County Borough of Southend on Sea
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Southend-on-Sea is a local government district around the seaside resort of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. Its origin was a local board formed for the parish of St John the Baptist, which had been split off from Prittlewell for ecclesiastical purposes in 1842. It was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1892. In 1889, when Essex County Council was formed, Southend-on-Sea was within the administrative county of Essex. However, through expansion in area and population by 1914 it was split off from the administrative county as a county borough. The local authority was Southend Local Board from 1886 and Southend Corporation from 1892. The corporation changed the name of the town from Southend to Southend-on-Sea in 1893. In 1974 the county borough was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district with the same boundaries and some powers were transferred to Essex County Council. On 1 April it became a unitary authority area thus independent of Essex County Council again[1] but still in the ceremonial county of Essex.[2]
Southend-on-Sea Southend (1866–1893) | |
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Area | |
• 1961 | 10,285 acres (41.6 km2) |
Population | |
• 1961 | 165,093 |
History | |
• Created | 1866 |
Status | Local government district (1866–1892) Municipal borough (1892–1914) Urban sanitary district (1875–1894) Civil parish (1913–1974) County borough (1914–1974) |
Government | Southend Local Board (1866–1892) Southend Corporation (1892–1974) non-metropolitan district (1974-present) |
• Motto | Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By Sea, By Church) |
Coat of arms granted in 1915 | |