… There was some criticism of county boundary changes. In 1974 a similar two-tier structure was introduced to the rest of England and Wales whereby revised (and in many cases larger) counties, also known as shire counties, provided the top tier of local government and non-metropolitan districts the lower tier. But that all changed when the boundaries of each county were redrawn in 1974 in one of the biggest boundary changes. The changes were ushered … Authorized as Biscayne National Monument in 1968 (with a boundary change in 1974), it became a national park in 1980. H.R. 1974. As the boundary changes were due to come into effect on April 1, 1974, it left just a few months to find another way to prevent the move going ahead. For a list of updates processed through January 1, 2013, please select a state or territory from the menu below. A campaign was mounted to return the Uffington White Horse to Berkshire, and a bonfire was lit at the site by protestors as the Act came into effect. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (or LGBCE) was established by the Local Government Act 1972 to review the administrative boundaries of every local authority in England. A uniform two-tier structure was introduced, abolishing single-tier areas such as county boroughs. North East Wales 1974 to 1996 Clwyd was created by the amalgamation of the Counties of Denbighshire & Flintshire; North East Wales - Current Counties - 1996 to date § Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) - formerly part of Clwyd with some boundary changes from pre 1974 Denbighshire The Cheshire's Changing Boundaries. It is apt that government reorganisation took place on April Fool’s Day, because it has certainly been fooling people ever since. 14217 (93 rd): An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, to authorize appropriations for additional costs of land acquisition for the National Park System, and for other purposes. The most recent changes have affected most parts of Great Britain - all of Wales and Scotland and most of England - and in some areas these have effectively reversed the 1974/75 changes. More information about the Geographic Boundary Change Notes can be found in the sections beneath the menu. In this section: Ask most people – even some Yorkshiremen – and they will tell you that Yorkshire’s boundaries were altered in 1974. At the time Cheshire included the Wirral in the west of the County and places such as Stockport, Hyde, Stalybridge, Cheadle, Bramhall and Altrincham in the northeast of the County. The boundaries of Cheshire have changed over the last thirty years as the area has developed. On 1 April 1974, Yorkshire changed. The campaigners claimed 10,000 signatures in favour of diverting the county boundary to include the "Berkshire White Horse". April 1974 saw comprehensive reorganisation of local government in England and Wales (outside Greater London). Several of the historic counties disappeared, new counties were created, and all had significant boundary changes. Use the Geographic Relationship File - 2010 to 2000 Places to determine changes affecting 2010 CDPs. Principal Area Boundary Reviews. Cheshire before 1974. Biscayne National Park, area of coral reefs and other marine features in the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Florida, U.S., about 20 miles (32 km) south of Miami. New administrative counties were created, but these did not affect the boundaries of the ancient and geographical counties and the boundaries of Lancashire remained unaltered. Between 1974 and 1992 they completed a series of Principal Area Boundary Reviews; reviewing the administrative boundaries of local authorities at their request.