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The Municipal Borough of Chorley was governed by a mayor and council of eight aldermen and twenty-four councillors, chosen equally from four wards — North, East, South and West. [3] The borough's population remained roughly static in the 20th century, with the 1911 census showing 30,315 people and the 1961 census showing 31,315.
Summer Term runs from Easter to mid-July (half term ends in late May/early June). At the end of each half-term a holiday lasts about one week (usually nine full days, including two weekends), although in the autumn term, some schools give students two week long holidays (16 full days, including 3 weekends) to account for the term being longer ...
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Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, [1] 8 miles (13 km) north of Wigan, 11 miles (18 km) south west of Blackburn, 11 miles (18 km) north west of Bolton, 12 miles (19 km) south of Preston and 20 miles (32 km) north west of Manchester.
The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It is named after the town of Chorley , which is an unparished area . The borough extends to several villages and hamlets including Adlington , Buckshaw Village , Croston , Eccleston , Euxton and Whittle-le-Woods .
Euxton (/ ˈ ɛ k s t ən / EKS-tən) is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England.The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 9,993, [1] however, the population is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to the increase in housing developments in the village, including the Buckshaw development.
As part of the 1974 reforms it ceded the Mid Sussex area (including Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath) to West Sussex, but gained the three former county boroughs of Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. East Sussex and West Sussex also became separate ceremonial counties, with East Sussex gaining its own Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff.
The BN postcode area, also known as the Brighton postcode area, [2] is a group of 30 postcode districts in South East England, within 18 post towns.These cover southwestern East Sussex (including Brighton, Hove, Eastbourne, Lewes, Hailsham, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Pevensey, Polegate and Seaford) and southeastern West Sussex (including Worthing, Littlehampton, Arundel, Hassocks, Henfield, Lancing ...