Salisbury District

Coordinates: 51°04′01″N 1°47′53″W / 51.067°N 1.798°W / 51.067; -1.798

Salisbury District
Salisbury District shown within non-metropolitan Wiltshire
Area
• 2001	387 sq. miles (1,004.13 km²)
Population
• 2001	115,000
History
• Origin	Municipal Borough of New Sarum (or Salisbury) and Municipal Borough of Wilton, Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District, Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.
• Created	1974
• Abolished	2009
• Succeeded by	Wiltshire Council
Status	non-metropolitan district
ONS code	46UD
Government	Salisbury District Council
• HQ	Salisbury

Salisbury was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, from 1974 to 2009. Its main urban area was the city of Salisbury.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the previous municipal boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, along with Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District and Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.

On 1 April 2009, the district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, when its functions were taken over by the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority. At the same time, a parish council serving only Salisbury and its suburbs was formed, called Salisbury City Council.

Political control

The political control of the Council was as follows:^[1]

• 1976-1979 NOC (No Overall Control)
• 1979-1983 NOC
• 1983-1987 NOC
• 1987-1991 Conservative
• 1991-1995 Conservative
• 1995-1999 Liberal Democrat
• 1999-2003 NOC
• 2003-2007 Conservative
• 2007-2009 NOC (administration by coalition of Liberal Democrat and Labour)

The political composition of the authority when it came to an end on 31 March 2009 was 22 Conservatives, 19 Liberal Democrats, ten Labour members, and four Independents.

Places

• Alderbury, Allington, Alvediston, Amesbury, Ansty
• Berwick St John, Berwick St Leonard, Broad Chalke, Bulford
• Donhead St Andrew, Donhead St Mary, Downton, Durrington
• Ebbesbourne Wake
• Laverstock
• Mere
• Redlynch
• Salisbury, Shrewton
• Tilshead, Tisbury
• West Grimstead
• Wilton, Winterbourne Stoke, Winterslow

References

Ceremonial county of Wiltshire
Unitary authorities	Swindon Wiltshire Council
Major settlements	Amesbury Bradford on Avon Bulford Camp Calne Chippenham Corsham Cricklade Devizes Highworth Larkhill Ludgershall Malmesbury Marlborough Melksham Mere Royal Wootton Bassett Salisbury Swindon Tidworth Tisbury Trowbridge Warminster Westbury Wilton Wroughton See also: List of civil parishes in Wiltshire
Rivers	Biss Blackwater Bourne Bristol Avon Chalke Cole Damson Ebble Hampshire Avon Kennet Key Nadder Nine Mile Og Thames Till Wylye
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2009 structural changes to local government in England
Bedfordshire Abolished Bedford Mid Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire New Bedford Central Bedfordshire Existing (1990s) Luton
Cheshire Abolished Chester Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Ellesmere Port and Neston Macclesfield Vale Royal New Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire East Existing (1990s) Warrington Halton
Cornwall Abolished Caradon Carrick Kerrier North Cornwall Penwith Restormel New Cornwall Existing (1890s) Isles of Scilly
County Durham Abolished Chester-le-Street Derwentside Durham Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley New Durham Existing (1990s) Hartlepool Darlington Stockton-on-Tees
Northumberland Abolished Alnwick Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Castle Morpeth Tynedale Wansbeck New Northumberland Existing (1990s) None
Shropshire Abolished Bridgnorth North Shropshire Oswestry Shrewsbury and Atcham South Shropshire New Shropshire Existing (1990s) Telford and Wrekin
Wiltshire Abolished Salisbury West Wiltshire Kennet North Wiltshire New Wiltshire Existing (1990s) Swindon