On 06/05/2021 17:15, Ian Goddard wrote:
Was there some sort of boundary commission operating at a level capable
of determining county and lesser boundaries in the early C19th or
possibly slightly earlier?
There are a lot of references to the Boundary Commission(s), have a look
in Hansard.
Morning Advertiser - Monday 20 July 1835
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BOUNDARY COMMISSION. On Thursday, on the motion of Mr. Miles, a copy was ordered by the Commons of the Boundary Commission, and of the
instructions issued to and by the Commissioners appointed to settle the boundaries and wards of the cities and boroughs of England and Wales.
These documents were subsequently presented, and ordered to be printed.
The Commission, by writ of Privy Seal, is dated the 15th of July. It constitutes Mr. C. Shaw Lefevre, an Honorary Commissioner, with Mr. J.
G. Pennington, Mr. J. E. Drink water, and Mr. Edwd. Rushton, London
Board of Commissioners, with Mr. Joseph Parkes, Secretary, to determine
the metes and bounds of the cities and boroughs in the schedules of the Corporation Bill, and to settle the wards; empowering the Board to send Commissioners to inquire into such boundaries. The Circuit Commissioners
are Messrs. Samson A* Rumball, Geo. Barrett Leonard, Daniel Mande, John
Buckle, John Aldridge, John Hammell, Harry David Jones, John Watson
Pringle, John James Chapman, Henry Rowland Brandreth, Gustavus Du Platt,
and William Thomas Denison, six barristers and six civil engineers, who
have all left town on their respective circuits, one barrister and one
civil engineer to each circuit. The Distriet Commissioners will report
to the London Board, the general report of which Board will be
ultimately made to the Privy Council. The instructions generally direct
the Commissioners to recommend the enlargement or restriction of the
municipal boundaries according to circumstances, and to divide certain
classes of towns into wards of certain numbers. No time has been lost in
this important object, and the Commissioners are now actively employed
in various parts of the country. It is expected that the whole will be concluded by October latest.— Observer.
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