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Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council , which is based in the town of Sandbach . Other towns within the area include Crewe , Macclesfield , Congleton , Wilmslow , Nantwich , Poynton , Knutsford , Alsager , Bollington and Handforth .
Cheshire East Council is the local authority for Cheshire East, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The council is a unitary authority , being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.
The term was introduced by the Education Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7.c. 42). The legislation designated each local authority; either county council and county borough council; would set up a committee known as a local education authority (LEA). [2]
Welcome to the Cheshire WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the UK county, Cheshire.We aim to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Cheshire, by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles on people, places, and things resident or native to, or located in Cheshire.
A constabulary was first formed in the county under the Cheshire Constables Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4. xcvii) which was amended by the Cheshire Constabulary Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. xxxi). The passage of the County and Borough Police Act 1856 ( 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69) led to the dissolution of this force and the creation of a second constabulary.
The Mid Cheshire Ridge is a discontinuous ridge of low hills running north–south from Beacon Hill (north of Helsby Hill) to Bickerton Hill. Most other high ground falls within the Peak District in the east of the county. Shining Tor (559 metres), on the boundary with Derbyshire, forms the county's high point.
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This is a list of places within the ceremonial county boundaries of Cheshire, in North West England. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2008 )