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Districts that have a combined article. When a district council article exists its put in brackets. Fareham is split despite being unparished as is Havant but the old Havant district was "Havant and Waterloo". Note that a district and its council should not normally have separate articles (unless like Eastbourne the district is combined with the settlement) so if a split is desired and the council article exists the council article could be moved instead of creating a new article from scratch. Note when "unparished" is used it refers to a named unparished area rather than a part of a district that is unparished, for example although Bury is entirely unparished it contains 6 unparished areas (the 6 former districts it was formed from in 1974).

From Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about districts/Archive 1#List of districts named from settlements with modifications.

Most that have post 1974 boundaries had only minor changes in 1974[1]. If only minor changes occurred such as moving a part of a parish then this usually is still considered "longstanding" boundaries as opposed to when an entire district or at least parish is merged since minor changes to parish boundaries are common.

Possible criteria:

  1. Built-up area closely matches boundaries (or is larger), little or no rural hinterland
  2. Lack of other distinct settlements
  3. ONS division is roughly the same, or larger
  4. Long-established boundaries (pre 1974)
  5. District is not clearly larger than settlement (for example Newcastle upon Tyne would often be though of as including places like Gateshead)
Criteria 1 2 3 4 5 Notes
Bristol          
Cambridge          
Crawley ?     ?   Several changes in 1974 and apparently Charlwood except the detached part was added, airport outside BUASD but inside BUA
Derby          
Eastbourne           Beachy Head
Exeter           Devon County Buildings Area added in 1974, BUASD excludes Topsham, BUA includes it, last criteria is borderline
Gosport           Lee-on-the-Solent
Harlow          
Hastings           Hastings Country Park
Ipswich           Formerly split at Ipswich (borough) and County Borough of Ipswich
Kingston upon Hull          
Leicester          
Lincoln          
Liverpool          
City of London           Like the London boroughs the ONS division is the same as the district
Luton          
Norwich           Part from Thorpe St. Andrew in 1974
Nottingham           Shire Hall added in 1974, BUASD excludes Clifton, BUA includes it
Plymouth           Plymouth Breakwater (Fort and Lighthouse) added in 1974, BUASD excludes Plymstock, BUA includes it
Portsmouth          
Reading           Formerly split at Reading (district)
Southampton          
Stevenage           Parts of Aston and Datchworth added in 1974 that were part of the new town
Stoke-on-Trent           Part from Barlaston in Stafford added in 1997
Tamworth           Small rural area in north east, formerly split at Borough of Tamworth
Watford          
Woking           Byfleet separate? the former parish is treated as part of Woking unparished area since it was formed after 1974, formerly split at Borough of Woking, typo "Working" in legislation?
Wolverhampton           BUASD excludes Bilston, formerly split at The City of Wolverhampton
Worthing           Small rural area in north east

Possible criteria:

  1. Built-up area closely matches boundaries (or is larger), little or no rural hinterland
  2. Lack of other distinct settlements
  3. ONS division is roughly the same, or larger
  4. Long-established boundaries (pre 1974)
  5. District is not clearly larger than settlement (for example Newcastle upon Tyne would often be though of as including places like Gateshead)
  6. Number of civil parishes
Criteria 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
Birmingham           2 BUASD excludes Royal Sutton Coldfield, not well defined
Cheltenham           5
Coventry           3
Gloucester           1 Only boundary change in 1991 so should probably deal with pre-1974 county borough as well
Manchester           1 Not well defined
Newcastle upon Tyne           6 Also contains Gosforth (part of BUASD) and Newburn (not part of BUASD) unparished areas, not well defined
Oxford           4 Wolvercote, boundary changes in 1991 but like Gloucester mentions transfers not abolishment like York
Redditch           1
Worcester           2

These are ones that were split after 2004/5, are unparished, have pre 1974 boundaries or have been proposed for merging.

Possible criteria:

  1. Built-up area closely matches boundaries (or is larger), little or no rural hinterland
  2. Lack of other distinct settlements
  3. ONS division is roughly the same, or larger
  4. Long-established boundaries (pre 1974)
  5. District is not clearly larger than settlement (for example Newcastle upon Tyne would often be thought of as including places like Gateshead)
  6. Number of civil parishes
Criteria 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
Barrow-in-Furness           3
Basildon           8 Small part from Thurrock Urban District in 1974
Blackpool           0 Zoo?
Chesterfield           2 BUASD excludes Staveley, BUA includes it
Darlington           24
Fareham           0
Harrow           0 4 is based on 1965 boundaries, BUAs in London usually correspond to the boroughs so this was ignored and the area the town covers considered instead
Hartlepool           8
Havant           0 UD was "Havant and Waterloo" not "Havant" so this is arguably kind of an exception anyway
Leeds           37 Contains 7 unparished areas, maybe Bradford etc might be thought of as being part of Leeds?
Mansfield           1 Also contains Mansfield Woodhouse unparished area, places in Ashfield part of BUA
Middlesbrough           2
Peterborough           29
Preston           9 Also contains Fulwood unparished area, Leyland and Chorley part of BUA
Sheffield           3 BUA includes Rotherham but not Stocksbridge and is higher than district, BUASD doesn't include either Rotherham or Stocksbridge and is lower
Slough       ?   3 Small areas moved in 1974 (and 1995) but became parishes so may qualify as having recent boundaries
Southend-on-Sea           1
Warrington           18
York           31 Deals with post 1996 district only due to "new city" formed per order

Facts are at time of abolition not what has later changed since abolition.

Possible criteria:

  1. Built-up area closely matches boundaries (or is larger), little or no rural hinterland
  2. Lack of other distinct settlements
  3. ONS division is roughly the same, or larger
  4. Long-established boundaries (pre 1974)
  5. District is not clearly larger than settlement (for example Newcastle upon Tyne would often be though of as including places like Gateshead)
Criteria 1 2 3 4 5 Notes
Bath          
Gillingham          
Grimsby           District called "Great Grimsby", formerly split at Great Grimsby (borough)
Hereford          
Poole           Formerly split, moved to Poole Borough Council

Possible criteria:

  1. Built-up area closely matches boundaries (or is larger), little or no rural hinterland
  2. Lack of other distinct settlements
  3. ONS division is roughly the same, or larger
  4. Long-established boundaries (pre 1974)
  5. District is not clearly larger than settlement (for example Newcastle upon Tyne would often be though of as including places like Gateshead)
  6. Number of civil parishes
Criteria 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
Bournemouth           1 Formerly split, moved to Bournemouth Borough Council, district included Hengistbury Head
Christchurch           2 BUASD included Barton on Sea
Northampton           11 All parished, 12 including Northampton its self

These are ones that were split after 2004/5, are unparished, have pre 1974 boundaries or have been proposed for merging.

Possible criteria:

  1. Built-up area closely matches boundaries (or is larger), little or no rural hinterland
  2. Lack of other distinct settlements
  3. ONS division is roughly the same, or larger
  4. Long-established boundaries (pre 1974)
  5. District is not clearly larger than settlement (for example Newcastle upon Tyne would often be thought of as including places like Gateshead)
  6. Number of civil parishes
Criteria 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
Brighton     N/A     1 Also contained Saltdean unparished area, BUASD is "Brighton and Hove"
Corby           7
Hove     N/A     0 Also contained Portslade by Sea unparished area, BUASD is "Brighton and Hove"
Scunthorpe           0