Shropshire County Council

Shropshire County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in England.

Shropshire County Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1889
Disbanded1 April 2009
Meeting place
Shirehall, Shrewsbury

History

The Council came into its powers under the Local Government Act 1888 on 1 April 1889 and was known as Salop County Council from formation until 1 April 1980.[1] It was based at the Old Shirehall in Market square, Shrewsbury until it moved to the new Shirehall in Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury in 1966.[2]

Wrekin unitary
See also: Local Government Commission for England (1992)

The area covered by the council was decreased in 1998 when the Telford and Wrekin unitary authority was created, removing The Wrekin district from the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire.[1]

County unitary
See also: 2009 structural changes to local government in England

The county council was replaced, along with the county's five district councils, by a unitary authority called Shropshire Council on 1 April 2009.[3] However, as the 'continuing authority', the councillors of the county council became the councillors of the new authority for the interim period until the first elections to Shropshire Council were held on 4 June 2009.[1]

See also

References
  1. "The County". Shropshire History. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Watson, Gavin (1958). Shropshire. Yale University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0300096422.
  3. "Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2019.


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