28-571: St Budeaux is an area and ward in the north west of Plymouth in the English county of Devon . The name St Budeaux comes from Saint Budoc , the Bishop of Dol (Brittany). Around 480, Budoc is said to have founded a settlement and built a small church. The church eventually gave way to a permanent stone one, dedicated to Saint Budoc, which was erected shortly before the Norman conquest of England . The village
56-614: A magazine once more ready for use. At the time the main magazine lcomplex for Plymouth was at Keyham, but when land there was required for development of the Dockyard a new location was needed; so in 1852, the Board of Ordnance opened a new depot alongside the Works at St Budeaux; named Bull Point, it could accommodate up to 40,000 barrels of powder. RNAD Bull Point closed in 2009 but remains in MoD ownership;
84-528: A castle. In Wales, the term electoral ward is used for elections to principal councils ( county councils or county borough councils ). These were formally called electoral divisions . Communities in Wales (the equivalent to the civil parish in England) are sometimes divided into wards for elections to the community council. All of Scotland is divided into over 300 wards for local government elections. Using
112-473: A public library, three pubs, four primary schools (including St Budeaux Church of England Primary Academy ) and two railway stations ( St Budeaux Ferry Road and St Budeaux Victoria Road ), although the village does not have its own secondary school. Most of the main shops including a KFC outlet, are situated in St Budeaux Square which is adjacent to Wolseley Road. Most children of secondary school age in
140-496: A subsequent change in the area's character. Agaton Fort (see below) was only 480 yards (440 m) to the north of St Budeaux and was completed in 1871. In 1890 the first railway station master was commissioned his name was Edmund Tolley. He was a well respected member of the community and well known to the locals. In the 1890s, the parish became a self-contained village with significant development in Lower St Budeaux. Much of
168-1016: Is divided into wards, which are ancient and very long-standing sub-divisions of the city. The Council of the Isles of Scilly is also a sui generis unitary authority, and has five wards, each returning either 1 or (in the case of St Mary's ) 12 councillors to the Council of the Isles of Scilly. Civil parishes in England are sometimes divided into wards for elections to the parish council (or town / city council ). They need not bear any relation to wards or electoral divisions at district level, but often do. The four most northerly ancient counties of England – Cumberland , Westmorland , County Durham and Northumberland – were historically divided into administrative units called wards instead of hundreds or wapentakes , as in other counties. Wards were areas originally organised for military purposes, each centred on
196-550: Is documented in William the Conqueror 's Domesday Book of 1086. Known as Bucheside, it was valued at 30 shillings (around six times the amount of neighbouring manors). Over the course of the next few hundred years, Bucheside became Bodekishide, Budeokshed, and even Bottockishide and Butshead, the latter form being recorded on the Trevill monuments in the church. The modern name, St Budeaux,
224-440: Is itself a Frenchified "elegant" form. St Budeaux became a separate parish in 1482 by the decision of the Bishop of Exeter . During the early Tudor period , demand grew for a larger church, which was completed in 1563. The church was described in 1804 as "a simple edifice, and, though devoid of architectural embellishment, possesses much picturesque beauty." 1518 Francis Drake was given his coat of arms for his support toward
252-528: Is now a VOSA Test Station and is a Scheduled monument . On 27 March 2020, it was announced that Agaton Fort would become a temporary mortuary facility, in response to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic . Wards of the United Kingdom The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors . The ward
280-507: Is served by Great Western Railway services during the rush hours and late morning/early afternoon only. The vast majority of services pass through non-stop due to the proximity of St Budeaux Victoria Road : the entrances to the two stations are directly opposite each other. To the west, the line singles and crosses into Cornwall on the Royal Albert Bridge . The station is unstaffed with step-free access to both platforms. The station
308-464: Is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, the electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils , while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities . Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward population counts can vary substantially. As of 2021 there are 8,694 electoral wards/divisions in
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#1732855222847336-469: The Isle of Wight and Shropshire Councils ) instead use the term electoral division . In non-metropolitan county areas with both wards (used for district council elections) and electoral divisions (used for county council elections), the boundaries of the two types of divisions may sometimes not coincide, but more often the county electoral divisions will be made up of one or more complete wards. In urban areas,
364-539: The Local Government (Boundaries) (NI) Order 1972 (No. 131) and DEAs were first created by the Local Government (District Electoral Areas) Regulations 1973 (No.94) St Budeaux Ferry Road railway station St Budeaux Ferry Road railway station is a suburban station in St Budeaux , Plymouth , England. It is 250 miles 15 chains (402.6 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay. It
392-637: The single transferable vote , most wards elect either three or four councillors. Starting from the 2022 Scottish local elections , the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 , allows electoral wards to have between one and five councillors. Districts in Northern Ireland are divided into electoral areas, with each electing between five and seven councillors by single transferable vote. These are themselves sub-divided into wards, but these wards have no official function. Post-1973 wards were first created by
420-524: The London and South Western Railway line between Victoria Road and Plymouth closed in 1964. Ferry Road has a limited service of Great Western Railway trains on the Cornish Main Line between Plymouth , Liskeard and Penzance , some of which continue eastwards from Plymouth towards Exeter St Davids and beyond. A Sunday service is offered, but this is very restricted (two trains each way, westbound in
448-464: The Reverend T. A. Hancock, was appalled by the corporation's actions and protested in the 1930s, but to no avail. Many homes in the region were bombed during World War II , and subsequent rebuilding resulted in a rapid housing explosion. Today, St Budeaux includes a Catholic church, a Methodist church, a Baptist church and two Church of England churches (St Budeaux and St Boniface ). It also has
476-461: The UK. An average area of wards or electoral divisions in the United Kingdom is 28.109 km (10.853 sq mi). The London boroughs , metropolitan boroughs and non-metropolitan districts (including most unitary authorities ) are divided into wards for local elections. However, county council elections (as well as those for several unitary councils which were formerly county councils, such as
504-440: The area attend Marine Academy Plymouth in the nearby ward of King's Tamerton or bus to one of the residual grammar schools or one of the many other community colleges. Part of the north-eastern defences of Plymouth , work on Agaton Fort started in 1863 on a hill near the hamlet of Agaton, in the parish of St Budeaux. It is a five-sided polygonal fort , and was designed to mount fifteen 7-inch guns which could mutually support
532-467: The church as a garrison . The church was virtually destroyed by the war's end and was not restored until 1655. In 1805, a Gunpowder Works was established alongside Kinterbury Creek for the purpose of restoring damp or damaged gunpowder offloaded from ships. This hazardous process involved unpacking the powder from its barrels, assessing and sieving it, and then "restoving" it (i.e. drying the damp powder in specialized ovens) after which it would be stored in
560-605: The country. with the words written on his coat of arms. (SIC PARVIS MAGNA) On 4 July 1569, Sir Francis Drake married local woman Mary Newman (Lady Drake was buried there in 1582). During the Civil War , Plymouth and its surrounding villages (including St Budeaux) swore an oath to die for the Parliamentarian cause. They were besieged by the Royalist Cornwall just across the water, which took control of St Budeaux and used
588-432: The development was incited by General John Trelawney, formerly John Jago, who inherited a great deal of St Budeaux's land from his uncle in 1883. In 1890, the village was already growing due to the construction of the Royal Albert Bridge and the improvement of area roads, as well as a new London and South Western Railway station, St Budeaux Victoria Road . There was also a Great Western Railway station at Ferry Road . In
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#1732855222847616-522: The following decade, Trelawney built houses and roads and sold to Joseph Stribling the land that would become the Trelawny Hotel in 1895. The hotel included two bars, a bar parlour, a club room, a coach house, outbuildings, stables and yards, and was the first building in St Budeaux to be lit by electricity. Many new shops also opened in the area during the same time period. In 1899, St Budeaux merged with
644-407: The neighbouring Ernesettle Fort and Knowle Battery . The initial contractor failed in 1866 and the work was completed in 1871 by Royal Engineers . Only three of the 7-inch guns were ever mounted, along with five 64-pounder guns for close defence. It was also protected by a dry ditch and three caponiers . The fort was disarmed in the 1890s, but continued in military use through both World Wars. It
672-521: The site includes some 48 listed buildings. In 1860, the War Department purchased a sizable amount of land in the area due to Prime Minister Lord Palmerston 's fear of the French, then ruled by Napoleon III . His fear was exaggerated, and the line of military forts encircling Plymouth later became known as " Palmerston's Follies ." However, the upheaval contributed to an increase in the local population and
700-470: The town of Devonport , resulting in many improvements to local roads and communications availability. Improvements included the construction of a new railway bridge enabling the Devonport and District Tramway Company to provide efficient service from Devonport, through St Budeaux, to Saltash Passage , linking Plymouth to Cornwall. In 1918, following World War I , St Budeaux and the other towns and villages in
728-467: The treatment were amalgamated into the city of Plymouth. Amid the heavy demolition and construction of this period, six more churches were built in the parish. Much of this activity was initiated by the Plymouth Corporation, which made a habit of buying up the estates of principal landowners and destroying them in order to develop new amenities on the land. The vicar of St Budeaux church at the time,
756-558: The wards within a local authority area typically each contain roughly the same number of electors, and each elect three councillors. In local authorities with mixed urban and rural areas, the number of councillors may vary from one to three, depending on the size of the electorate. Where civil parishes exist, a ward can be adjacent with a civil parish or consist of groups of civil parishes. Larger civil parishes (such as Shrewsbury ) can be divided into two or more wards. The City of London has its own sui generis form of local government and
784-513: Was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1904 as St Budeaux Platform , and was later renamed St Budeaux Ferry Road to avoid confusion with the London and South Western Railway St Budeaux Victoria Road station. The reason for the separate stations is due to the two railways taking different routes into the city. A junction was laid between the two lines during World War II and
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