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County Hall in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, serves as the headquarters of North Yorkshire Council and the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.The building was opened in 1906 and has also been the headquarters of the North Riding County Council (NRCC) until 1974, and then North Yorkshire County Council until 2023.
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county would be reorganised into a unitary authority. Hambleton District Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to a new single authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire. [5] [6]
The council was created in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire was created, governed by a county council and seven district councils. On 1 April 2023, the districts were abolished and the county council took on their responsibilities, becoming a unitary authority. [3]
Northallerton (/ n ɔːr ˈ θ æ l ər t ən / nor-THAL-ər-tən) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wiske in the Vale of Mowbray and had a population of 16,832 in 2011. [1] Northallerton is an administrative centre for York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and North Yorkshire Council. [2]
In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to have been 90. [1] Thornton-le-Street is situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Thirsk and about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) south-east of the county town of Northallerton.
It also lies within the Catterick Bridge electoral division of the North Yorkshire County Council and the Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton ward of Richmondshire District Council. [7] The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 3,074. [13] The local Parish Council has eight members elected on a four-year cycle. [14]
The "Northallerton Market and Public Improvements Company" was formed, the site was acquired from the Bishop of Durham, the old buildings were demolished and construction started in 1872. The new building was designed by John Ross and Robert Lamb of Darlington in the Italianate style , built in buff bricks with stone dressings at a cost of £ ...