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A History of the County of Oxford
… as set out in 1608 remained substantially unchanged until municipal reform in 1835. During the Civil War, however, the … by the town council. 159 The Reformed Borough. Under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, the corporation continued … unchanged. 165 The borough was divided into 6 wards for municipal elections in 1958, each ward returning 3 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to contain a Council Chamber and offices. Since 1930 the municipal offices and council chamber have been in part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… borough, the limits of which, both for parliamentary and municipal purposes, include by computation 980 acres: the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… continued to be the governing one till the passing of the Municipal Corporations' Act. By this charter the corporation … to the borough sessions and the transaction of municipal business, and occasionally to the holding of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Basingstoke (St. Michael) BASINGSTOKE ( St. Michael), a municipal borough, a market-town, and parish, and the head of … four aldermen, and 12 councillors, appointed under the Municipal Corporations act. Four justices, besides the mayor, … under Edgar and other Saxon monarchs, many valuable municipal privileges, which were afterwards confirmed by …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… I. The government of Beccles is now vested, under the Municipal Reform Act of 1835, in a Mayor, four Aldermen, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… class; and the borough is now divided into two wards, the municipal and parliamentary boundaries being the same. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… of the urban district by about mile. East Ham became a municipal borough in 1904 and a county borough in 1915. In … by a tall clock-tower. Adjoining the town hall are other municipal buildings erected a little later in similar styles … E. and W. Ham, 277. E.H.L., Photos. (Turnpikes). E. Ham Municipal Diary, 19289, p. 181. Katharine Fry, however, spelt …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… AND ST. PAUL WARDS Until brought into Salisbury by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 and subsequent …
A History of the County of York
… was to play a major part not only in ecclesiastical but in municipal history. From this same period dates the effective …