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East Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England.Its council met in Wimborne Minster between 2016 and 2019. [1] [2]The district (as Wimborne) was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging Wimborne Minster Urban District with Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District, plus the parish of St Leonards and St Ives transferred from the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District in Hampshire. [3]
From 1961 to 1962 he was Director of Congregational Insurance Co. Ltd and as part of his work for the Church he oversaw the collection of over £500,000 for re-building bombed churches. He also served as a Justice of the Peace in Poole, Dorset. [2] He was also the uncle of author David Cornwell, whose pen name was John le Carré. [11]
Before 1885 the historic county of Dorset, in south-west England, was an undivided three-seat county constituency - see the article on the Dorset constituency.In 1885 the county was divided for Parliamentary purposes into four single-member county constituencies: this constituency, North Dorset, South Dorset and West Dorset (no borough constituencies were created in Dorset in the 1885 ...
Bin collection days in Lincolnshire will change during the festive period. Local councils have released their bin collection timetables for Christmas and the New Year. Waste recycling centres will ...
Wimborne St Giles is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, on Cranborne Chase, 7 miles (11 km) north of Wimborne Minster and 12 miles (19 km) north of Poole. The village lies within the Shaftesbury estate, owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury . [ 1 ]
The 2022 Scotland bin strike was a labour strike by bin workers across Scotland. The workers, represented by the GMB were striking for a pay rise to match that being given to local government workers in the rest of the UK. [1] The strikes began in Edinburgh but spread to other parts of Scotland, affecting 20 of Scotland's 32 council areas. [2] [3]
People from East Dorset District (2 C, 5 P) V. Verwood (9 P) W. Wimborne Minster (2 C, 17 P) Pages in category "East Dorset District"
The authority lies in the south east of the ceremonial county of Dorset around 95 miles (153 km) from London. Dorset as a whole is part of the South West England region for statistical purposes. The three former boroughs are all historically seaside towns with tourism playing an important part in the local economy.