Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Bushey
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Governance== Bushey has two tiers of local government, at district and county level: [[Hertsmere Borough Council]] and [[Hertfordshire County Council]]. There is no parish or town council in Bushey, which has been an [[unparished area]] since 1974. {{Infobox former subdivision |Name=Bushey |subdivision_type=[[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]] |HQ=Council Offices, Rudolph Road, Bushey <!-- Statuses --> |Start=1 April 1906 |End=31 March 1974 |Replace=[[Hertsmere]] |image=[[File:Bushey Museum, Rudolph Road, Bushey.jpg|280px]]<br>Council offices, Rudolph Road, Bushey <!-- Memberships --> | membership_title1 = County Council | membership1 = [[Hertfordshire County Council|Hertfordshire]] |PopulationFirst=6,978 |PopulationLast=22,830<ref name=vision/> |PopulationFirstYear=1911 |PopulationLastYear=1971 }} Historically, Bushey was a parish in the [[hundred (county division)|hundred]] of [[List of hundreds of England|Dacorum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bushey Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10100719 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> Bushey was included in the [[Watford]] [[Poor Law Union]] from 1835.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Higginbotham |first1=Peter |title=Watford Workhouse |url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Watford/ |website=The Workhouse |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> When the Watford [[Local Board of Health]] was established in 1850, its territory included a part of the parish of Bushey where the urban area of Watford crossed the parish boundary.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clark |first1=G. T. |title=Report to the General Board of Health of a further inquiry held in the town of Watford, in the county of Hertford |date=1850 |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kew2es7o5b0C |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> Under the [[Local Government Act 1894]] the Watford Local Board became Watford [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]], and parishes that straddled urban district boundaries were divided. Bushey parish was therefore split with effect from 4 December 1894 into two parishes: "Bushey Urban" for the part of the parish within Watford Urban District and "Bushey Rural" for the remainder. Bushey Urban did not have its own parish council, being governed directly by Watford Urban District Council. Bushey Rural Parish Council held its first meeting on 2 January 1895 at Merry Hill School, with Edward Fithian being appointed the first chairman of the parish council.<ref>Parish Council Meetings: Bushey, ''Watford Observer'', 5 January 1895, page 6</ref> The parish of Bushey Rural was included in the [[Watford Rural District]]. On 1 April 1906 the parish of Bushey Rural was renamed "Bushey" and was made an urban district, independent of the Watford Rural District. To avoid confusion, the separate parish of "Bushey Urban" within Watford Urban District was renamed "[[Oxhey]]" on the same day.<ref name=vision>{{cite web |title=Bushey Urban District |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10001687# |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> The first meeting of Bushey Urban District Council was held on 16 April 1906 at Merry Hill School, with Richard Prowse being appointed the first chairman.<ref>Bushey: Urban District Council: The First Meeting, ''Watford Observer'', 21 April 1906, page 7</ref> The council built itself new offices and a fire station on Rudolph Road in Bushey, which were completed in 1909.<ref>Urban District Council: The New Office Completed, ''Watford Observer'', 6 March 1909, page 6</ref> Bushey Urban District was abolished under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], becoming part of the [[non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Hertsmere]] on 1 April 1974. No [[successor parish]] was created for Bushey, and so it became an unparished area. The council's former offices on Rudolph Road later became [[Bushey Museum & Art Gallery]].
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)