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City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the City of Doncaster, a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to being awarded city status in 2022 the council was called Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. The council is based at the Civic Office in Waterdale, central Doncaster. It is one of four ...
The old Doncaster Guildhall in 1911 The first municipal building in the town had its origins in the ruins of the Church of St Mary Magdalene which was built in the Market Place in around 1130. [ 1 ] Civic leaders acquired the old church in 1557 and converted the surviving chancel and nave into a town hall: the structure was rebuilt to a ...
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 .
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.
The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that the council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence. [9] The Commission's report was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance: [10]
The first mayor of Doncaster, in 1493, was a Thomas Pigborne. [1] The first mayor of the Borough of Doncaster under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 was Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th baronet of Wheatley. [2] One of the later 19th-century mayors was Charles Verity, who served from 1881 to 1882. [3]
Jones served as Civic mayor of Doncaster in 2009–10. [5] Jones was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to local government. [6] In the 2018 World Mayor prize, Jones came runner up. [7] Jones retained her Mayor of Doncaster position in the 2021 election. [8]
Doncaster itself formed a separate municipal borough (from 1927 a county borough). [4] The district underwent a number of boundary changes over its existence due to the expansion of Doncaster and the growth of a number of other towns. [4] Doncaster Rural District Council were granted armorial bearings on 30 October 1947.