Antrim and Newtownabbey explained

Antrim and Newtownabbey
Settlement Type:	District and borough
Coordinates:	54.7167°N -19°W
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Northern Ireland
Established Title:	Incorporated
Established Date:	1 April 2015
Named For:	Borough of Antrim and Borough of Newtownabbey
Seat Type:	Administrative HQ
Seat:	Mossley Mill and Antrim Civic Centre
Government Footnotes:	^[1]
Government Type:	District council
Governing Body:	Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Leader Title:	Executive
Leader Name:	Committee system
Leader Title1:	Control
Leader Title3:	MLAs
Leader Title4:	MPs
Area Rank:
Population Rank:
Timezone1:	GMT
Utc Offset1:	+0
Timezone1 Dst:	BST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+1
Postal Code Type:	Postcode areas
Postal Code:	BT
Area Code Type:	Dialling codes
Area Code:	028
Iso Code:	GB-ANN
Blank1 Name:	GSS code
Blank1 Info:	N09000001

Antrim and Newtownabbey is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Antrim with the Borough of Newtownabbey. The local authority is Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.

Geography

The district stretches 274sqmi from the lower River Bann and Lough Neagh to the shores of Belfast Lough. It has a population of . The name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008.^[2]

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

See main article: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council replaced Antrim Borough Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.^[3] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.^[4]

Freedom of the Borough

The following people, military units and organisation and groups have received the Freedom of the Borough of Antrim and Newtownabbey and its predecessors.

Individuals

• Bertram Bickerstaff: 1 June 1982.
• Doris E. Robb: 1 June 1982.
• Sidney R. Cameron: 31 October 1992.
• Dr. Willie John McBride: 31 October 1992.
• George L. Herron: 28 May 1998.
• James J. Rooney: 26 May 2001.
• Samuel J. Magee : 25 May 2004.
• Sir A.P. McCoy: 10 September 2005. (Borough of Antrim)
• Tommy McTeague: 24 November 2005. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• W.A. Fraser Agnew : 31 October 1992.
• Wolf-Dietrich Rienacker: 9 October 2008. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• Dr. Peter Fitzgerald: 3 June 2009.
• Norman Dunn: 29 October 2009.lDavid Hollis TUV. JH AllisterTUV 2009)
• Dr. Rorlof Schierbeek: 12 February 2010. (Borough of Antrim)
• Jonathan Rea: 15 January 2019.
• Jacqueline "Jacqui" Dixon: 9 February 2024.^[5]

Military Units

• The Royal Ulster Constabulary: 1 June 1984. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve: 1 June 1984. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Ulster Defence Regiment: 11 March 1989. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Ulster Defence Regiment: 28 April 1990. (Borough of Antrim)
• The Royal Irish Rangers: 5 May 1990. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Royal Air Force: 17 April 1993. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• 321 EOD Squadron, RLC: 30 October 1993. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Royal British Legion: 11 May 1996. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Royal Air Force: 15 March 1997. (Borough of Antrim)
• The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service: 24 May 2000. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Royal Ulster Constabulary: 3 March 2001. (Borough of Antrim)
• The Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve: 3 March 2001. (Borough of Antrim)
• Northern Ireland Burma Star Association: 6 April 2002. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
• The Royal Navy: 18 May 2002.
• The Royal Naval Reserve: 18 May 2002.
• The Royal Marines: 18 May 2002.
• The Royal Marines Reserve: 18 May 2002.
• The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service: 10 December 2003. (Borough of Antrim)
• The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service: 10 December 2003. (Borough of Antrim)
• The Royal British Legion: 24 June 2006. (Borough of Antrim)
• 25 Engineer Regiment, RE: 26 May 2007. (Borough of Antrim)
• The Merchant Navy: 4 April 2012.

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Organisations and Groups

• The Northern Ireland Hospice: 24 May 2022.^[7]

See also

• Local government in Northern Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Council . Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council . 27 July 2024.
2. Web site: Provisional Recommendations of the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland . LGBC . 2008-09-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080920060547/http://www.lgbc-ni.org/index/provisional_recommendations.htm . 2008-09-20 .
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
4. Web site: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Councils are merging in 2015 . 2014-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103170402/http://www.newtownabbey.gov.uk/Council2015/Council%202015%20Feature.pdf . 2014-01-03 . dead .
5. Web site: Antrim and Newtownabbey's latest Freedom recipient Jacqui Dixon 'honoured and humbled' . Martin . Valerie . 9 February 2024 . The Northern Ireland World . 15 February 2024 .
6. Web site: Council Information - Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190531113035/https://antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/freeman/. 2019-05-31.
7. Web site: Ewe deserve it! Northern Ireland Hospice receives Freedom of the Borough honour . Harte . Lauren . 24 May 2022 . Belfast Live . 25 May 2022 .