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1 day ago · Durham (/ ˈ d ʌr əm / ⓘ DURR-əm, locally / ˈ d ɜːr əm / listen ⓘ) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham.
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3 days ago · Boroughs that did not become successor parishes formed unparished areas, but were able to preserve their charters without a corporate body by appointing charter trustees. Since 1 April 1974 any parish council in England has the right to resolve to call itself a town council and many communities have taken up this right, including areas that ...
1 day ago · The latter were stripped of all power and titles by the victorious Parliamentarians after the English Civil War of 1642–1651. After the Restoration in 1660 the county was a centre for Roman Catholicism in England, as well as a focus of Jacobite support. Northumberland was long a wild county, where outlaws and Border Reivers hid from the law.
1 day ago · Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton (/ ˌ s ʌ t ən ˈ k ɒ l d f i əl d / pronunciation ⓘ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
2 days ago · England, predominant constituent unit of the United Kingdom, occupying more than half of the island of Great Britain. Outside the British Isles, England is often erroneously considered synonymous with the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and even with the entire United Kingdom. Despite the political, economic, and cultural ...
4 days ago · Parishes in London and Westminster, outside the City of London. The map on the facing page has been redrawn from those accompanying W. Loftie's History of London (1884), for which the base map was Rocque's 'Environs of London' (1763). Key to numbers.
5 days ago · In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation and the lowest tier of local government. Parishes in the UK are distinct from church bodies and are focused on local governance.
