A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods , thoroughfares , parishes , landmarks , geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest , England). It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered.
21-579: Fawdon is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne , in the county of Tyne and Wear , England. It is also close to the A1 western bypass. The population of the ward is 10,890, reducing to 10,090 at the 2011 Census, 5.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 53.6%, lower than the city average of 54.7%. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland . It is situated about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-by-west from Newcastle City Centre and
42-506: A civil parish was any place in respect of which a rate could lawfully be levied. Most townships disappeared before 1866 either being included into adjacent civil parishes or gaining their own separate civil parish status. The use of the term 'township' persisted and has recently been revived as a name for subdivisions of boroughs in northern England. For example, the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale has township committees , and
63-595: A ku (or 区 in Japanese writing ) is an administrative unit of one of the larger cities, closely equivalent to the divisions or wards of a London Borough or a New York Borough. In Vietnam , a phường is an administrative subunit of an inner city district, or quận . Wards and electoral divisions of Nepal are political divisions which are grouped into Gaunpalika ( Rural council ) and Municipality . A rural municipality or municipality has minimum of five and maximum of 33 divisions. Township (England) In England ,
84-418: A township (Latin: villa ) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church. A township may or may not be coterminous with a chapelry , manor , or any other minor area of local administration. The township is distinguished from the following: 'Township' is, however, sometimes used loosely for any of the above. In many areas of England,
105-614: A ward was an administrative subdivision of a county , very similar to a hundred in other parts of England. In Australia , Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , Sri Lanka , the United Kingdom , and the United States , wards are an electoral district , within a district or municipality , used in local government elections. In the United States, wards are usually subdivided into precincts for polling purposes. In Wisconsin,
126-542: A 'ward' is what in most other states would be a precinct In some cities of India , such as Mumbai and Delhi , a ward is an administrative unit of the city region; a city area is divided into Zones, which in turn contain numerous wards. The smallest administrative unit of Gram Panchayats in India is also known as a ward. In Bangladesh wards are subdivisions of a city or town which administrates under City Corporations and municipalities ( pourashova ) In East Africa,
147-465: Is at the site of three colliery villages which were known as High Fawdon, Fawdon Square and Low Fawdon. Fawdon Square was the birthplace of 19th-century poet and songwriter Marshall Cresswell . The Fawdon Wagonway (1818–1826) was an early cable car built by Benjamin Thompson . Fawdon is now served by Fawdon Metro station . Fawdon Metro station stands on the site of the former Coxlodge station that
168-411: Is lower than the city average of 5.3%. Owner occupied property stands at 49.2%, slightly lower than the city average of 53.3%. The properties are as follows. Fawdon was formerly a township in the parish of Gosforth , in 1866 Elswick became a separate civil parish , on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Newcastle upon Tyne and Gosforth. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1003. It
189-587: Is now in the unparished area of Newcastle upon Tyne. Ward (country subdivision) The word "ward", for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London , where gatherings for each ward known as "wardmotes" have taken place since the 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland . In parts of northern England ,
210-534: Is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Attercliffe parliamentary constituency . The area is often referred to as Mosborough Townships, but this usage does not have any administrative significance. In Shropshire, the name of Ruyton-XI-Towns preserves the memory only of medieval townships, eleven of which had been united under one manor; in Herefordshire , Bromyard still has areas referred to by
231-404: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan divides the borough into ten townships, which each have a township forum. Wirral is divided into forty-four, for planning purposes. In Sheffield, Mosborough ward, which includes the districts of Halfway, Mosborough village, Waterthorpe, and Westfield, is one of the 28 electoral wards in the City of Sheffield. It is located in the eastern part of the city and
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#1732855016016252-500: The West Riding and North Riding of Yorkshire , and north of this line, parishes tended on the whole to be large, containing several townships. However, south of this line, parishes tended to contain single townships. A township appointed overseers of the poor and surveyors of highways in the same way as a parish and they financed their obligations by levying a rate, in the same way as parish officials. The original definition of
273-506: The NABC leagues in different age groups. Fawdon Library has computers with free internet access as well as books and newspapers. It has been run by volunteers since 2015. North Kenton Park , the home of Kenton sports centre, is in this ward and covers 42,500 square metres. Fawdon Park is also in the ward. The boundary of Fawdon ward begins at the footbridge over the Ouseburn and it continues along
294-516: The Ouseburn to the A1 . The boundary heads southwest to Hazeldene Avenue where it turns and carries on east into Quentin Avenue. At the bowling green the boundary heads south to Kirkwood Drive and turns south at the east of Mountfield Primary School. It turns eastward between Kirkwood Drive and Mountfield Gardens and runs along the southern edge of the allotment gardens. At Kenton Road the boundary runs north and then east onto Souter Road. It then continues to
315-548: The basic unit of civil administration was the parish , generally identical with the ecclesiastical parish . However, in some cases, particularly in Northern England , there was a lesser unit called a township, being a subdivision of a parish. This could happen for several reasons: The local historian Dorothy Silvester has identified a "parish line", which divided northern from southern counties of England and Wales. In Denbighshire , Shropshire , Staffordshire , Derbyshire ,
336-576: The building finally commenced in late 2012 following asbestos removal. Fawdon is the site of the Fawdon Factory , a Nestlé Rowntree's factory on Rowan Drive, which opened in 1958, employs 600 workers and produces 40,000 tonnes of chocolate a year. It is Nestlé's second largest UK factory after York. The site makes Blue Riband, Breakaway (since 1970), Caramac (since 1959), Fruit pastilles , Rolo , and Yorkie biscuits. The Munchies brand moved there in 2006, from York . The site used to extensively use
357-594: The rail sidings and track now used by the Metro. In 2021 Nestlé announced plans to close the Fawdon Factory by 2023. The Caramac bar was discontinued entirely by Nestlé in 2023 rather than moving production to another site. The building, but not any of Nestlé's business, is due to be transferred to Country Style Foods in 2024. The pharmaceutical company Accord Healthcare has a 22-acre manufacturing site in Fawdon. The Accord site
378-578: The south of Lambert Square and on to the back of Wall Close onto Wall Street. From Wall Street it heads northwest along Jubilee Road to the Wansbeck Road roundabout. It runs north of Wansbeck Road South past Regent Farm First School and Wansbeck Park Metro onto Wansbeck Road North to the Kingston Park Road roundabout. Then the boundary runs north along the properties to Kingston Park Road. The ward has 4,908 housing spaces of which 4.8% are vacant, which
399-809: The word ward used in English is translated into Swahili/Kiswahili as Kata. In the case of a municipal amalgamation , the former cities and towns that make up the new metropolis may be referred to as wards. In Monaco , wards are informal divisions of the country, grouped into quartiers. In the Republic of Ireland , urban divisions were called wards and rural ones were called district electoral divisions . Both were renamed as electoral divisions in 1996. The electoral districts for Irish local authorities are local electoral areas . These are generally defined as combinations of electoral divisions, and in urban areas were formally described as combination of wards. In Japan ,
420-685: Was part of the Ponteland Railway . This is situated just behind the Fawdon Park Centre, a shopping centre that was built in 1967; it houses Fawdon Post Office and various shops. In March 2008 the City Council took the decision to demolish Fawdon Park House whilst retaining the shops on the ground level. Fawdon Park House was originally built in the 1960s as part of the Fawdon Park Centre development. Tenants left in September 2009 and demolition of
441-406: Was previously used by the fellow pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis before leaving the site in 2015. The Fawdon ward has two schools, Regent Farm First School and North Fawdon Primary School these are both for children under the ages of 11. Fawdon also has a combined library and community centre located on Fawdon Park Road. The local football team is based there, Fawdon FC. Fawdon FC play in
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