Successor parish

Successor parishes are civil parishes with a parish council created by the Local Government Act 1972 in England. They replaced, with the same boundaries, a selected group of urban districts and municipal boroughs that were abolished in 1974. Most successor parish councils exercised the right to call themselves towns. A total of 300 successor parishes were formed from the former area of 78 municipal boroughs and 221 urban districts. Civil parishes are not permitted to cross district or county boundaries, and where the creation of a successor parish would cause this to happen, either only part of the former area became a parish or two parishes were formed.

Successor parish
CategoryCivil parish
LocationEngland
Found inDistricts
Created byLocal Government Act 1972
Created1 April 1974
Number300 (as of 1 April 1974)
Possible typesCity
Town
Parish
GovernmentCity council
Town council
Parish council

Background

Until 1974, civil parishes with parish councils had existed only within rural districts, as urban districts served a similar purpose. Civil parishes were created by the Local Government Act 1894 and were not formed within urban areas. In many parts of England and Wales their number had been in decline as more areas became urbanised and were incorporated into urban districts or boroughs.

Creation

Part V of Schedule 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 directed the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to consult with the existing local authorities and make proposals for the establishment of new parishes with a boundary coterminous with an existing urban district or borough, or if divided by a district boundary, as much as was comprised in a single district. The commission was also to propose names for the parishes. The concept of successor parishes was a relatively late addition to the Local Government Bill, being added at report stage in response to pressure from small urban district and small borough councils.[1] It was further allowed that these parish councils would be entitled to be styled 'towns' and have 'town mayors', and retain other charter rights.[2] The mechanism for towns and town mayors was introduced in a government amendment in the Lords in September 1972.[3]

The Secretary of State for the Environment was permitted to give the commission guidance on making their proposals. The stated policy was "to retain elected councils at parish level for small towns but not for areas which are parts of larger towns or continuously built up areas". The original criteria for identifying "small towns" was that they should have fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, or less than 20 percent of the district's population. A report was issued by the commission in May 1973.[4] Following the publication of the report, a large number of representations were made to the Commission. Fifty-two towns in metropolitan districts wished to be granted successor status, of which ten were successful. A similar number of towns in non-metropolitan districts also made representations, of which fifteen were favourably received.[5] The parishes were created by three statutory instruments: the Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/1110), the Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/1939) and the Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1974 (SI 1974/569).

Where the area of a borough became a successor parish, the powers of the borough corporation under its charter to appoint local officers of dignity passed to the new parish council. Successor parish councils could also apply for the transfer of the coat of arms of the former council by Order in Council.[6] The majority of successor parish councils chose to exercise their right to designate their parish a town, with the parish council becoming a town council. A handful (Chichester, Ely, Ripon and Wells) were successors to cities, with the parish council known as a city council.

List of successor parishes
Abolished districtSuccessor parishSuccessor parish county
Clevedon Urban DistrictClevedonAvon
Norton-Radstock Urban DistrictNorton-Radstock13Avon
Portishead Urban DistrictPortishead1Avon
Ampthill Urban DistrictAmpthillBedfordshire
Biggleswade Urban DistrictBiggleswadeBedfordshire
Kempston Urban DistrictKempstonBedfordshire
Leighton-Linslade Urban DistrictLeighton-LinsladeBedfordshire
Sandy Urban DistrictSandyBedfordshire
Wokingham Municipal BoroughWokinghamBerkshire
Eton Urban DistrictEtonBerkshire
Beaconsfield Urban DistrictBeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire
Buckingham Municipal BoroughBuckinghamBuckinghamshire
Chesham Urban DistrictCheshamBuckinghamshire
Marlow Urban DistrictMarlowBuckinghamshire
Chatteris Urban DistrictChatterisCambridgeshire
Ely Urban DistrictElyCambridgeshire
Huntingdon and Godmanchester Municipal BoroughHuntingdon and Godmanchester2Cambridgeshire
St Ives Municipal BoroughSt IvesCambridgeshire
March Urban DistrictMarchCambridgeshire
Ramsey Urban DistrictRamseyCambridgeshire
St Neots Urban DistrictSt NeotsCambridgeshire
Wisbech Municipal BoroughWisbechCambridgeshire
Alderley Edge Urban DistrictAlderley EdgeCheshire
Alsager Urban DistrictAlsagerCheshire
Bollington Urban DistrictBollingtonCheshire
Golborne Urban District (part)Culcheth and GlazeburyCheshire
Knutsford Urban DistrictKnutsfordCheshire
Lymm Urban DistrictLymmCheshire
Middlewich Urban DistrictMiddlewichCheshire
Nantwich Urban DistrictNantwichCheshire
Northwich Urban DistrictNorthwichCheshire
Sandbach Urban DistrictSandbachCheshire
Winsford Urban DistrictWinsfordCheshire
Guisborough Urban DistrictGuisboroughCleveland
Loftus Urban DistrictLoftusCleveland
Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea Urban DistrictSaltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea3Cleveland
Bodmin Municipal BoroughBodminCornwall
Bude-Stratton Urban DistrictBude-StrattonCornwall
Falmouth Municipal BoroughFalmouthCornwall
Helston Municipal BoroughHelstonCornwall
Dunheved Municipal BoroughLauncestonCornwall
Liskeard Municipal BoroughLiskeardCornwall
Looe Urban DistrictLooeCornwall
Penryn Municipal BoroughPenrynCornwall
St Ives Municipal BoroughSt IvesCornwall
St Just Urban DistrictSt JustCornwall
Saltash Municipal BoroughSaltashCornwall
Truro Municipal BoroughTruroCornwall
Torpoint Urban DistrictTorpointCornwall
Appleby Municipal BoroughAppleby-in-WestmorlandCumbria
Cockermouth Urban DistrictCockermouthCumbria
Grange Urban DistrictGrange-over-SandsCumbria
Kendal Municipal BoroughKendalCumbria
Keswick Urban DistrictKeswickCumbria
Lakes Urban District (part)LakesCumbria
Lakes Urban District (part)PatterdaleCumbria
Maryport Urban DistrictMaryportCumbria
Ulverston Urban DistrictUlverstonCumbria
Windermere Urban DistrictWindermereCumbria
Ashbourne Urban DistrictAshbourneDerbyshire
Bakewell Urban DistrictBakewellDerbyshire
Belper Urban DistrictBelperDerbyshire
Bolsover Urban DistrictBolsover, renamed Old BolsoverDerbyshire
Clay Cross Urban DistrictClay CrossDerbyshire
Dronfield Urban DistrictDronfieldDerbyshire
New Mills Urban DistrictNew MillsDerbyshire
Ripley Urban DistrictRipleyDerbyshire
Staveley Urban DistrictStaveleyDerbyshire
Whaley Bridge Urban DistrictWhaley BridgeDerbyshire
Wirksworth Urban DistrictWirksworthDerbyshire
Ashburton Urban DistrictAshburtonDevon
Barnstaple Municipal BoroughBarnstapleDevon
Bideford Municipal BoroughBidefordDevon
Buckfastleigh Urban DistrictBuckfastleighDevon
Budleigh Salterton Urban DistrictBudleigh SaltertonDevon
Crediton Urban DistrictCreditonDevon
Dartmouth Municipal BoroughDartmouthDevon
Dawlish Urban DistrictDawlishDevon
Great Torrington Municipal BoroughGreat TorringtonDevon
Honiton Municipal BoroughHonitonDevon
Ilfracombe Urban DistrictIlfracombeDevon
Kingsbridge Urban DistrictKingsbridgeDevon
Lynton Urban DistrictLynton4Devon
Newton Abbot Urban DistrictNewton AbbotDevon
Northam Urban DistrictNorthamDevon
Okehampton Municipal BoroughOkehamptonDevon
Ottery St Mary Urban DistrictOttery St MaryDevon
Salcombe Urban DistrictSalcombeDevon
Seaton Urban DistrictSeatonDevon
Sidmouth Urban DistrictSidmouthDevon
Teignmouth Urban DistrictTeignmouthDevon
Tiverton Municipal BoroughTivertonDevon
Totnes Municipal BoroughTotnesDevon
Blandford Forum Municipal BoroughBlandford ForumDorset
Bridport Municipal BoroughBridportDorset
Dorchester Municipal BoroughDorchesterDorset
Lyme Regis Municipal BoroughLyme RegisDorset
Portland Urban DistrictPortlandDorset
Shaftesbury Municipal BoroughShaftesburyDorset
Sherborne Urban DistrictSherborneDorset
Swanage Urban DistrictSwanageDorset
Wareham Municipal BoroughWareham Lady St Mary5Dorset
Wimborne Minster Urban DistrictWimborne MinsterDorset
Barnard Castle Urban DistrictBarnard CastleDurham
Brandon and Byshottles Urban DistrictBrandon and ByshottlesDurham
Shildon Urban DistrictShildonDurham
Spennymoor Urban DistrictSpennymoorDurham
Tow Law Urban DistrictTow LawDurham
Lewes Municipal BoroughLewesEast Sussex
Newhaven Urban DistrictNewhavenEast Sussex
Rye Municipal BoroughRyeEast Sussex
Brightlingsea Urban DistrictBrightlingseaEssex
Burnham-on-Crouch Urban DistrictBurnham-on-CrouchEssex
Epping Urban DistrictEppingEssex
Frinton and Walton Urban DistrictFrinton and WaltonEssex
Halstead Urban DistrictHalsteadEssex
Harwich Municipal BoroughHarwichEssex
Saffron Walden Municipal BoroughSaffron WaldenEssex
Waltham Holy Cross Urban DistrictWaltham AbbeyEssex
West Mersea Urban DistrictWest MerseaEssex
Wivenhoe Urban District WivenhoeEssex
Cirencester Urban DistrictCirencesterGloucestershire
Nailsworth Urban DistrictNailsworthGloucestershire
Tewkesbury Municipal BoroughTewkesburyGloucestershire
Blackrod Urban DistrictBlackrodGreater Manchester
Horwich Urban DistrictHorwichGreater Manchester
Saddleworth Urban DistrictSaddleworthGreater Manchester
Alton Urban DistrictAltonHampshire
Petersfield Urban DistrictPetersfieldHampshire
Romsey Municipal BoroughRomseyHampshire
Bewdley Municipal BoroughBewdleyHereford and Worcester
Droitwich Municipal BoroughDroitwich6Hereford and Worcester
Evesham Municipal BoroughEveshamHereford and Worcester
Kington Urban DistrictKingtonHereford and Worcester
Leominster Municipal BoroughLeominsterHereford and Worcester
Ross-on-Wye Urban DistrictRoss-on-WyeHereford and Worcester
Stourport-on-Severn Urban DistrictStourport-on-SevernHereford and Worcester
Berkhamsted Urban DistrictBerkhamstedHertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford Urban DistrictBishop's StortfordHertfordshire
Chorleywood Urban DistrictChorleywoodHertfordshire
Harpenden Urban DistrictHarpendenHertfordshire
Hertford Municipal BoroughHertfordHertfordshire
Royston Urban DistrictRoystonHertfordshire
Sawbridgeworth Urban DistrictSawbridgeworthHertfordshire
Tring Urban DistrictTringHertfordshire
Ware Urban DistrictWareHertfordshire
Barton-upon-Humber Urban DistrictBarton-upon-HumberHumberside
Brigg Urban DistrictBriggHumberside
Hedon Municipal BoroughHedonHumberside
Hornsea Urban DistrictHornseaHumberside
Ventnor Urban DistrictVentnorIsle of Wight
Broadstairs and St Peter's Urban DistrictBroadstairs and St Peter'sKent
Faversham Municipal BoroughFavershamKent
Hythe Municipal BoroughHytheKent
Lydd Municipal BoroughLyddKent
New Romney Municipal BoroughNew RomneyKent
Sandwich Municipal BoroughSandwichKent
Sevenoaks Urban DistrictSevenoaksKent
Southborough Urban DistrictSouthboroughKent
Swanscombe Urban DistrictSwanscombe7Kent
Tenterden Municipal BoroughTenterdenKent
Adlington Urban DistrictAdlingtonLancashire
Carnforth Urban DistrictCarnforthLancashire
Clitheroe Municipal BoroughClitheroeLancashire
Kirkham Urban DistrictKirkhamLancashire
Longridge Urban DistrictLongridgeLancashire
Preesall Urban DistrictPreesallLancashire
Turton Urban District (part)Turton North11Lancashire
Whitworth Urban DistrictWhitworthLancashire
Withnell Urban DistrictWithnellLancashire
Ashby de la Zouch Urban DistrictAshby de la ZouchLeicestershire
Ashby Woulds Urban DistrictAshby WouldsLeicestershire
Oakham Urban DistrictOakhamLeicestershire
Alford Urban DistrictAlfordLincolnshire
Bourne Urban DistrictBourneLincolnshire
Horncastle Urban DistrictHorncastleLincolnshire
Louth Municipal BoroughLouthLincolnshire
Mablethorpe and Sutton Urban DistrictMablethorpe and SuttonLincolnshire
Market Rasen Urban DistrictMarket RasenLincolnshire
Skegness Urban DistrictSkegnessLincolnshire
Sleaford Urban DistrictSleafordLincolnshire
Stamford Municipal BoroughStamfordLincolnshire
Woodhall Spa Urban DistrictWoodhall SpaLincolnshire
Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District (part)Seneley GreenMerseyside
Billinge and Winstanley Urban District (part)Billinge Chapel EndMerseyside
Rainford Urban DistrictRainfordMerseyside
Cromer Urban DistrictCromerNorfolk
Diss Urban DistrictDissNorfolk
Downham Market Urban DistrictDownham MarketNorfolk
East Dereham Urban DistrictEast Dereham8Norfolk
Hunstanton Urban DistrictHunstantonNorfolk
North Walsham Urban DistrictNorth WalshamNorfolk
Sheringham Urban DistrictSheringhamNorfolk
Swaffham Urban DistrictSwaffhamNorfolk
Thetford Municipal BoroughThetfordNorfolk
Wells-next-the-Sea Urban DistrictWells-next-the-SeaNorfolk
Wymondham Urban DistrictWymondhamNorfolk
Filey Urban DistrictFileyNorth Yorkshire
Knaresborough Urban DistrictKnaresboroughNorth Yorkshire
Malton Urban DistrictMaltonNorth Yorkshire
Northallerton Urban DistrictNorthallertonNorth Yorkshire
Norton Urban DistrictNortonNorth Yorkshire
Pickering Urban DistrictPickeringNorth Yorkshire
Richmond Municipal BoroughRichmondNorth Yorkshire
Ripon Municipal BoroughRiponNorth Yorkshire
Scalby Urban DistrictScalbyNorth Yorkshire
Selby Urban DistrictSelbyNorth Yorkshire
Skipton Urban DistrictSkiptonNorth Yorkshire
Whitby Urban DistrictWhitbyNorth Yorkshire
Brackley Municipal BoroughBrackleyNorthamptonshire
Burton Latimer Urban DistrictBurton LatimerNorthamptonshire
Desborough Urban DistrictDesboroughNorthamptonshire
Higham Ferrers Municipal BoroughHigham FerrersNorthamptonshire
Irthlingborough Urban DistrictIrthlingboroughNorthamptonshire
Oundle Urban DistrictOundleNorthamptonshire
Raunds Urban DistrictRaundsNorthamptonshire
Rothwell Urban DistrictRothwellNorthamptonshire
Alnwick Urban DistrictAlnwickNorthumberland
Amble Urban DistrictAmbleNorthumberland
Hexham Urban DistrictHexhamNorthumberland
Prudhoe Urban DistrictPrudhoeNorthumberland
Eastwood Urban DistrictEastwoodNottinghamshire
Warsop Urban DistrictWarsopNottinghamshire
Abingdon Municipal BoroughAbingdonOxfordshire
Bicester Urban DistrictBicesterOxfordshire
Chipping Norton Municipal BoroughChipping NortonOxfordshire
Henley on Thames Municipal BoroughHenley-on-ThamesOxfordshire
Thame Urban DistrictThameOxfordshire
Wallingford Municipal BoroughWallingfordOxfordshire
Wantage Urban DistrictWantageOxfordshire
Witney Urban DistrictWitneyOxfordshire
Woodstock Municipal BoroughWoodstockOxfordshire
Newport Urban DistrictNewportSalop (Shropshire)
Burnham-on-Sea Urban DistrictBurnham-on-Sea9Somerset
Chard Municipal BoroughChard12Somerset
Crewkerne Urban DistrictCrewkerneSomerset
Frome Urban DistrictFromeSomerset
Glastonbury Municipal BoroughGlastonburySomerset
Ilminster Urban DistrictIlminsterSomerset
Shepton Mallet Urban DistrictShepton MalletSomerset
Street Urban DistrictStreetSomerset
Watchet Urban DistrictWatchetSomerset
Wellington Urban DistrictWellingtonSomerset
Wells Municipal BoroughWellsSomerset
Penistone Urban DistrictPenistoneSouth Yorkshire
Stocksbridge Urban DistrictStocksbridgeSouth Yorkshire
Tickhill Urban DistrictTickhillSouth Yorkshire
Biddulph Urban DistrictBiddulphStaffordshire
Kidsgrove Urban DistrictKidsgroveStaffordshire
Leek Urban DistrictLeekStaffordshire
Stone Urban DistrictStoneStaffordshire
Uttoxeter Urban DistrictUttoxeterStaffordshire
Aldeburgh Municipal BoroughAldeburghSuffolk
Beccles Municipal BoroughBecclesSuffolk
Bungay Urban DistrictBungaySuffolk
Eye Municipal BoroughEyeSuffolk
Felixstowe Urban DistrictFelixstoweSuffolk
Hadleigh Urban DistrictHadleighSuffolk
Halesworth Urban DistrictHalesworthSuffolk
Leiston-cum-Sizewell Urban DistrictLeistonSuffolk
Saxmundham Urban DistrictSaxmundhamSuffolk
Southwold Urban DistrictSouthwoldSuffolk
Stowmarket Urban DistrictStowmarketSuffolk
Sudbury Municipal BoroughSudburySuffolk
Woodbridge Urban DistrictWoodbridgeSuffolk
Godalming Municipal BoroughGodalmingSurrey
Haslemere Urban DistrictHaslemereSurrey
Hetton Urban DistrictHettonTyne and Wear
Stratford upon Avon Municipal BoroughStratford-upon-AvonWarwickshire
Kenilworth Urban DistrictKenilworthWarwickshire
Warwick Municipal BoroughWarwickWarwickshire
Arundel Municipal BoroughArundelWest Sussex
Burgess Hill Urban DistrictBurgess HillWest Sussex
Chichester Municipal BoroughChichesterWest Sussex
East Grinstead Urban DistrictEast GrinsteadWest Sussex
Littlehampton Urban DistrictLittlehamptonWest Sussex
Denby Dale Urban DistrictDenby DaleWest Yorkshire
Denholme Urban DistrictDenholmeWest Yorkshire
Featherstone Urban DistrictFeatherstoneWest Yorkshire
Hebden Royd Urban DistrictHebden RoydWest Yorkshire
Hemsworth Urban DistrictHemsworthWest Yorkshire
Holmfirth Urban DistrictHolmfirth10West Yorkshire
Ilkley Urban DistrictIlkleyWest Yorkshire
Kirkburton Urban DistrictKirkburtonWest Yorkshire
Meltham Urban DistrictMelthamWest Yorkshire
Normanton Urban DistrictNormantonWest Yorkshire
Otley Urban DistrictOtleyWest Yorkshire
Ripponden Urban DistrictRippondenWest Yorkshire
Silsden Urban DistrictSilsdenWest Yorkshire
Todmorden Municipal BoroughTodmordenWest Yorkshire
Bradford-on-Avon Urban DistrictBradford-on-AvonWiltshire
Calne Municipal BoroughCalneWiltshire
Devizes Municipal BoroughDevizesWiltshire
Malmesbury Municipal BoroughMalmesburyWiltshire
Marlborough Municipal BoroughMarlboroughWiltshire
Melksham Urban DistrictMelkshamWiltshire
Trowbridge Urban DistrictTrowbridgeWiltshire
Warminster Urban DistrictWarminsterWiltshire
Westbury Urban DistrictWestburyWiltshire
Wilton Municipal BoroughWiltonWiltshire

Notes
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gollark: Don't earn at the Sellshop. It is a bad deal. Unless the prices were tweaked a lot.
gollark: But if you don't, more people will löse möney.
gollark: Complain to the Ädmïnïsträtörs.
gollark: How does that *happen* by accident?

References
  1. Wood, Bruce. The Process of Local Government Reform 1966-1974. (1976)
  2. Smaller towns may keep their mayors. The Times. March 6, 1972.
  3. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 22 September 1972. col. 1476–1481.
  4. Local Government Boundary Commission for England: report number 3, Proposals for constitution of parishes
  5. Local Government Boundary Commission for England: report number 5, Parishes: further proposals
  6. Local Government Act 1972, Sections 246 (3) and 247
  7. Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 165. ISBN 0117508470.
  8. "Lancashire". Database of Local Government Orders. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
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