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In the 19th century the judicial functions of the county were discharged at Devizes Assize Court in the Summer [1] and at Salisbury Assize Court in the Lent. [2] Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, there was a need to find a meeting place for Wiltshire County Council, [3] and the Victoria County History infers that ...
County Hall in Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, is the administrative centre for Wiltshire Council, a unitary authority created in April 2009 which replaced both West Wiltshire District Council and the former Wiltshire County Council, also headquartered at County Hall since 1940. Trowbridge civil parish is divided into seven electoral divisions, [26 ...
Wiltshire Council, known between 1889 and 2009 as Wiltshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Wiltshire in South West England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority , being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council .
On 6 August 1889, soon after the creation of Wiltshire County Council, one of its earliest meetings took place at Trowbridge Town Hall. [9] In 1894, the parish of Trowbridge became an urban district, with the town hall as its headquarters, [10] and in November 1917 King George V and Queen Mary visited the town hall on a visit to the area.
Wiltshire is a unitary authority area [2] [3] in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, [4] South West England. It was formed in April 2009 following the abolition of Wiltshire County Council and the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire. They were all replaced by Wiltshire Council, [5] which is based at County Hall ...
County Hall in Trowbridge, headquarters of Wiltshire Council. Wiltshire Council elections date from 2009, when the Wiltshire Council unitary authority was created.. As a result of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, the former Wiltshire County Council and the four districts within its geographical area were replaced by Wiltshire Council, a unitary authority covering the ...
Wiltshire: Wilton: Trowbridge, ... County Hall, Lambeth ... Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, ...
The Bustard Flag was first raised in Trowbridge by Lord Bath in September 2006 and was later flown by Jane Scott, leader of the former county council, at County Hall, Trowbridge, on 5 June 2007. At a full meeting of the Wiltshire Council on 1 December 2009, the Bustard Flag was formally approved as the county flag. [6]