21-733: Dainton may refer to: Dainton, Devon , a settlement in Teignbridge , Devon, England Dainton Bank , a railway incline in Devon People with the surname [ edit ] Bethan Dainton (born 1989), Welsh international rugby union player Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton (1914–1997), British academic chemist and university administrator John Dainton , British physicist and professor, son of Frederick Dainton See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Dainton Danton (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
42-449: A number of new counties were created, several of the new authorities (such as Cornwall or Northumberland) continued to have the boundaries set in 1974. The 2019–2023 structural changes to local government in England have involved changes to the non-metropolitan county of Dorset (2019), and the abolition of the non-metropolitan counties Northamptonshire (2021) and Cumbria (2023). In addition,
63-619: A royal county. With the creation of numerous new non-metropolitan counties, the areas used for lieutenancy and shrievalty began to diverge from local government areas. This led to the development of ceremonial counties for these purposes, a fact recognised by the Lieutenancies Act 1997 . A further wave of unitary authorities were created in 2009 under the terms of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 . While
84-489: A single body. Berkshire has a unique structure. Non-metropolitan counties cover the majority of England with the exception of Greater London , the Isles of Scilly , and the six metropolitan counties : Greater Manchester , Merseyside , South Yorkshire , Tyne and Wear , West Midlands and West Yorkshire . The non-metropolitan counties are all part of ceremonial counties . Some ceremonial counties, such as Norfolk , contain
105-639: A single non-metropolitan county, but many contain more than one and it is also common for ceremonial counties and non-metropolitan counties to share a name. Lancashire, for example, contains the non-metropolitan counties of Lancashire , Blackpool , and Blackburn with Darwen . Prior to 1974 local government had been divided between single-tier county boroughs (the largest towns and cities) and two-tier administrative counties which were subdivided into municipal boroughs and urban and rural districts . The Local Government Act 1972 , which came into effect on 1 April 1974, divided England outside Greater London and
126-474: Is a subdivision of England used for local government . The non-metropolitan counties were originally created in 1974 as part of a reform of local government in England and Wales , and were the top tier of a two-tier system of counties and districts . 21 non-metropolitan counties still use a two-tier system; 56 are unitary authorities , in which the functions of a county and district council have been combined in
147-538: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. In the parts of the district within the Dartmoor National Park, town planning is the responsibility of the Dartmoor National Park Authority . The district council appoints two of its councillors to serve on the 19-person National Park Authority. The leaders of the council since 2003 have been: Following
168-491: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Teignbridge Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon , England. Its council is based in the town of Newton Abbot . The district also includes the towns of Ashburton , Buckfastleigh , Dawlish , Kingsteignton and Teignmouth , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Teignbridge contains part of
189-518: The 2023 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to November 2024, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 47 councillors representing 24 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The council is based at Forde House on Brunel Road in Newton Abbot. The council bought
210-455: The Forde House estate in 1978 for £60,000. The estate comprised a Tudor mansion and its grounds. A modern office building was built in the grounds to serve as the council's headquarters, being formally opened on 27 April 1987. The new office building now takes the name Forde House, with the old mansion now called Old Forde House. The district is entirely divided into civil parishes . Some of
231-450: The administrative structure of the non-metropolitan counties. It was anticipated that a system of unitary authorities would entirely replace the two-tier system. The Commission faced competing claims from former county boroughs wishing to regain unitary status and advocates for the restoration of such small counties as Herefordshire and Rutland. The review led to the introduction of unitary local government in some areas but not in others. In
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#1732858642164252-486: The majority of unitary authorities an existing district council took over powers from the county council. The 1972 Act required that all areas outside Greater London form part of a non-metropolitan county, and that all such counties should contain at least one district. Accordingly, the statutory instruments that effected the reorganisation separated the unitary districts from the county in which they were situated and constituted them as counties. The orders also provided that
273-405: The merger between Cumberland and Westmorland . The counties were adopted for all statutory purposes: a lord-lieutenant and high sheriff was appointed to each county, and they were also used for judicial administration, and definition of police force areas. The Royal Mail adopted the counties for postal purposes in most areas. A Local Government Commission was appointed in 1992 to review
294-547: The non-metropolitan counties of Buckinghamshire (2020), North Yorkshire (2023), and Somerset (2023) are unchanged, but their councils became unitary authorities as the existing non-metropolitan districts in these areas were consolidated and the district councils abolished. The following list shows the original thirty-nine counties formed in 1974, subsequent changes in the 1990s, and further changes since then. 1980: renamed Shropshire 1998: Renamed Telford and Wrekin In Wales there
315-403: The non-metropolitan counties were largely based on existing counties, although they did include a number of innovations. Some counties were based on areas surrounding large county boroughs or were formed by the mergers of smaller counties. Examples of the first category are Avon (based on Bath and Bristol) and Cleveland (based on Teesside ). An example of the second category is Cumbria , formed by
336-428: The provisions of the 1972 Act that every county should have a county council should not apply in the new counties, with the district council exercising the powers of the county council. An exception was made in the case of Berkshire , which was retained with its existing boundaries in spite of the abolition of its county council and the creation of six unitary authorities. This was done in order to preserve its status as
357-465: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dainton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dainton&oldid=1158348128 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
378-467: The six largest conurbations into thirty-nine non-metropolitan counties. Each county was divided into anywhere between two and fourteen non-metropolitan districts . There was a uniform two-tier system of local government with county councils dealing with "wide-area" services such as education, fire services and the police, and district councils exercising more local powers over areas such as planning, housing and refuse collection. As originally constituted,
399-447: The smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than a parish council. The parish councils for Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot and Teignmouth take the style "town council". Settlements in the district include: 50°34′55″N 3°37′41″W / 50.582°N 3.628°W / 50.582; -3.628 Non-metropolitan county A non-metropolitan county , or colloquially, shire county ,
420-628: The south Devon coastline, including the Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve . Some of the inland western parts of the district lie within the Dartmoor National Park . It is named after the old Teignbridge hundred . The neighbouring districts are Torbay , South Hams , West Devon , Mid Devon , East Devon and Exeter . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering
441-606: The whole area of six former districts and part of a seventh, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named Teignbridge after the medieval hundred of that name which had covered some of the area. The hundred in turn had been named after the bridge over the River Teign on Exeter Road west of Kingsteignton, where there had been a number of bridges since Roman times. Teignbridge District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Devon County Council . The whole district
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