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Municipal Borough of St Austell with Fowey

Coordinates: 50°20′17″N 4°47′38″W / 50.338°N 4.794°W / 50.338; -4.794
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St Austell with Fowey was a municipal borough in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was created in 1968 by a merger of the historic borough of Fowey and the much more populous St Austell urban district. [1] 50°20′17″N 4°47′38″W / 50.338°N 4.794°W / 50.338; -4.794

In 1974 St Austell with Fowey was merged under the Local Government Act 1972 into the new Restormel district, becoming an unparished area until 1979. In 1979 Fowey become a civil parish, and in December 2008 it was announced that St Austell would be gaining a town council.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Town and parishes to get councils". BBC News website. BBC. Retrieved 2008-12-19.