The Boro or The Borough may refer to The Borough, an area of London also known as Southwark The Borough George Crabbe poem The Boro, a nickhname for Middlesbrough F.C. disambig ... more details
for the area of London known as the Borough Southwark wiktionary A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely. The word borough derives from common Germanic ... parliament . The use of the word borough probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred ... granted self governance, the concept of the burh borough seems to have been reused to mean a self governing settlement. The concept of the borough has been used repeatedly and often differently throughout the English speaking world . Often, a borough is a single town with its own local government. However ... . In such cases, the borough will normally have either limited powers delegated to it by the city ... , borough designates a whole region Alaska s largest borough, the North Slope Borough, Alaska North Slope Borough , is comparable in area to the entire United Kingdom . In Australia , borough can designate a town and its surrounding area, such as the Borough of Queenscliffe . Boroughs as administrative ... States, in Israel , and formerly in New Zealand . Pronunciation In many parts of England, borough is pronounced ... a suffix of a place name. As a suffix, it is sometimes spelled brough . In the United States, borough ... names, it is pronounced IPAc en b r . Uses of borough England and Wales main History of local government in England Borough status in the United Kingdom Ancient and municipal boroughs Main Ancient borough Municipal borough During the medieval period many towns were granted self governance by the Crown, at which point they became referred to as a borough. The formal status of borough came to be conferred ... boroughs either lapsed in borough status, or were reformed or abolished at a later time. Several ... in England town council was formed for the area of the abolished borough, while charter trustees ... to use the former borough coat of arms . Parliamentary boroughs See Reform Act 1832 From 1265 ... more details
Borough of Southwark could refer to London Borough of Southwark Metropolitan Borough of Southwark 1900 1965 Ancient borough of Southwark geodis ... more details
Chorley Borough was the name of two different rugby league teams which played at Chorley , Lancashire . Blackpool Borough played as Chorley Borough in the 1988 1989 season. The side which is now Blackpool Panthers played as Chorley Borough in the 1991 92 season. disambig ... more details
The Borough Baronetcy , of Coolock Park in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 13 November 1813 for Richard Borough. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1879. Borough Baronets, of Coolock Park 1813 Sir Richard Borough, 1st Baronet 1756 1837 Sir Edward Richard Borough, 2nd Baronet 1800 1879 References rayment b DEFAULTSORT Borough Category Baronetcies Category Extinct baronetcies ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Infobox subdivision type name London borough map Image EnglandLondon.png ... City status in the United Kingdom City 1 status1 Royal borough 2 status2 status3 status4 exofficio ... sup 2 sup government London Borough Council 31 government1 City Council 1 government2 government3 government4 .... Functions The London boroughs are administered by London Borough Councils which are elected every four ... services and lobbying of government are pooled within London Councils . Some London borough councils ... functions to metropolitan borough s. Each London borough is a Local Education Authority . Until ... services Shared services are borough council services shared between two or more boroughs. Shared ... Nomenclature There are three boroughs which do not use the term London Borough of in their names ... city status , Kingston upon Thames and Kensington and Chelsea, which are termed Royal Borough of , due to their List of UK place names with royal patronage Royal borough status. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom The Queen has also bestowed the status of Royal Borough upon Greenwich, to take ... Politics of London style font size 90 London boroughs imagemap ol li City of London not a London borough li li City of Westminster li li Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Kensington and Chelsea li li London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham li li London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth li li London Borough of Lambeth Lambeth li li London Borough of Southwark Southwark li li London Borough of Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets li li London Borough of Hackney Hackney li li London Borough of Islington Islington li li London Borough of Camden Camden li li London Borough of Brent Brent li li London Borough of Ealing Ealing li li London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow li li London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Richmond upon Thames li li Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames li li London Borough of Merton Merton li ol ol start 18 li London Borough of Sutton ... more details
Carlow Borough can refer to Carlow Borough Parliament of Ireland constituency , a constituency at the Irish House of Commons from 1613 1800 Carlow Borough UK Parliament constituency , a constituency at the UK House of Commons from 1801 1885 Category Politics of County Carlow disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Coord 59.31347 N 18.01584 E display title Liljeholmen was a so called Boroughs of Stockholm borough stadsdelsomr de in the South Stockholm southern part of Stockholm until 1 January 2007. It was primarily made up of Liljeholmen . The other districts that made up the borough were Aspudden , Gr ndal , Midsommarkransen , V stberga and a portion of H gersten . The population as of 2004 was 30,450 on an area of 6.83 km , giving it a density of 4,458 km . In 2007, Liljeholmen merged with the borough of H gersten borough H gersten to form the H gersten Liljeholmen borough . DEFAULTSORT Liljeholmen Borough Category Government of Stockholm Stockholm geo stub hu Liljeholmen ker let sv Liljeholmen stadsdelsomr de ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Vant r was a so called Boroughs of Stockholm borough stadsdelsomr de in the South Stockholm southern part of Stockholm until 1 January 2007. The districts that made up the borough were Bandhagen , Hags tra , H gdalen , R gsved and rby, Stockholm rby . The population as of 2004 was 35,155 over an area of 8.30 km , giving it a density of 4,236 km . In 2007, Vant r merged with the borough of Enskede rsta borough Enskede rsta to form the Enskede rsta Vant r borough . DEFAULTSORT Vantor Borough Category Government of Stockholm no Vant r bydelsomr de fi Vant r sv Vant r stadsdelsomr de ... more details
Rinkeby was a so called Boroughs of Stockholm borough stadsdelsomr de in Stockholm , Sweden until 1 January 2007, practically identical to the district of Rinkeby . In 2007, Rinkeby merged with the borough of Kista borough Kista to form the Rinkeby Kista borough . External links http www.stockholm.se rinkeby Rinkeby Official site Category Government of Stockholm hu Rinkeby ker let sv Rinkeby stadsdelsomr de ... more details
Kista was a so called Boroughs of Stockholm borough stadsdelsomr de in Stockholm , Sweden until January 1, 2007. It organized the districts of Akalla , Hansta , Husby and Kista . In 2007, Kista merged with the borough of Rinkeby borough Rinkeby to form the Rinkeby Kista borough . External links http www.stockholm.se kista Kista Official site http www.kista.com Kista Science City Category Government of Stockholm fr Kista hu Kista ker let sv Kista stadsdelsomr de ... more details
name Metropolitan district alt name Metropolitan borough territory England upper unit Metropolitan ... 1 April 1974 population range 0.1 1.1 million status City status1 Borough status2 District A metropolitan borough is a type of districts of England local government district in England, and is a subdivision ... or regranted royal charter s to give them borough status in the United Kingdom borough status as well ... of the County of London metropolitan borough was also used for administrative subdivisions of London ... London . The new districts replaced the previous system of county borough s, municipal borough ... Greater Manchester Manchester , Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Bolton , Metropolitan Borough of Bury Bury , Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Oldham , Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Rochdale , City of Salford Salford , Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Stockport , Tameside , Trafford , Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Wigan 10 2,573,200 Merseyside Liverpool , Knowsley borough Knowsley , Metropolitan Borough of St Helens St Helens , Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Sefton , Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Wirral 5 1,365,000 South Yorkshire Sheffield , Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Barnsley , Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster Doncaster , Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Rotherham 4 1,290,000 Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne , Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead Gateshead , South Tyneside , North ... , Coventry , Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Dudley , Sandwell , Metropolitan Borough of Solihull Solihull , Metropolitan Borough of Walsall Walsall , Wolverhampton 7 2,591,300 West Yorkshire City of Leeds ... boroughs of the County of London Borough Non metropolitan district County borough Subdivisions ... councils in the United Kingdom Metropolitan borough councils Political make up of Metropolitan borough councils Structure of English administrative divisions Borough status in the United Kingdom Metropolitan ... metropolel ca Municipi metropolit cs Anglick metropolitn distrikty de Metropolitan Borough et Linnkrahvkonna ... more details
The borough of Kr ker y lang no Kr ker y Herad is an administrative region in Fredrikstad , Norway . coord 59 10 N 10 55 E display title References GEOnet 266782 DEFAULTSORT Krakeroy Borough Category Populated places in stfold Category Fredrikstad stfold geo stub ... more details
Centenario is a borough of the municipality of Tijuana in Baja California , Mexico . This borough is one of the farthest East in Tijuana. It houses the largest number of Maquiladora s in the city. Some of the major roads are Boulevard Bellas Artes, Bulevar Industrial, and part of the Autopista Tijuana Tecate. mexico stub coord missing Category Boroughs of Tijuana San Diego Tijuana ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Borough Green latitude 51.291300 longitude 0.306200 population shire district Tonbridge and Malling shire county Kent region South East England constituency westminster Tonbridge and Malling UK Parliament constituency Tonbridge and Malling post town SEVENOAKS postcode district TN15 postcode area TN dial code 01732 88 os grid reference TQ605575 Borough Green is a large village and civil parishes in England civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling District of Kent , England . The main village is situated on the A25 road between Maidstone and Sevenoaks in Kent . History The village s name describes what it originally was the green to which the people of what was then the borough of Wrotham went for recreation. There is also a view that borough , which predates any borough council in the area, relates to barrow, possibly referring to the Roman remains ... named Wrotham and Borough Green was built. Later the names were reversed to Borough Green & Wrotham railway station Borough Green & Wrotham reflecting the fact that the station was in Borough Green, whereas Wrotham is some miles to the north. The reversal also reflected Borough Green s size, having ... UK headquarters in Borough Green Geographer s A Z Street Atlas Geographer s A Z Maps H H Celcon OMF ... in Borough Green Anglican Church of England The Church of the Good Shepherd, Quarry Hill Road Baptist Association of Grace Baptist Churches Borough Green Baptist Church, High Street Roman Catholic St Joseph s, Western Road Schools Borough Green Primary School References The Kent Village Book , Alan Bignell Countryside Books, 1986 . Borough Green Primary School website , Accessed 03 03.2008 Borough Green Past and Present Published 1994. In K.C.C. library External links Commons category Borough Green http www.boroughgreen.org Borough Green community website http www.bgpschool.co.uk Borough Green ... Category Tonbridge and Malling es Borough Green nl Borough Green pl Borough Green ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox UK place official name Borough Fen country England region East of England os grid reference latitude 52.657 longitude 0.217 post town postcode area postcode district dial code lieutenancy england Cambridgeshire unitary england Peterborough hide services Yes population 130 population ref 2001 census Borough Fen is a civil parishes in England civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority in Cambridgeshire , England . Peterborough Category Villages in Cambridgeshire Category Geography of Peterborough Category Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire geo stub nl Borough Fen pl Borough Fen ... more details
Borough Hall may refer to the following New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn Court Street Borough Hall New York City Subway , a station complex at the intersection of Court, Joralemon and Montague Streets, consisting of Court Street BMT Fourth Avenue Line serving the NYCS Montague time nolink trains Borough Hall IRT Broadway Seventh Avenue Line serving the NYCS Broadway Seventh Brooklyn time nolink trains Borough Hall IRT Eastern Parkway Line serving the NYCS Eastern far west express time nolink trains disambig ... more details
Centro is a borough of the municipality of Tijuana in Baja California , Mexico . coord missing Mexico Category Boroughs of Tijuana San Diego Tijuana BajaCalifornia geo stub ... more details
Infobox subdivision type name County borough alt name alt name1 alt name2 alt name3 alt name4 map category Borough territory England and Wales and Ireland upper unit Counties start date England 1889 start ... subdivision4 County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland excluding Scotland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control ... place would have the right to be a county borough, and thus independent from the Administrative ... them county boroughs. The granting of county borough status was the subject of much disagreement between the large municipal borough s and the county councils. The population limit provided ... create authorities with large populations, as this would allow them to seek county borough status and remove ... past 50,000. 1913 saw the attempts of Luton and Cambridge to gain county borough status defeated ... Road, Smethwick in April 2007, showing painted out County Borough lettering. Upon recommendation ... Government Act 1958 . The viability of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil came into question ... municipal rates in order to make public assistance payments. At the same time the population of the borough ... the existing status of Merthyr Tydfil as a county borough should be continued, and if not, what other ... November, and recommended that Merthyr should revert to the status of a non county borough, and that public assistance should be taken over by central government. In the event county borough status ... adviser in 1936. ref Report of the Royal Commission on the status of the County Borough of Merthyr ... gained county borough status. Additionally, Teesside county borough was formed from the merger of the existing county borough of Middlesbrough , and the non county boroughs of Stockton on Tees and Redcar County Borough of Warley Warley was formed from the county borough of Smethwick and the non ... also recommended the downgrading of Barnsley to be a non county borough, but this was not carried ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox historic subdivision Name Cleethorpes HQ Cleethorpes Status Non metropolitan district , borough Start 1974 End 1996 Replace North East Lincolnshire Arms Image Cleethorpes 1974 arms.png 200px The arms of Cleethorpes Borough Council Image HumbersideCleethorpes.png left Cleethorpes within Humberside Cleethorpes was a Districts of England local government district in Humberside , England from 1974 to 1996. It was granted Borough status in the United Kingdom borough status in 1975. It was formed on April 1, 1974, and covered Cleethorpes itself along with a wider area including Humberston , Laceby , Stallingborough , New Waltham , and Immingham formerly part of the Grimsby Rural District . It was abolished on April 1, 1996 along with Humberside when it was merged with the Great Grimsby borough borough of Great Grimsby as the new unitary North East Lincolnshire . Coord 53.550 0.178 type adm3rd dim 25000 region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Cleethorpes Borough Category History of Lincolnshire Category Former non metropolitan districts of Humberside Category Cleethorpes Lincolnshire geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Coord 52.860 3.054 display title region GB scale 20000 Infobox historic subdivision Name Borough of Oswestry HQ Oswestry Status District, Borough Origin Oswestry Rural District Start 1974 End 2009 Replace Shropshire Council Map Image ShropshireOswestry newversion.png 135px Oswestry br Shown within Shropshire non metropolitan county Image Arms Civic Motto Government Oswestry Borough council Divisions DivisionsNames DivisionsMap CodeName ONS coding system ONS code Code 39UD Oswestry was a small Non metropolitan district local government district with borough status in Shropshire , England . It was the smallest of the five districts of Shropshire in terms of both population and land area. Its council was based in Oswestry , the only town and largest settlement in the borough. Villages in the borough included Morda , St Martin s, Shropshire St Martin s , Whittington, Shropshire Whittington , Gobowen , Pant, Shropshire Pant , Trefonen and Ruyton XI Towns . The three most deprived wards in Shropshire not including Telford and Wrekin were found in Oswestry Borough. They are Victoria, Gatacre and Llanyblodwel . The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , and was a direct successor to Oswestry Rural District . The district and its council were abolished on 1 April 2009 when the new Shropshire unitary authority was established, as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . Local government districts of England abolished in 2009 DEFAULTSORT Oswestry Borough Category Districts of England established in 1974 Category English districts abolished in 2009 Category History of Shropshire Category Local government in Shropshire Category Oswestry Category Former non metropolitan districts of Shropshire Shropshire geo stub de Oswestry Borough it Oswestry borough nl Oswestry district no Oswestry distrikt ... more details
File The Ship, Borough Road SE1 geograph.org.uk 1296324.jpg thumb left upright The Ship public house on Borough Road at the junction with Borough High Street . File Obelisque st georges fields.jpg thumb 130px St George s Circus obelisk, at the western end of Borough Road. Borough Road is in Southwark , London SE postcode area SE1 . It runs east west between St George s Circus and Borough High Street ... . Southwark Bridge Road crosses Borough Road north south about halfway along. The railway to Blackfriars station also passes overhead at the junction where there had been Borough Road Station . The campus ... with Southwark Bridge Road. The main entrance lies on Borough Road and is also LSBU s principle address. The building where this entrance is located is known as the Borough Road Building . The London School of Musical Theatre is based at 87 Borough Road. ref http www.lsmt.co.uk London School of Music ... thumb upright Joseph Lancaster , who founded a universal free school on Borough Road in 1798. History of education on Borough Road Borough Road has been a site of educational activity for over two centuries ... Borough Road College archive , British & Foreign School Society , UK. ref It was an early ... as a British School . An associated teacher training institute, Borough Road College , was established soon afterwards in 1804, also in Borough Road. ref http www.brunel.ac.uk about history boroughBorough Road College , Brunel University , UK. ref In 1889, the College moved to Isleworth , west London . Much later, in 1975, Borough Road College merged with Maria Grey Training College to form ... from 1995 to 2006. London South Bank University was established on Borough Road as the Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1892, soon after Borough Road College had moved. ref http www.aim25.ac.uk cgi bin search2?coll id 6350&inst id 46 Borough Polytecnic , AIM25 , UK. ref The associated National ... Lee. Churches The following were listed as being on Borough Road in the Dickens s Dictionary of London ... more details
File LittlestownBoroughOfficesSign.jpg Municipal offices sign for Littlestown, Pennsylvania Littlestown , a borough of Pennsylvania thumb alt Littlestown borough offices sign In the Commonwealth U.S. state U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , a borough is a self governing municipal entity that is usually smaller than a city . There are 958 boroughs in Pennsylvania. ref name manual 6 3 The Pennsylvania Manual , pp. 6 3. ref All municipalities in Pennsylvania are classified as either cities, boroughs, or township Pennsylvania townships . ref name manual 6 3 The only exception to this is the town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg which is recognized by state government as the only incorporated town in Pennsylvania. ref The Pennsylvania Manual, pp. 6 61. ref See also Borough United States List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania References reflist Sources refbegin cite book editor last Trostle editor first Sharon title The Pennsylvania Manual volume 119 year 2009 location Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg publisher Pennsylvania Department of General Services isbn 0 8182 0334 X refend Category Boroughs in Pennsylvania Category Local government in Pennsylvania es Borough Pensilvania fr Borough Pennsylvanie ... more details
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