Londonderry County Council | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 18 April 1899 |
| Disbanded | 1 October 1973 |
| Succeeded by | Coleraine Borough Council Cookstown District Council Derry City Council Limavady Borough Council Magherafelt District Council |
| Meeting place | |
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| County Hall, Coleraine | |
Londonderry County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
History
Londonderry County Council was formed under orders issued in accordance with the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into effect on 18 April 1899.[1] It was originally based at the Coleraine Courthouse[2][3] but moved to County Hall in Coleraine in 1970.[4] It was abolished in accordance with the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 on 1 October 1973.[5]
References
- ↑ "Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions". 27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd.9480). Dublin: HMSO. 1900. pp. 235–330.
- ↑ "The late Lieutenant Colonel Lenox-Conyngham". Belfast Newsletter. 23 October 1916. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "Telephone Directory - Belfast - Dublin - Cork". 1913. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ Rowan, Alistair (1979). North West Ulster: The Counties of London Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone. Yale University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0300096675.
- ↑ "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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