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Brand new area code allocation post-BigNumber for a new town, chosen to be significantly different from the area codes of the adjacent areas of Gravesend and Dartford. [14] 01988 — Wigtown (WT8) 01989 — Ross-on-Wye, Wye Valley (WV9) 01990 — unused; 0990 was Wentworth (WW0) – numbers were transferred to 0344 [notes 14]
Ayrshire is roughly crescent-shaped and is a predominantly flat county with areas of low hills; it forms part of the Southern Uplands geographic region of Scotland. The north of the county contains the main towns and bulk of the population.
The KA postcode area, also known as the Kilmarnock postcode area, [2] [3] is a group of 30 postcode districts in south-west Scotland, within 23 post towns. These cover East Ayrshire , North Ayrshire (including the Isle of Arran ) and South Ayrshire .
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
Prior to 1975 policing was the responsibility of the Cities and Burghs of Scotland (see List of burghs in Scotland). Between 1975 and 2013 Scotland was subdivided into Police and fire service areas based on the regions and districts and island council areas that were also formed in 1975. The police and fire service regions used between 1975 and ...
[27] [28] Further local government reform in 1930 brought the burgh within the area controlled by Ayrshire County Council, but classed as a large burgh, which allowed the town to continue to run many local services itself. [29] Kilmarnock Town Council was based at the Town Hall at 28 King Street, which was built in 1805 and demolished in the ...
Ayr submitted unsuccessful bids for city status in 2000 [5] and 2002, [6] and as part of the wider South Ayrshire area in 2022. [7] Ayr was established as a Royal Burgh in 1205 and is the county town of Ayrshire. It served as Ayrshire's central marketplace and harbour throughout the medieval period [8] and was a port during the early modern ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:19, 26 September 2010: 1,425 × 1,372 (1.37 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of North Ayrshire, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, wi