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The town of Gateshead was an ancient borough, having been granted a charter in 1164 from Hugh Pudsey, the Bishop of Durham. [5] The borough's functions were relatively limited until 1836, when it was made a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.
Gateshead (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ t s (h) ɛ d /) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
Deckham is a council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. It is approximately 1.5 square kilometres (0.58 sq mi) in area and has a population of 9,228. [ 48 ] It is represented by three councillors.
Wardley and Leam Lane is a local council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. This ward covers an area of around 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2 ), and has a population of 8,327. [ 18 ] As of April 2020, the ward is served by three councillors: Anne Wheeler, Linda Green and Stuart Green. [ 19 ]
A map of Tyne and Wear, showing the Metropolitan Boroughs: (1) Gateshead; (2) Newcastle upon Tyne; (3) North Tyneside; (4) South Tyneside; and (5) Sunderland. There are 10 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, most of the county being unparished; North Tyneside and South Tyneside are completely unparished.
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (which styles itself "Gateshead Council") is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear , England .
Birtley was a civil parish with a parish council (which also covered the adjoining neighbourhoods) until 1 April 2006, after a local referendum agreed to abolish it. [1] The former parish had a population of 11,377 in 2001. [2] The ward of Birtley in the Gateshead MBC had a population of 8,367 in the 2011 Census. [3]
After Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in April 1986, Gateshead Council took on significant extra responsibilities from the county council and the old town hall was considered inadequate for the expanded role. [2] The new building, which was designed by the borough's Director of Architecture, D W Robson, was completed in 1987. [3]