Cleveland (county)
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 The former administrative county of Cleveland shown within England | |
| Area | |
| • 1974 | 144,085 acres (583.09 km2)[1] |
| Population | |
| • 1973 | 566,740[2] |
| • 1981 | 565,935 |
| • 1991 | 541,333 |
| History | |
| • Origin | County Borough of Teesside |
| • Created | 1974 |
| • Abolished | 1996 |
| ONS code | 14 |
| Government | Cleveland County Council |
| • Type | Two-tier - upper-tier county council with four lower-tier non-metropolitan borough councils |
| •HQ | Middlesbrough |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan districts |
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| Today part of | North YorkshireandCounty Durham |
Clevelandwas anon-metropolitan countylocated inNorth East Englandwhich existed between 1974 and 1996. Cleveland was a two-tier county and had four boroughs:Hartlepool,Stockton-on-Tees,MiddlesbroughandLangbaurgh-on-Tees.Thecounty townwasMiddlesbrough,whereCleveland County Councilmet. The county was named after the historic area ofCleveland, Yorkshire.Its area is now split between the counties ofNorth YorkshireandCounty Durham.
The county was abolished in 1996, with its constituent boroughs becomingunitary authorities.Hartlepool and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees became part of the County Durham, and the remainder became part of North Yorkshire. Some public bodies continue to cover the area of the former county, such asCleveland PoliceandCleveland Fire Brigade.Cleveland bordered County Durham to the north and North Yorkshire to the south, with a coastline on theNorth Seato the east. It had a total area of 225 square miles (583 km2).
Formation
[edit]A Bill as originally presented in November 1971 that intended the administrative county to have been an extended form of the then presentCounty Borough of Teesside,an independent district in theNorth Ridingfrom 1968 to 1974. On 1 April 1974, by theLocal Government Act 1972,most of the thenCleveland constituencyand Hartlepool were incorporated as the Clevelandnon-metropolitan county.[3]
Proposed abolition
[edit]Local government reorganisation, recommended by theBanham Reviewand accepted by the government, meant that each district borough be re-organised into separate unitary authorities with the Tees be re-established as a ceremonial border betweenNorth YorkshireandCounty Durham.[4][5]The county district boroughs of Cleveland were re-organised intoHartlepool,Stockton-on-Tees,MiddlesbroughandRedcar and Cleveland.The reorganisation meant that Stockton-on-Tees became the only local authority in England to be split between two counties.
This split was contested by ClevelandCounty Council,who applied forjudicial reviewover the decision. According to the Minister,David Curry,in the Commons debate on the order on 11 January 1995, this caused a delay from 1 April 1995 as the reorganisation date to 1 April 1996.
Abolition
[edit]The Cleveland (Structural Change) Order 1995abolished the County Council (to take place on 1 April 1996) and transferred its powers to the district councils, though it did not abolish Cleveland itself. It also renamed Langbaurgh-on-Tees as Redcar and Cleveland.[6]
The Cleveland (Further Provision) Order 1995abolished the county of Cleveland altogether, also from 1 April 1996, creating in its place four counties corresponding to the four boroughs. However, the requirement for counties to have a council was removed for these four counties in particular.[5]Further regulations placed each district within theceremonial countyofDurhamorNorth Yorkshire,also splitting Stockton-on-Tees along the Tees.[7][8]
Town twinning
[edit]Cleveland, as a conurbation of settlements, wastwinnedwith:
Statistical
[edit]NUTS statistical regions of the United Kingdomwere also introduced in 1974. This caused SouthHumbersideto be put with the reformed counties using the name Yorkshire, to formYorkshire and Humber.South Tees came underNorth East of Englandregion.[10]
Demographics
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System.London:HMSO.1974. p. 37.ISBN0-11-750847-0.
- ^Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973
- ^Michael Bates,MP for Langbaurgh (17 June 1993)."Cleveland County Council (Abolition)".Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).United Kingdom:House of Commons.col. 1089–1098.
- ^"Teesside: Town and country welcome Whitehall compromise".The Times.London:Thomson Corporation.21 March 1972.
- ^ab "The Cleveland (Further Provision) Order 1995",legislation.gov.uk,The National Archives,10 July 1995, SI 1995/1747,retrieved13 July2021
- ^"The Cleveland (Structural Change) Order 1995",legislation.gov.uk,The National Archives,30 January 1995, SI 1995/187,retrieved13 July2021
- ^Lieutenancies Act 19971997 c.23
- ^"The Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1995",legislation.gov.uk,The National Archives,SI 1995/1748,retrieved6 March2024
- ^"Interactive City Directory".Sister Cities International.Archivedfrom the original on 5 October 2019.Retrieved5 October2019.
- ^Great Britain Historical GIS/ University of Portsmouth,Teesside County Borough(historic map). Retrieved 17 September 2009.
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