinghamshire 1974 [3]
Ellesmere Port 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 and Neston Borough Council. Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire 2009[7]
Grantham The Municipal Borough of Grantham South Kesteven Lincolnshire 1974
Great Grimsby Borough of Great Grimsby North East Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 1996[5]
Harrogate 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, 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. North Yorkshire North Yorkshire 2023[8]
High Wycombe The Municipal Borough of High Wycombe Wycombe Buckinghamshire 1974 [4]
Mansfield The Municipal Borough of Mansfield Mansfield district Nottinghamshire 1974
Margate The Municipal Borough of Margate Thanet Kent 1974 [5]
Poole 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. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Dorset 2019[6]
Scarborough The wards of Woodlands, Northstead, Castle, Weaponness and Ramshill, Falsgrave and Stepney and the unparished part of the ward of Eastfield. North Yorkshire North Yorkshire 2023[8]
Scunthorpe Borough of Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 1996[5]
Worksop The Municipal Borough of Worksop Bassetlaw Nottinghamshire 1974 [6]

Former[edit]

Former municipal borough Successor district County in 1974 Created Parished/abolished
Andover Test Valley District Hampshire 1974 abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Test Valley[9]
Aylesbury Aylesbury Vale Buckinghamshire 1974 parished 2000[10]
Banbury Cherwell Oxfordshire 1974 parished 2000[11]
Basingstoke Basingstoke District Hampshire 1974 abolished 1978, successor the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane[12]
Bedford Bedford District Bedfordshire 1974 abolished 1975, successor the Borough of North Bedfordshire[13]
Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire Humberside 1996[5] parished 1999[14]
Bexhill-on-Sea Rother East Sussex 1974 parished 2021[15]
Bootle Sefton Merseyside 1974 abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
Bridgwater Sedgemoor Somerset 1974 parished 2003
Burton upon Trent East Staffordshire Staffordshire 1974 abolished 1992 when East Staffordshire became a borough[16]

unparished area became various parishes in 2003

Chelmsford Chelmsford District Essex 1974 abolished 1977, successor the Borough of Chelmsford[17]
Chippenham North Wiltshire Wiltshire 1974 parished 1984[18]
Cleethorpes Cleethorpes District Humberside 1974 abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Cleethorpes
Colne Pendle district Lancashire 1974 abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Pendle
Crewe Cheshire East Cheshire 2009[7] parished 2013
Crosby Sefton Merseyside 1974 abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
Dartford Dartford district Kent 1974 abolished 1977, successor the Borough of Dartford
Daventry Daventry district Northamptonshire 1974 parished 2003
Deal Dover district Kent 1974 parished 1996
Dover Dover district Kent 1974 parished 1996
Dunstable South Bedfordshire Bedfordshire 1974 parished 1985
Folkestone Shepway Kent 1974 parished 2004
Goole Boothferry Humberside 1974 abolished 1978, successor the Borough of Boothferry. The area was parished in 1983.[19]
Hemel Hempstead Dacorum District Hertfordshire 1974 Abolished 1984, successor the Borough of Dacorum[20]
City of Hereford Herefordshire Herefordshire 1998[21] parished 2000
Ilkeston Erewash Derbyshire 1974 abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Erewash
Kidderminster Wyre Forest Worcestershire 1974 parished 2016
King's Lynn West Norfolk district Norfolk 1974 Abolished 1981, successor the Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
City of Lichfield Lichfield district Staffordshire 1974 parished 1980
Lowestoft Waveney Suffolk 1974 parished 2017
Lymington New Forest district Hampshire 1974 parished (as four parishes) 1979
Macclesfield Cheshire East Cheshire 2009[7] parished 2015
Maldon Maldon Essex 1974 parished 1987
Nelson Pendle district Lancashire 1974 Abolished 1976, successor the Borough of Pendle
Newark Newark district Nottinghamshire 1974 parished 1980
Newbury West Berkshire Berkshire 1974 parished 1997
Penzance Penwith Cornwall 1974 parished 1980
Queenborough-in-Sheppey Swale district Kent 1974 Parished (as four parishes) in 1982[19]
Ramsgate Thanet Kent 1974 parished 2009[22]
Royal Leamington Spa Warwick district Warwickshire 1974 parished 2002
Royal Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells district Kent 1974 Abolished 1974, successor the Borough of Tunbridge Wells
City of Salisbury (New Sarum) Salisbury district Wiltshire 1974 parished 2009
Southport Sefton Merseyside 1974 abolished c. 1975, successor the Borough of Sefton
Taunton Taunton Deane District Somerset 1974, re-established 2019 abolished 1975, successor the Borough of Taunton Deane. Parished 1 April 2023 (Taunton Town Council)
Weston-super-Mare Woodspring (now North Somerset) Avon 1974 parished 2000
Workington Allerdale Cumbria 1974 parished 1982
Yeovil Yeovil district (now South Somerset) Somerset 1974 parished 1984

Changes[edit]

2009[edit]

The structural changes to local government in 2009 led to the formation of Charter Trustees for Crewe, Macclesfield, Chester and Ellsemere Port.[23] The Charter Trustees for Crewe and Macclesfield were subsequently abolished and replaced by parishes.

2019[edit]

Charter trustees were established in April 2019 for Bournemouth, Poole and Taunton as a consequence of local government structural changes in Dorset and Somerset.[6]

2023[edit]

On 1 April 2023 the unitary authorities of Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, and North Yorkshire were established. Charter trustees were established for Carlisle (which also preserved its city status[24][25]), Barrow,[4] Harrogate and Scarborough.[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 1972-09-22. col. 1494–1496.
  2. ^ S.I. 1974 No. 176
  3. ^ "The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009". Office of Public Sector Information. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023".
  5. ^ a b c d e "The Charter Trustees Regulations 1996". Office of Public Sector Information. 1996. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  6. ^ a b c The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019
  7. ^ a b c d e "The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009". Office of Public Sector Information. 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  8. ^ a b "The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022".
  9. ^ "Test Valley Mayors and District Council Chairmen since 1973". Test Valley Borough Council. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  10. ^ "The History of Mayoralty in Aylesbury" (PDF). Aylesbury town Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  11. ^ "Banbury Town Council". 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  12. ^ "No. 47453". The London Gazette. 2 February 1978. p. 1397.
  13. ^ "No. 46725". The London Gazette. 31 October 1975. p. 13813.
  14. ^ "Beverley Town Council". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  15. ^ The Rother District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Bexhill-on-Sea) Order 2021 (PDF). 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Burton-upon-Trent: Local government | British History Online".
  17. ^ "Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1975-1978" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "Chippenham Mayors". Chippenham Town Council. 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-28. [dead link]
  19. ^ a b "Alteration to Areas and Status of Local Authorities 1982-83" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ "Alteration of Status of Local Authorities 1984-1985" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ^ "The Charter Trustees (Hereford) Order 1998". Office of Public Sector Information. 1998. Archived from the original on 2005-07-25. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  22. ^ "District of Thanet (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2009". Thanet District Council. 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  23. ^ "The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009". Office of Public Sector Information. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  24. ^ Gareth Cavanagh (11 March 2022). "Lords and local authority move to placate Carlisle city status concerns". Cumberland News and Star.
  25. ^ Gareth Cavanagh (18 May 2022). "New Mayor of Carlisle will make sure he is not the last". Cumberland News and Star.
  26. ^ "The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022 - Schedule 2". legislation.gov.uk.

External links[edit]

Sources[edit]

  • Local Government Act 1972
  • Charter Trustees Act 1985 (C.45)
  • Local Government in England and Wales : A guide to the New System, HMSO, London 1974
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