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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.
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 .
Local education authorities (LEAs) were defined in England and Wales as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions. The term was introduced by the Education Act 1902, which transferred education powers from school boards to existing local councils.
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.
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Cheshire East unitary authority is entirely parished. At the 2001 census, there were 565,259 people living in 332 parishes, accounting for 57.5 per cent of the county's population. At the 2001 census, there were 565,259 people living in 332 parishes, accounting for 57.5 per cent of the county's population.
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Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East .