Croxdale and Hett
Encyclopedia
Croxdale and Hett is a civil parish
in County Durham
, England
. It is situated approximately four miles south of Durham
.
The parish comprises the settlements of:
For electoral
purposes the parish is divided into two wards:
Labour
currently has a majority on the parish council.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, England
England
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. It is situated approximately four miles south of Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
.
The parish comprises the settlements of:
- CroxdaleCroxdaleCroxdale is a village in the civil parish of Croxdale and Hett, about 3 miles south of Durham City, in County Durham in England and on the A167 road, formerly part of the Great North Road.It is the location of Croxdale Hall, a Grade I listed building...
- Hett
- Sunderland Bridge
For electoral
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
purposes the parish is divided into two wards:
- Hett — covers the village of Hett and elects three parish councillors.
- Sunderland Bridge — covers the villages of Croxdale and Sunderland Bridge and elects six parish councillors.
Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
currently has a majority on the parish council.