HC Deb 08 April 1976 vol 909 cc267-72W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many successor parishes have been established in local authorities in England since the Local Government Act 1972; and if he will list them.

Mr. John Silkin

The Local Government Act 1972 provided for the establishment of "successor parishes" on 1st April 1974. 300 were established on that date. They are listed below.

LIST OF SUCCESSOR PARISH COUNCILS IN ENGLAND

(See Statutory Instruments 1973 No. 1110, No. 1939 and 1974 No. 569)

County of Avon

  • Clevedon
  • Norton-Radstock
  • Portishead

County of Bedfordshire

  • Ampthill
  • Biggleswade
  • Kempston
  • Leighton-Linslade
  • Sandy

County of Berkshire

  • Wokingham
  • Eton

County of Buckinghamshire

  • Buckingham
  • Beaconsfleld
  • Chesham
  • Marlow

County of Cambridgeshire

  • Huntingdon and Godmanchester
  • Saint Ives
  • Wisbech
  • Chatteris
  • Ely
  • March
  • Ramsey
  • St. Neots

County of Cheshire

  • Alderley Edge
  • Alsager
  • Bollington
  • Culcheth and Glazebury
  • Knutsford
    • 268
  • Lymm
  • Middlewich
  • Nantwich
  • Northwich
  • Sandbach
  • Winsford

County of Cleveland

  • Guisborough
  • Loftus
  • Salburn and Marske-by-the Sea

County of Cornwall

  • Bodmin
  • Falmouth
  • Helston
  • Launceston
  • Liskeard
  • Penryn
  • St. Ives
  • Saltash
  • Truro
  • Bude-Stratton
  • Looe
  • St. Just
  • Torpoint

County of Cumbria

  • Appleby-in-Westmorland
  • Kendal
  • Cockermouth
  • Grange-over-Sands
  • Keswick
  • Lakes
  • Maryport
  • Patterdale
  • Ulverston
  • Windermere

County of Derbyshire

  • Ashbourne
  • Bakewell
  • Belper
  • Old Bolsover
  • Clay Cross
  • Dronfield
  • New Mills
  • Ripley
  • Staveley
  • Whaley Bridge
  • Wirksworth

County of Devon

  • Barnstaple
  • Bideford
  • Dartmouth
  • Great Torrington
  • Honiton
  • Okehampton
  • Tiverton
  • Totnes
  • Ashburton
  • Buckfastleigh
  • Budleigh Salterton
  • Crediton
  • Dawlish
  • Ilfracombe
  • Kingsbridge
  • Lynton and Lynmouth
  • Newton Abbot
  • Northam
  • Ottery St. Mary
  • Salcombe
  • Seaton
  • Sidmouth
  • Teignmouth

County of Dorset

  • Blandford Forum
  • Bridport
  • Dorchester
  • Lyme Regis
  • Shaftesbury
  • Wareham Lady St. Mary
  • Portland
  • Sherborne
  • Swanage
  • Wimborne Minster

County of Durham

  • Barnard Castle
  • Brandon and Byshottles
  • Shildon
  • Spennymoor
  • Tow Law

County of East Sussex

  • Lewes
  • Rye
  • Newhaven

County of Essex

  • Harwich
  • Saffron Walden
  • Brightlingsea
  • Burnham-on-Crouch
  • Epping
  • Frinton and Walton
  • Halstead
  • Waltham Abbey
  • West Mersea
  • Wivenhoe

County of Gloucestershire

  • Tewkesbury
  • Cirencester
  • Nailsworth

County of Greater Manchester

  • Blackrod
  • Horwich
  • Saddleworth

County of Hampshire

  • Romsey
  • Alton
  • Petersfield

County of Hereford and Worcester

  • Bewdley
  • Droitwich
  • Evesham
  • Leominster
  • Kingston
  • Ross-on-Wye
  • Stourport-on-Severn

County of Hertfordshire

  • Hertford
  • Berkhamsted
  • Bishop's Stortford
  • Chorleywood
  • Harpenden
  • Royston
  • Sawbridgeworth
  • Tring
  • Ware

County of Humberside

  • Hedon
  • Barton-upon-Humber
  • Brigg
  • Hornsea

County of Isle of Wight

  • Ventnor

County of Kent

  • Faversham
  • Hythe
  • Lydd
  • New Romney
  • Sandwich
  • Tenterden
  • Broadstairs and St. Peters
  • Sevenoaks
  • Southborough
  • Swanscombe

County of Lancashire

  • Clitheroe
  • Adlington
  • Carnforth
  • Kirkham
  • Longridge
  • Preesall
  • North Turton
  • Whitworth
  • Withnell

County of Leicestershire

  • Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  • Ashby Woulds
  • Oakham

County of Lincolnshire

  • Louth
  • Stamford
  • Alford
  • Bourne
  • Horncastle
  • Mablethorpe and Sutton
  • Market Rasen
  • Skegness
  • Sleaford
  • Woodhall Spa

County of Merseyside

  • Billinge Chapel End
  • Rainford
  • Seneley Green

County of Norfolk

  • Thetford
  • Cromer
  • Diss
  • Downham Market
  • East Dereham
  • Hunstanton
  • North Walsham
  • Sheringham
  • Swaffham
  • Wells-next-the-Sea
  • Wymondham

County of North Yorkshire

  • Richmond
  • Ripon
  • Filey
  • Knaresborough
  • Malton
  • Northallerton
  • Norton-on-Derwent
  • Pickering
  • Scalby
  • Selby
  • Skipton
  • Whitby

County of Northamptonshire

  • Brackley
  • Higham Ferrers
  • Burton Latimer
  • Desborough
  • Irthlingborough
    • 271
  • Oundle
  • Raunds
  • Rothwell

County of Northumberland

  • Alnwick
  • Amble
  • Hexham
  • Prudhoe

County of Nottinghamshire

  • Eastwood
  • Warsop

County of Oxfordshire

  • Abingdon
  • Chipping Norton
  • Henley-on-Thames
  • Wallingford
  • Woodstock
  • Bicester
  • Thame
  • Wantage
  • Witney

County of Salop

  • Newport

County of Somerset

  • Chard Town
  • Glastonbury
  • Wells
  • Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
  • Crewkerne
  • Frome
  • Ilminster
  • Shepton Mallet
  • Street
  • Watchet
  • Wellington

County of South Yorkshire

  • Penistone
  • Stocksbridge
  • Tickhill

County of Staffordshire

  • Biddulph
  • Kidsgrove
  • Leek
  • Stone
  • Uttoxeter

County of Suffolk

  • Aldeburgh
  • Beccles
  • Eye
  • Southwold
  • Sudbury
  • Bungay
  • Felixstowe
  • Hadleigh
  • Halesworth
  • Leiston
  • Saxmundham
  • Stowmarket
  • Woodbridge

County of Surrey

  • Godalming
  • Haslemere

County of Tyne and Wear

  • Hetton

County of Warwickshire

  • Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Warwick
  • Kenilworth

County of West Sussex

  • Arundel
  • Chichester
  • Burgess Hill
  • East Grinstead
  • Littlehampton

County of West Yorkshire

  • Todmorden
  • Denby Dale
  • Denholme
  • Featherstone
  • Hebden Royd
  • Hemsworth
  • Holme Valley
  • Ilkley
  • Kirkburton
  • Meltham
  • Normanton
  • Otley
  • Ripponden
  • Silsden

County of Wiltshire

  • Calne
  • Devizes
  • Malmesbury
  • Marlborough
  • Wilton
  • Bradford-on-Avon
  • Melksham
  • Warminster
  • Westbury
  • Trowbridge