Author: Sir Alexander James Edmund CockburnPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Corporations of England and Wales; Containing a Succinct Account of the Constitution, Privileges, Powers ... of Each Corporation ... Collected and Abridged from the Reports of the Commissioners for Inquiring Into Municipal Corporations
Author: Sir Alexander James Edmund CockburnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The End of the Urban Ancient Regime in England
Author: Frédéric MoretPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443874019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The 1835 Municipal Reform Act is both a consequence and a continuation of the 1832 Reform Act. By dealing with those “citadels of Torysm” that were the municipal corporations, the Whigs not only wanted to confirm their electoral victory, but also to reform the local system that had been largely criticised for decades. Preceding the reform, a thorough investigation was conducted by a group of twenty commissioners – young liberal or radical lawyers – who visited 285 municipal corporations in England and Wales. After public hearings, they wrote, for each borough, a detailed report which provided an accurate picture of the municipal institutions and their functioning over the preceding decades. In describing the political organisation, the administration, the legal and law enforcement functions, the reports showed that the municipal corporations were areas of privileges. Beyond the overview provided by those in favour of reform of a system at breaking point, the reports, while taking into account local situations, measured the role played in urban management by municipal corporations. After an extensive campaign and several petitions, the parliamentary debate resulted in a compromise bill that aimed at reforming only the main royal boroughs. Small towns, as well as large industrial cities, which had not been granted the royal charter of incorporation, were not affected by the reform. Though it carefully treated certain former institutions, the municipal reform fundamentally altered the way administration was run and marked the end of the urban Ancient Regime in England and in Wales.
A History of the English People ...
Author: Elie HalévyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
The Corporations of England and Wales
Author: Alexander James Edmund CockburnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A Bibliography of British Municipal History, Including Gilds and Parliamentary Representation
Author: Charles GrossPublisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
“A” Bibliography of British Municipal History
Author: Charles GrossPublisher: New York, London [etc.] : Longmans, Green & Company
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Harvard Historical Studies
Author: A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: The general library
Author: London Institution. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Élie HalévyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century: The age of Peel and Cobden, from 1841-1852. pt.2. From 1852-1895, by R. B. McCallum.- v.5. Imperialism and the rise of labour.- v.6. The rule of democracy, 1905-1914. 2v
Author: Élie HalévyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description