Brandon and Byshottles
Brandon and Byshottles is a civil parish and electoral ward in County Durham, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 17,774 increasing to 18,509 at the 2011 Census.[1] The parish includes Brandon, New Brancepeth, Broompark, Langley Moor, Ushaw Moor, Meadowfield, Waterhouses and Esh Winning.
Unusually, the parish shares jurisdiction over a quarry south of Esh Winning, with the neighbouring parish of Brancepeth.
For electoral purposes the parish is divided into wards;
- Central Ward (includes Brandon) - elects four parish councillors
- East Ward (includes Langley Moor) - elects three parish councillors
- North Ward (includes New Brancepeth) - elects three parish councillors
- South Ward (includes Meadowfield and Browney) - elects three parish councillors
- Ushaw Moor Ward (includes Ushaw Moor and Broompark) - elects four parish councillors
- West Ward (includes Esh Winning and Waterhouses) - elects four parish councillors
Currently, a majority of the Councillors were elected as Labour Party candidates.
Brandon & Byshottles was established as a local government unit when it was also established as a Local Board District in 1882. Brandon & Byshottles was reconstituted as an Urban District through the Local Government Act 1894.
The Brandon & Byshottles Urban District Council was abolished in 1974 when the area became part of the (now abolished) City of Durham local government area. The Brandon & Byshottles Parish is co-terminous with the pre-1974 UDC area.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish and Electoral Ward population 2011". Retrieved 8 July 2015.
External links
- Parish Council Website
- Parish Archive
External links
Media related to Brandon and Byshottles at Wikimedia Commons
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Civil parishes in County Durham
- including Stockton-on-Tees (north of the river)
- Parishes
- Archdeacon Newton
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- The former Darlington County Borough
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- Barforth
- Barningham
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- Belmont
- Bishop Middleham
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- Brandon and Byshottles
- Brignall
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- Sherburn Village
- Shincliffe
- Shotton
- South Bedburn
- South Hetton
- Staindrop
- Stanhope
- Startforth
- Streatlam and Stainton
- Thornley
- Toft Hill
- Trimdon
- Trimdon Foundry
- Urpeth
- Waldridge
- Wackerfield
- Weather Hill Wood
- West Auckland
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- Westwick
- Wheatley Hill
- Whorlton
- Windlestone
- Wingate
- Winston
- Witton Gilbert
- Witton-le-Wear
- Wolsingham
- Wolsingham Park Moor
- Woodland
- Wycliffe with Thorpe
- Unparished areas
- The former Chester le Street Urban District
- Consett
- Parts of the former Durham Municipal Borough
- Parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District
- Crook and Willington Urban District
- Stanley Urban District
- Towns
- Headland
- Parishes
- Brierton
- Claxton
- Dalton Piercy
- Elwick
- Greatham
- Hart
- Newton Bewley
- Wynyard
- Unparished areas
- Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough
- Towns
- Billingham
- Parishes
- Aislaby
- Carlton
- Egglescliffe
- Elton
- Grindon and Thorpe Thewles
- Longnewton
- Newsham
- Preston-on-Tees
- Redmarshall
- Stillington and Whitton
- Wolviston
- Wynyard
- Unparished areas
- Part of the former Teesside County Borough
- For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham.
- For the part of Stockton-on-Tees (borough) south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.
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