Английская Википедия:Borough of Darlington

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The Borough of Darlington is a unitary authority area with borough status in County Durham, England. It is named after the town of Darlington and in the Tees Valley mayoral area. The area borders three local authority areas; the County Durham district is to the north and west, Stockton-on-Tees to the east and North Yorkshire to the south, the River Tees forming the border for the latter. In 2011, the borough had a population of 106,000.

History

Файл:Darlington Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 384165.jpg

An alternative view of the town hall in 2006, the entrance is now to the right of this.

The current borough boundaries were formed on 1 April 1974, by the creation of a new non-metropolitan district of Darlington by the Local Government Act 1972, covering the previous county borough of Darlington along with nearly all of Darlington Rural District (the Newton Aycliffe parts of which went to Sedgefield). It remained part of County Durham for administrative purposes until it was granted unitary authority status on 1 April 1997. For ceremonial purposes it remains part of County Durham, with whom it continues to share certain local services, such as Fire and Rescue and Police. It is included within the Tees Valley area for both cultural and regional government administration.

Council

Шаблон:Infobox legislature Шаблон:For It is made up of 20 council wards, sixteen within the town of Darlington itself, which are also covered by the Darlington parliamentary constituency and four rural wards of Heighington & Coniscliffe, Hurworth, Middleton St George and Sadberge & Whessoe (part of the Sedgefield parliamentary constituency.

The council operates a Leader and Cabinet model of political leadership although a group of local residents aimed to force a referendum on moving to a system with directly elected executive Mayor. Their bid was unsuccessful.

Settlements

As well as Darlington itself the borough includes the surrounding villages of:

• Archdeacon Newton
• Barmpton
• Beaumont Hill
• Bishopton
• Blackwell
• Brafferton
• Coatham Mundeville
• Denton
• Great Burdon
• Great Stainton
• Heighington
• High Coniscliffe
• Houghton
  • Houghton Bank
  • Houghton-le-Side
• Hurworth
  • Hurworth-on-Tees
  • Hurworth Place
  • Neasham
• Killerby
• Little Stainton
• Low Dinsdale
• Near airport
  • Middleton One Row
  • Middleton St George
  • Oak Tree
• Piercebridge
• Redworth
• Sadberge
• Summerhouse
• Walworth
  • Walworth
  • Walworth Gate

It is home to Teesside International Airport (previously known as Durham Tees Valley Airport).

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Darlington at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value AddedШаблон:Ref	AgricultureШаблон:Ref	IndustryШаблон:Ref	ServicesШаблон:Ref
1995	1,115	8	377	729
2000	1,192	6	417	768
2003	1,538	6	561	971

Шаблон:Note includes hunting and forestry

Шаблон:Note includes energy and construction

Шаблон:Note includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Шаблон:Note Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Freedom of the Borough

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

Individuals

• John Williams: 24 November 2011.
• Alasdair MacConachie: 24 November 2011.

Military Units

• The Light Infantry: 1996.
• The Rifles: 17 September 2010.

External links

• Darlington Borough Council
• Darlington Tourist Information
• Darlington Railway Centre & Museum
• Darlington Arts Centre & Civic Theatre

Video clips

• Darlington Borough Council YouTube channel