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The civil parish of Warburton was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894 and has its own parish council. [7] [11] Warburton became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District.
Civil parishes in their modern sense date from the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), which abolished vestries; established elected parish councils in all rural parishes with more than 300 electors; grouped rural parishes into rural districts; and aligned parish boundaries with county and borough boundaries. [7]
The legislature later passed a map with 13 districts in 1892. [24] Texas gained an additional three seats after the 1900 census. Controversy arose during the 1901 redistricting over the placement of then heavily African American Colorado County.
Church House was built as parish rooms and a caretaker's house in 1889. [1] Hubbard states that it was built for Rowland Egerton-Warburton and that its design is attributed to the Chester architect John Douglas. [2] However the authors of the Buildings of England series refer to the "Douglas motifs" and give a firm attribution to him. [3]
Werburgh, an Anglo-Saxon saint who has given her name to Warburgtune, as Warburton was called in the Domesday survey (1086), was the daughter of Wulfhere, the first Christian king of Mercia. She died around AD 700 as Abbess of Ely, with the care of several nunneries. Her relics were moved to the abbey of St Peter and St Paul in Chester, which ...
The 19th district of the Texas House of Representatives contains parts of Fredericksburg, Marble Falls, and Burnet. It contains the entirety of Burnet County. The current representative is Ellen Troxclair, who has represented the district since 2023. [1] [2]
The Texas House of Representatives 52nd district represents eastern and central Williamson County. The current representative is Caroline Harris Davila, who was elected in 2022. [1] Major cities in this district include parts of Round Rock, Georgetown, Taylor, Hutto, and Leander. [2]
The 68th district of the Texas House of Representatives contains the entirety of Shackelford, Throckmorton, and Young Counties. The current representative is David Spiller, who was first elected in 2020. [1] [2]