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In 1974 the county borough was replaced by a larger metropolitan borough within the new county of Tyne and Wear. [8] [9] Newcastle's city status was transferred to the enlarged borough at the same time. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the city council was a lower-tier district authority, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level ...
The North East Combined Authority (NECA) is a combined authority in North East England.It has a directly-elected Mayor and seven member councils: two are unitary authorities (Durham and Northumberland) and five are metropolitan borough councils (Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland).
The Local Government Act 1888 constituted Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Sunderland as county boroughs (Newcastle had "county corporate" status as the "County and Town of Newcastle upon Tyne" since 1400). Tynemouth joined them in 1904.
The North of Tyne Combined Authority was a mayoral combined authority which consisted of the local authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland, all in North East England. [2] The authority came into being on 2 November 2018 under the statutory name Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority.
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County Hall is a former municipal building, now a hotel, in Castle Garth, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The county hall, which was the headquarters and meeting place of Northumberland County Council from 1910 to 1981, is a Grade II listed building .
Newcastle Civic Centre is a municipal building in the Haymarket area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [1] Designed by George Kenyon , [ 2 ] the centre was built for Newcastle City Council in 1967 and formally opened by King Olav V of Norway on 14 November 1968. [ 3 ]
The building continued to be used as the county facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, [3] which established county councils in every county, the building was also used as a meeting place for Northumberland County Council [4] until it moved to County Hall in 1910. [5]