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Under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972, the council of a district, county or London borough (or county borough in Wales) may change its name, providing the resolution to do so gains two-thirds of the votes at a special meeting. Until 1 April 1978, the council had to have the permission of the Secretary of State, but since that date ...
The districts of England (officially, local authority districts, abbreviated LADs) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. [1] As the structure of local government in England is not uniform, there are currently four principal types of district-level subdivision.
This is a list of the 296 districts of England ordered by population, according to estimated figures for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics. [1]The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts, 32 London boroughs, 36 metropolitan boroughs, 62 unitary authorities, and two sui generis authorities (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly).
This is a list of towns in England. Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs . The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost.
This is a list of the 296 districts of England ordered by area, according to Standard Area Measurements published by the Office for National Statistics. [1] The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'.
Before 1974 boroughs in the United Kingdom were towns having charters of incorporation. Since 1974 borough status has been conferred on local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which may include several towns and rural areas. Districts with borough status are included in Category:Districts of the United Kingdom.
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