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1974 |
Local Government Restructuring. Formerly autonomous, Salisbury City Council and Swindon Borough Council come under the direct control of Wiltshire County Council. |
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Aldbourne
|
1974 - 1976 |
Parish Council undertakes a village appraisal |
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Amesbury
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1974 |
Sports hall and youth centre built; Amesbury Secondary Modern School becomes a comprehensive school and is renamed Stonehenge School |
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Calne
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1974 |
Bentley Grammar School merges with Fynemore School to become John Bentley Comprehensive School (later the John Bentley School); the Corporation is abolished and Calne Borough Council disappears and the town becomes part of North Wiltshire District Council |
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Chippenham
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1974 |
The present fire station built; The Borough Lands and Borough Funds transferred to the newly formed North Wiltshire District Council |
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Corsham
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1974 |
Corsham Swimming Pool opened |
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Cricklade
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1974 |
Cricklade Parish Council becomes Cricklade Town Council |
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Hullavington
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1974 |
The parish becomes part of North Wiltshire district |
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Marlborough
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1974 |
St. Mary's Infants School opened in George Lane replacing the school in Herd Street; Marlborough ceases to be a borough and becomes a parish with town status; St. Peter's church redundant |
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Minety
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1974 |
Minety Playing Field Association founded; parish became part of North Wiltshire District |
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Pewsey
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1974 |
Kennet District Council replaces Pewsey Rural District Council |
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Purton
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1974 |
Bradon Forest school becomes fully comprehensive |
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Ramsbury
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1974 |
Ramsbury has its own bishop again after 900 years with the installation of the eleventh Bishop, the Rev. John Neale |
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Westbury
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1974 |
Present fire station opened in Meadow Lane |
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Wilton
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1974 |
Wilton loses its borough status and is now governed by Salisbury District Council |
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Wootton Bassett
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1974 |
The Parish Council becomes a Town Council and the office of Mayor, abolished with the removal of the status of Boroughs in 1886, is re-established following a Local Government Review |
