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The first elections were held in January 1889 and West Sussex County Council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1889. It held its first official meeting on 4 April 1889 at the Assembly Rooms in the Council House, Chichester. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, a Conservative peer, was appointed the first chairman of the council. [7]
Borough/district councils are responsible for local planning and building control, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.
The record office holds a number of unique collections connected to the area: Blunt Manuscripts. The manuscripts of the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. [2] Buckle Papers. A collection of papers relating to the naval family of Buckle including Admiral Matthew Buckle. [2] Cobden Archives. Archives of the 19th century politician and statesman Richard ...
District Councils were created alongside County Councils and are responsible for running services such as housing, economic development, waste collection, planning and community services. Following the re-organisation of local government the Association of District Councils (ADC) was set up in April 1974.
Chichester is a local government district in West Sussex, England.It is named after the city of Chichester, which is its largest settlement and where the council is based.. The district includes the towns of Midhurst, Petworth and Selsey and surrounding rural areas, including many villag
In 1916 it bought a large seventeenth century house with extensive grounds called Wren House (since renamed Edes House) in West Street in Chichester. [5] [6] Wren House was purchased with the intention of later building a new headquarters for the county council in the grounds, once the First World War was over and finances allowed. [7] [8]
The 67 civil parishes in Chichester District are listed below. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Sussex Family History Group have produced a map [ 3 ] [ 4 ] showing the location of each parish. Civil parish
Chichester (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ tʃ ɪ s t ər / ⓘ CHITCH-ist-ər) [4] is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. [5] It is the only city in West Sussex and is its county town.