Thamesdown district

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Thamesdown district was a former local government district in Wiltshire, England, that encompassed the town of Swindon before being replaced by the unitary authority of the Borough of Swindon.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thamesdown Borough 1
Thamesdown district canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former non-metropolitan district
local government district
administered surrounding rural areas
urban area of Swindon
category Districts of England abolished in 1997
Districts of England established in 1974
Former non-metropolitan districts of Wiltshire
containedSettlement Blunsdon
linked to: Broad Blunsdon

Chiseldon
Highworth
Wroughton
country United Kingdom
createdBy Local Government Act 1972
dissolvedBy creation of unitary authority of Borough of Swindon
encompassed Swindon
endDate 1997-04-01
gainedBoroughStatus 1980
governmentType non-metropolitan district council
hadAdministrativeCentre Swindon
hadCouncil Thamesdown Borough Council
hadName Thamesdown
hadStatus borough
historicCounty Wiltshire
ISO3166-2Code GB-THM
legislativeBody Thamesdown Borough Council
locatedIn England
Wiltshire
partOf South West England
linked to: southwest England
predecessor Highworth Rural District
Swindon municipal borough
linked to: Borough of Swindon
referredToAs Thamesdown Borough
linked to: Thamesdown district
replaced Highworth Rural District
former Swindon municipal borough
replacedBy Borough of Swindon
startDate 1974-04-01
subdivisionOf Wiltshire
successor Swindon unitary authority
linked to: Borough of Swindon

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borough of Swindon createdFrom Thamesdown district
Thamesdown district referredToAs Thamesdown Borough
linked to: Thamesdown district