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From 1892 the old Bedford Borough Council was based at the Town Hall in St Paul's Square, which had previously been part of Bedford School, with parts of the building dating back to c. 1550. A large tower block extension was added to the building in 1962. The Town Hall passed to the new council on local government reorganisation in 1974. [22]
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
For much of the 20th century the Shire Hall in Bedford was the local facility for dispensing justice and the meeting place of Bedfordshire County Council. [1] After deciding the old shire hall was inadequate for their needs, county leaders chose to procure a new county headquarters: the site selected on the south bank of the River Great Ouse had previously been used as a recreation ground.
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in St Paul's Square in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The building, which was the headquarters of Bedford Borough Council from 1892 to 2009, is a Grade II listed building .
New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area, spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km 2). [1]
A city in the context of local government in New Jersey refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. There are 52 cities in New Jersey. Despite the widely held perception of a city as a large, urban area , cities in New Jersey have a confused history as a form of government and vary in size from large, densely ...
Medford Lakes is a borough in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,264, [10] an increase of 118 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 4,146, [19] [20] which in turn reflected a decline of 27 (−0.6%) from the 4,173 counted in the 2000 census. [21]
Medford is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,497, [8] [9] an increase of 1,464 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 23,033, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 780 (+3.5%) from the 22,253 counted in the 2000 census. [20]