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Calvert is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, near the village of Steeple Claydon.. Originally named after a wealthy local family who had inherited property at Claydon House, Middle Claydon, on condition that they changed their surname to Verney, [1] the village was founded as a hamlet in the Victorian era to house workers for the brick works that were constructed in the area.
Steeple Claydon is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Buckingham , 4.5 miles (7 km) west of Winslow and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Waddesdon .
Claydon LNE junction is still used for binliner (containerised domestic waste) and spoil trains for the landfill site at Calvert and empty coaching stock movements. [36] In 2007, four loaded domestic waste services ran daily to Calvert from Cricklewood , Dagenham , Bristol and Northolt . [ 37 ]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as Wokingham District, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Wokingham and Wokingham Rural District. It is governed by Wokingham Borough Council (formerly Wokingham District Council), which has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1998, following the abolition of ...
The History of local government districts in Buckinghamshire began in 1835 with the formation of poor law unions. This was followed by the creation of various forms of local government body.
Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under no overall control since 2022. Following the 2024 election a minority Liberal Democrat ...
Three children were found living alone in "absolute squalor" in a Pontiac, Michigan, rental home after their mother abandoned them years ago, authorities said.
Wokingham Rural District was a rural district in the county of Berkshire, England. It was created in 1894. It was created in 1894. It was named after and administered from Wokingham , though this was a separate municipal borough .