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An earlier municipal borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed had existed from 1836 to 1974, just covering the town itself. [1] Under the Local Government Act 1972 a much larger borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed was created as a non-metropolitan district, including a large rural area as well as the town itself.
Berwick Town Hall, built 1754–1760 Location of Berwick-upon-Tweed civil parish in Northumberland, governed by the Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council. During periods of Scottish administration, Berwick was the county town of Berwickshire, to which the town gave its name. Thus at various points in the Middle Ages and from 1482 (when Berwick became ...
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Berwick-upon-Tweed was a local government district and borough in Northumberland in the north-east of England, on the border with Scotland.The district had a resident population of 25,949 according to the 2001 census, which also notes that it is the most ethnically homogeneous in the country, with 99.6% of the population recording themselves in the 2001 census as White.
Berwick Town Hall is a municipal facility in Marygate, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council , is a Grade I listed building . [ 1 ]
Under the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Northumberland's constituencies for the 2010 election, making a very small change between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.
The unitary authority for the area is Northumberland County Council. It was historically part of Islandshire, which was an exclave of County Durham, before becoming a hundred of Northumberland in 1844. [6] On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished [7] and became part of Berwick upon Tweed unparished area.
Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ ˌ b ɛr ɪ k-/ ⓘ) was a parliamentary constituency [n 1] in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a Conservative.