Allerdale Explained

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Borough of Allerdale
Type:Borough
Image Blank Emblem:Allerdale arms.png
Blank Emblem Type:The Arms of Allerdale Borough Council
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:Constituent country
Subdivision Name1:England
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:North West England
Subdivision Type3:Ceremonial county
Subdivision Name3:Cumbria
Subdivision Type4:Historic county
Subdivision Name4:Cumberland
Seat Type:Admin. HQ
Seat:Allerdale House, New Bridge Road, Workington, CA143YJ
Government Type:Borough Council
Leader Title:Leadership
Leader Name:Leader & Cabinet
Leader Title1:Executive
Leader Name1:Conservative Party/Independents
Leader Title2:MPs
Leader Name2:Mark Jenkinson, Trudy Harrison, Neil Hudson
Leader Title3:Leader
Leader Name3:Mark Johnson
Established Title:Founded
Extinct Title:Abolished
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Greenwich Mean Time
Utc Offset:+0
Timezone Dst:British Summer Time
Utc Offset Dst:+1
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Blank Name:ISO 3166-2
Blank1 Name:ONS code
Blank1 Info:16UB (ONS) E07000026 (GSS)
Blank2 Name:OS grid reference
Blank3 Name:NUTS 3
Blank4 Name:Ethnicity
Blank4 Info:99.4% White British

Allerdale was a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council – Allerdale Borough Council – was based in Workington, and the borough had a population of 96,422 at the 2011 census.

The Borough of Allerdale was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the municipal borough of Workington, the urban districts of Maryport, Cockermouth and Keswick; and the rural districts of Cockermouth and Wigton, all of which were within the administrative county of Cumberland. In 1995 Allerdale was granted borough status.

The name derives from the ancient region of Allerdale, represented latterly by the two wards of Cumberland, called Allerdale-above-Derwent and Allerdale-below-Derwent, the present borough corresponding largely to the latter with parts of the former. Much of the area during the medieval period was a royal forest subject to forest law.[1]

In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, Cumbria would be reorganised into two unitary authorities.[2] On 1 April 2023, Allerdale Borough Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new unitary authority known as Cumberland, which also covers the former districts of Carlisle and Copeland.[3]

Settlements

Workington was the largest settlement in the borough, and was the seat of the borough council. Allerdale House in Workington was the meeting place and primary office space used by the council.[4] The building is known locally as "Perry's Palace" after former council chief executive Tony Perry, who was responsible for its construction.[5] Other settlements in the borough included: Abbeytown, Allonby, Aspatria, Bolton Low Houses, Bothel, Brigham, Broughton, Great Clifton, Cockermouth, Crosby, Dean, Dearham, Fletchertown, Flimby, Ireby, Keswick, Kirkbride, Maryport, Mawbray, Plumbland, Seaton, Silloth, Tallentire, Thursby, Waverton, Westnewton, and Wigton.[6]

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Allerdale.

Individuals

Politics

See also: Allerdale local elections. Elections to the borough council were held every four years with 49 councillors being elected from 23 wards.[10] No party had a majority on the council since Labour lost their majority at the 2003 election. From the 2019 election until abolition in 2023, the council was jointly administered by the Conservative Party and independents.[11] From March 2021 to March 2023 the leader of the council was Mark Johnson, a Conservative.[12]

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Derwent 7 parishes

The Derwent 7 Community Led Planning Group was set up in 2007 by the town and parish councils of Above Derwent, Bassenthwaite, Borrowdale, Keswick, St John's, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Threlkeld and Underskiddaw, with funding from Allerdale Borough Council, and was still in existence in 2017. It had four subgroups including one on transport, and a co-ordinating "Cluster group".[16]

The term "Derwent Seven Parishes" is used in defining the collecting scope of Keswick Museum, as Keswick is at the heart of the area covered by these parishes.[17]

A map illustrating the area of the parishes is included in an appendix to a document produced by Sustainable Keswick.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Alan Sutton . 0-86299-781-X . Wolfeboro Falls, NH . The royal forests of England . Raymond Grant . 1991 . 086299781X. 1878197M . See table, p221
  2. Web site: Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset . GOV.UK . 1 January 2022. en.
  3. Web site: Local Government Reorganisation. Delivering Two New Councils for Cumbria. 1 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Contact Us . Allerdale Borough Council . 10 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Former Allerdale council chief Tony Perry dies . Times & Star . 10 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Town and Parish Council boundaries . Allerdale Borough Council . 10 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Allerdale Civic Dinner raises over £3,000 for charity – with guest of honour Malcolm Wilson OBE. Cumbria. Crack. 28 March 2018.
  8. Web site: Ben Stokes to be made Freeman of Allerdale. Irving. Jonathan. 26 September 2019. allerdale.gov.uk. en. 2020-02-24.
  9. Web site: Stoked: Cumbrian cricket legend to be made Freeman of his home Borough. 26 September 2019. ITV News. en. 2020-02-24.
  10. Web site: Your Councillors . Allerdale Borough Council . 10 September 2019.
  11. Web site: England local election results 2019 . BBC News . 10 September 2019.
  12. Web site: Political structure of the council . Allerdale Borough Council . 14 June 2022.
  13. Web site: Allerdale Borough Council – Your Councillors. Democratic Services. 23 March 2018. Government of the United Kingdom. 23 March 2018.
  14. Web site: New councillors elected. Times and Star.
  15. Web site: Political makeup – Allerdale Borough Council. Government of the United Kingdom. 23 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180416073715/http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/councillors-democracy-election/political-structure-and-leader/political-makeup.aspx. 16 April 2018. dead.
  16. Web site: Home . Derwent7 . 2 August 2020 . en.
    Web site: Derwent 7 Cluster Group . Derwent7 . 2 August 2020 . en.
  17. Web site: Our Collections . Keswick Museum . Keswick Museum.
  18. Web site: Appendix One . Sustainable Keswick . 2 August 2020.