User:Crouch, Swale/District split

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).

Unparished

• Bristol (Bristol City Council)
• Cambridge (Cambridge City Council)
• Crawley (Crawley Borough Council)
• Derby (Derby City Council)
• Eastbourne (Eastbourne Borough Council)
• Exeter (Exeter City Council)
• Gosport (Gosport Borough Council)
• Harlow (Harlow District Council)
• Hastings (Hastings Borough Council)
• Ipswich (Ipswich Borough Council)
• Kingston upon Hull (Hull City Council)
• Leicester (Leicester City Council)
• Lincoln (City of Lincoln Council)
• Liverpool (Liverpool City Council)
• City of London (City of London Corporation)
• Luton (Luton Borough Council)
• Norwich (Norwich City Council)
• Nottingham (Nottingham City Council)
• Plymouth (Plymouth City Council)
• Portsmouth (Portsmouth City Council)
• Reading (Reading Borough Council)
• Southampton (Southampton City Council)
• Stevenage (Stevenage Borough Council)
• Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke-on-Trent City Council)
• Tamworth (Tamworth Borough Council)
• Watford (Watford Borough Council)
• Woking (Woking Borough Council)
• Wolverhampton (City of Wolverhampton Council)
• Worthing (Worthing Borough Council)

Partly parished

• Birmingham (Birmingham City Council), not well defined, probably no need for split, BUASD doesn't include Royal Sutton Coldfield
• Cheltenham (Cheltenham Borough Council), BUA similar to district, probably no need to split
• Coventry (Coventry City Council), BUASD similar to district, probably no need to split
• Gloucester (Gloucester City Council), BUASD similar to district, probably no need to split
• Manchester (Manchester City Council), not well defined, probably no need for split
• Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle City Council), Dinington and Woolsington separate (not part of Tynside BUA), maybe split?
• Oxford (Oxford City Council), not well defined, probably no need for split
• Redditch (Redditch Borough Council), at User:Dukwon/Redditch Borough, has pre 1974 boundaries but should probably be split
• Worcester (Worcester City Council), BUASD similar to district, probably no need to split

Tables

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

Unparished

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)
6. Britannica doesn't mention settlement as well as district population (for example it only mentions the district population for Redditch but also mentions town population for Gosport)

Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
Bristol	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Cambridge	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Crawley	?	Y	Y	?	Y	Y	Several changes in 1974 and apparently Charlwood except the detached part was added, airport outside BUASD but inside BUA, Britannica mentions urban agglom
Derby	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Eastbourne	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Beachy Head
Exeter	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Devon County Buildings Area added in 1974, BUASD excludes Topsham, BUA includes it, last criteria is borderline
Gosport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	Lee-on-the-Solent
Harlow	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Hastings	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Hastings Country Park
Ipswich	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Formerly split at Ipswich (borough) and County Borough of Ipswich
Kingston upon Hull	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Leicester	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Lincoln	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Liverpool	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Britannica mentions urban agglom
City of London	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Like the London boroughs the ONS division is the same as the district
Luton	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Norwich	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Part from Thorpe St. Andrew in 1974
Nottingham	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Shire Hall added in 1974, BUASD excludes Clifton, BUA includes it
Plymouth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Plymouth Breakwater (Fort and Lighthouse) added in 1974, BUASD excludes Plymstock, BUA includes it
Portsmouth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Reading	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Formerly split at Reading (district)
Southampton	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Britannica mentions urban agglom
Stevenage	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Parts of Aston and Datchworth added in 1974 that were part of the new town
Stoke-on-Trent	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Part from Barlaston in Stafford added in 1997
Tamworth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Small rural area in north east, formerly split at Borough of Tamworth
Watford	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Woking	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	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	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	BUASD excludes Bilston, formerly split at The City of Wolverhampton
Worthing	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Small rural area in north east

Partly parished

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
7. Britannica doesn't mention settlement as well as district population (for example it only mentions the district population for Redditch but also mentions town population for Gosport)

Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Notes
Birmingham	N	Y	N	N	Y	2	Y	BUASD excludes Royal Sutton Coldfield, not well defined, Britannica mentions urban agglom
Cheltenham	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	5	N
Coventry	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	3	Y
Gloucester	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1	Y	Only boundary change in 1991 so should probably deal with pre-1974 county borough as well
Manchester	N	Y	N	N	Y	1	Y,	Not well defined, Britannica mentions county population
Newcastle upon Tyne	N	N	N	N	Y	6	Y	Also contains Gosforth (part of BUASD) and Newburn (not part of BUASD) unparished areas, not well defined
Oxford	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	4	Y	Wolvercote, boundary changes in 1991 but like Gloucester mentions transfers not abolishment like York
Redditch	N	N	N	Y	N	1	Y
Worcester	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	2	Y

Others

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
7. Britannica doesn't mention settlement as well as district population (for example it only mentions the district population for Redditch but also mentions town population for Gosport)

Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Notes
Basildon	N	N	N	Y	N	8	N	Small part from Thurrock Urban District in 1974, Britannica has separate articles for settlement and district
Blackpool	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	0	Y	Zoo?
Chesterfield	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	2	N	BUASD excludes Staveley, BUA includes it
Darlington	N	N	N	N	N	24	N
Fareham	N	N	N	Y	N	0	N
Harrow	N	Y	N	Y	N	0	Y	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	N	N	N	N	N	8	Y
Havant	N	N	N	Y	N	0	N	UD was "Havant and Waterloo" not "Havant" so this is arguably kind of an exception anyway
Leeds	N	N	N	N	N	37	N	Contains 7 unparished areas, maybe Bradford etc might be thought of as being part of Leeds?
Mansfield	N	N	N	N	Y	1	N	Also contains Mansfield Woodhouse unparished area, places in Ashfield part of BUA
Middlesbrough	N	Y	Y	N	Y	2	Y
Peterborough	N	N	N	N	N	29	Y
Preston	N	N	N	N	Y	9	N	Also contains Fulwood unparished area, Leyland and Chorley part of BUA
Sheffield	N	N	N	N	Y	3	N	BUA includes Rotherham but not Stocksbridge and is higher than district, BUASD doesn't include either Rotherham or Stocksbridge and is lower
Slough	Y	Y	Y	?	Y	3	Y	Small areas moved in 1974 (and 1995) but became parishes so may qualify as having recent boundaries
Southend-on-Sea	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1	Y
Warrington	N	N	N	N	N	18	N
York	N	N	N	N	N	31	Y	Deals with post 1996 district only due to "new city" formed per order

Former districts

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

Unparished

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. Britannica doesn't mention settlement as well as district population (for example it only mentions the district population for Redditch but also mentions town population for Gosport) those abolished before 2010 are marked as NA as Britannica doesn't mention the former district

Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
Bath	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	NA
Gillingham	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	NA
Grimsby	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	NA	District called "Great Grimsby", formerly split at Great Grimsby (borough)
Hereford	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	NA
Poole	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Formerly split, moved to Poole Borough Council

Partly parished

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
7. Britannica doesn't mention settlement as well as district population (for example it only mentions the district population for Redditch but also mentions town population for Gosport)

Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Notes
Bournemouth	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	1	Y	Formerly split, moved to Bournemouth Borough Council, district included Hengistbury Head
Christchurch	N	N	N	N	Y	2	N	BUASD included Barton on Sea
Northampton	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	11	Y	All parished, 12 including Northampton its self

Others

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
7. Britannica doesn't mention settlement as well as district population (for example it only mentions the district population for Redditch but also mentions town population for Gosport) those abolished before 2010 are marked as NA as Britannica doesn't mention the former district

Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Notes
Barrow-in-Furness	N	N	N	N	N	3	N
Brighton	N	N	N/A	Y	N	1	NA	Also contained Saltdean unparished area, BUASD is "Brighton and Hove"
Corby	N	N	N	N	N	7	N
Hove	N	Y	N/A	N	N	0	NA	Also contained Portslade by Sea unparished area, BUASD is "Brighton and Hove"
Scunthorpe	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	0	NA