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From: "Kate Burhouse" <>
Subject: Re: County of Southampton
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:09:27 -0000


Thanks for this info Pete. I'm starting to feel guilty for not knowing some
of this as I used to work for Hampshire County Council about 8 years ago.

I've had problems with my e-mail facility for a couple of days, so apologies
to anyone who has tried to contact me. I'm trying to catch up with the
mountain of post that was waiting for me...

Kate

in cold, wet and windy Devon, UK

>Subject: Re: County of Southampton
>
>Kate, The whole of the administrative area of Hampshire was known as the
>County of Southampton until the name was changed on 1 April 1958. The IOW
>had been part of the administrative county but the Provisional Order
>Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1889, allowed the island to elect a separate
County
>Council effective from 1 April 1890, and island certificates bear the name
>'Isle of Wight'.
>Portsmouth & Southampton, and later Bournemouth were excluded from the
>jurisdiction of the County Council for most things because they exercised
>county functions as County Boroughs. On 1 April 1974, as a result of the
>Local Government Act 1972, responsibility for Southampton & Portsmouth
>passed to the Hampshire County Council, responsibility which has recently
>been passed back to the two City Councils. Also in 1974, Bournemouth and
>Christchurch were transferred to Dorset.
>Kind regards, Pete Morrall
>
>
>

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