Category: History - British
ENGLAND. Geographical usage confines to the southern part of the island of Great Britain the name commonly given to the great insular power of western Europe.[1] In this restricted sense the present article deals with England, the predominant partner in the United Kingdom of G...
districts are in practice created only by orders of county councils made under the Local Government Act 1888, section 57. Rural districts were first created in 1872. Before that...
1. VOLUME IX, SLICE IVENGLAND. Geographical usage confines to the southern part of the island of Great Britain the name commonly given to the great insular power of western Europe.[1] In this restric...
2. Act 1879; (vi.) the provision, enlargement, maintenance and managementand visitation of, and other dealing with, asylums for pauper lunatics; (vii.) the establishment and maintenance of, and the contribution to, reformatory and industrial schools;...
3. Act 1894 are numerous and varied, and the chief of them are mentionedhereafter in connexion with parish councils. The county council may establish a parish council in a parish which has a population of less than 300, and may group small parishes...
4. Act 1888, does not affect the powers, duties or liabilities of thecounty council as regards that borough, nor exempt the parishes in the borough from being assessed to county rate for any purposes to which such parishes were previously liable...