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Not to be confused with Decorum.
Borough of Dacorum — Borough, Non-metropolitan district — A street in Hemel Hempstead, a town in Dacorum
Flag of the Borough of DacorumDacorum shown within Hertfordshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region East of England Administrative county Hertfordshire Founded 1974 Admin. HQ Hemel Hempstead Government – Type Non-metropolitan district – Leadership: Leader & Cabinet – Mayor Gillian Chapman – Leader Andrew Williams – MPs: David Gauke
Mike PenningArea – Total 82 sq mi (212.5 km2) Area rank 162nd Population (2010 est.) – Total 142,900 – Rank Ranked 133rd – Density 1,741.7/sq mi (672.5/km2) Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) – Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1) Postcode HP ISO 3166-2 ONS code 26UC OS grid reference NUTS 3 Ethnicity 93.1% White
3.2% South Asian
1.4% Black
1.5% MixedWebsite dacorum.gov.uk The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England that includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and Kings Langley. The district, which was formed in 1974, had a population of 137,799 in 2001.[1] Its name was taken from the old hundred of Dacorum which covered approximately the same area.
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History
The hundred of Dacorum was first recorded in 1196 although its existence dates from the 9th and 10th century when it lay on the margins of the southern boundary of Danelaw and the River Lea. Its name in Latin means "of the Danes" [2]. In the 11th century, the Domesday Book records that the hundreds of Tring and Danais overlapped areas of the hundred of Dacorum.
In 1974, the modern district of Dacorum was formed under the Local Government Act 1972. Major components were the municipal borough of Hemel Hempstead, the urban districts of Berkhamsted and Tring, the rural districts of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead and those parts of the rural districts of St Albans and Watford which were within the designated area of Hemel Hempstead new town.
The district was granted borough status in 1984. Hemel Hempstead had maintained Charter Trustees from 1974 to 1984. The amalgamation of the former local authorities was symbolised in the seven oak leaves which surround a tudor rose on the Dacorum coat of arms. [3]
Main settlements
The main towns and villages of the borough are:
Aldbury, Bovingdon, Berkhamsted, Bourne End, Bulbourne, Chipperfield, Cow Roast, Flamstead, Flaunden, Frithsden, Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Little Tring, Long Marston, Markyate, Nettleden, New Mill, Northchurch, Potten End, Ringshall, Tring, Tringford, Water End and Wigginton.
The borough is entirely parished, apart from Hemel Hempstead.
Political representation
See also: Dacorum local electionsDacorum Borough Council consists of 51 elected members, representing twenty-five electoral wards. 14 of the wards elect two councillors each. Six, denoted below, elect three councillors each. Five, also denoted below, elect one.
The council is currently controlled by the Conservatives, who hold 43 of the 51 seats. The Liberal Democrats hold 6, making them the second-largest group and Labour hold 2.
Composition
Party Councillors Change
(on 2010)Conservative 43 +1 Liberal Democrat 6 0 Labour 2 -1 Total 51 Source: DBC Wards
Dacorum consists of twenty-five wards. Wards electing three members are denoted with asterisks (*). Those electing one member are denoted an obelisk (†).
- Adeyfield East
- Adeyfield West
- Aldbury and Wigginton†
- Apsley and Corner Hall*
- Ashridge†
- Bennetts End
- Berkhamsted Castle
- Berkhamsted East
- Berkhamsted West
- Bovingdon,Flaunden and Chipperfield*
- Boxmoor*
- Chaulden and Warners End*
- Gadebridge
- Grovehill*
- Hemel Hempstead Town
- Highfield
- Kings Langley
- Leverstock Green*
- Nash Mills†
- Northchurch†
- Tring Central
- Tring East†
- Tring West and Rural
- Watling
- Woodhall Farm
Political control
Party in control Years Labour 1973–1976 Conservative 1976–1995 Labour 1995–1999 No overall control 1999–2003 Conservative 2003–present Town twinning
- The Borough of Dacorum, is twinned with:
Neu-Isenburg, Germany
Two of the civil parishes in the borough also maintain their own separate twinning arrangements:
- Berkhamsted Town Council is twinned with:
Beaune (France)
- Kings Langley Parish Council with:
See also
References
- ^ http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=3559
- ^ History of the name at U3A Dacorum, a learning co-operative of older people.
- ^ http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1525
- The Dacorum Heritage Trust The Trust is the museum organisation for the Borough of Dacorum.
- Hertfordshire Museums More local museums.
External links
Ceremonial county of Hertfordshire Boroughs or districts Major settlements - Apsley
- Baldock
- Berkhamsted
- Bishop's Stortford
- Borehamwood
- Broxbourne
- Buntingford
- Bushey
- Cheshunt
- Harpenden
- Hatfield
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hertford
- Hitchin
- Hoddesdon
- Letchworth
- Potters Bar
- Radlett
- Rickmansworth
- Royston
- Sawbridgeworth
- St Albans
- Stevenage
- Tring
- Waltham Cross
- Ware
- Watford
- Welwyn Garden City
See also: List of civil parishes in Hertfordshire
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