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The old town hall was the headquarters of Darlington Borough Council until it moved to the new town hall in Feethams in 1970. The complex consists of three separate buildings, all of which are Grade II listed : the old town hall, [ 1 ] the market hall [ 2 ] and the clock tower.
The Borough of Darlington was included in a Tees Valley sub-division. [2] [3] The following seats resulted from the boundary review: Containing electoral wards in Darlington. Darlington; Stockton West (part also in Stockton-on-Tees) Containing electoral wards in County Durham. Bishop Auckland; Blaydon and Consett (part also in Gateshead in Tyne ...
The town hall initially served as the headquarters of Darlington County Borough Council [11] and remained the local seat of government when the enlarged Darlington District Council was formed in 1974. [12] It went on to become the headquarters of the new unitary authority, Darlington Borough Council, in 1997. [13]
The Borough of Darlington is a unitary authority area with borough status in County Durham, England. Since 1997 Darlington Borough Council has been a unitary authority; it is independent from Durham County Council. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Darlington, where the council is based. The borough also includes a rural ...
Darlington Free Library, a Grade II listed building in Crown Street, was built for £10,000 by Edward Pease. His daughter, Lady Lymington, opened the building on 23 October 1885 and presented it to the town council who agreed to operate it in perpetuity. As of 2022, it contains a library and "centre for local studies". [10] [11]
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Their powers were practically identical to those of the former urban districts and later town councils, but the label "borough" was more prestigious. Abolished in 2014. UD Area which was governed by an urban district under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 and a town council under the Local Government Act 2001. Abolished in 2014.
The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. [1] [2] [3] The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years from multi-seat local ...