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The County Borough of Barnsley, and its predecessor, the Municipal Borough of Barnsley, was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1869 to 1974. [1] Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869, and a county borough in 1913, making it administratively independent of the West Riding County Council. The borough ...
The Mayor of Barnsley is a ceremonial post held by a member of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, elected annually by the Council. The post was previously given to members of the Municipal Borough of Barnsley from 1869 to 1912, and to members of the County Borough of Barnsley from 1913 to 1974.
Polk County is the most densely populated county at 864/sq mi (333.5/km 2), an increase in density from 2010 when it was 655.5/sq mi (253.08/km 2). [7] Polk County contains the state's capital and largest city, Des Moines. In addition, Iowa has one of the smallest percentages of counties whose boundaries are dictated by natural means, the vast ...
The County Borough of Barnsley was created in 1913, administered independently of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, ...
The county borough of Barnsley had been self-governing, whereas the other 13 districts were all lower-tier authorities where county-level services were provided by West Riding County Council. From its creation in 1974 until 1986, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley was a district-level authority, with county-level services provided by South ...
In 1913 the borough was elevated to county borough status, making it independent from West Riding County Council. [6] The current metropolitan borough of Barnsley was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the former county borough of Barnsley plus parts of 13 other districts, which were all abolished at the ...
The West Riding County Council made an order in 1938 abolishing Barnsley Rural District and redistributing its area among surrounding districts: [2] Billingley passed to Hemsworth Rural District. Most of Carlton parish was absorbed by the County Borough of Barnsley, with an unpopulated area passing to Royston Urban District.