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Telford and Wrekin, the Glossary

94 relations: Black British people, Borough status in the United Kingdom, British African-Caribbean people, British Asians, British Bangladeshis, British Chinese, British Indians, British Pakistanis, Buddhism in England, Ceremonial counties of England, Church Aston, City status in the United Kingdom, Civil parish, Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom, Coalbrookdale, Corporal, Crudgington, Dawley, Donnington Wood, Donnington, Telford, Edgmond, Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom, Executive arrangements, Freedom of the City, Great Bolas, Hadley, Shropshire, Healthcare in Shropshire, High Ercall, Hinduism in England, History of the Jews in England, Housing association, Ironbridge, Irreligion in the United Kingdom, Islam in England, Jackfield, Ketley, Lilleshall, Little Wenlock, Local Government Act 1972, Local Government Commission for England (1992), Longford, Telford and Wrekin, Madeley, Shropshire, Mickey Bushell, Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), Muxton, New towns in the United Kingdom, Newport, Shropshire, Non-metropolitan district, Oakengates, Other White, ... Expand index (44 more) »
Local government districts of Shropshire
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Black British people

Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent.

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Borough status in the United Kingdom

Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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British African-Caribbean people

British Afro-Caribbean people or British Black Caribbean people an ethnic group in the United Kingdom.

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British Asians

British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) are British people of Asian descent.

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British Bangladeshis

British Bangladeshis (Bilatī Bangladeshī) are people of Bangladeshi origin who have attained citizenship in the United Kingdom, through immigration and historical naturalisation.

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British Chinese, also known as Chinese British or Chinese Britons, are people of Chineseparticularly Han Chineseancestry who reside in the United Kingdom, constituting the second-largest group of Overseas Chinese in Western Europe after France.

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British Indians

British Indians are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots are from India.

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British Pakistanis

British Pakistanis (بَرِطانِیہ میں مُقِیمپاکِسْتانِی; also known as Pakistani British people or Pakistani Britons) are Britons or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan.

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Buddhism in England

Buddhism in England has growing support.

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Ceremonial counties of England

Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed.

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Church Aston

Church Aston is a village and parish in Shropshire, England.

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City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally accepted definition of cities.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom

A number of different systems of classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom exist.

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Coalbrookdale

Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge and the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting.

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Corporal

Corporal is a military rank in use by the armed forces of many countries.

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Crudgington

Crudgington is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Dawley

Dawley is a constituent town of Telford and a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.

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Donnington Wood

Donnington Wood is part of the town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Donnington, Telford

Donnington is an area / housing estate located in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Edgmond

Edgmond is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is an ethnically diverse society.

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Executive arrangements

In England, local authorities are required to adopt one of three types of executive arrangements, having an "elected mayor and cabinet", a "leader and cabinet", or a "committee system".

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Freedom of the City

The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.

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Great Bolas

Great Bolas, or Bolas Magna, is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, It is situated north-west of Newport, and about eight miles north of Telford.

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Hadley, Shropshire

Hadley is a village and part of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Healthcare in Shropshire

Healthcare in Shropshire was the responsibility of two clinical commissioning groups until July 2022: Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin.

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High Ercall

High Ercall, also known in the past as Ercall Magna, is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Hinduism in England

Hinduism in England is the third largest religion in the country, with over 1,020,533 followers as of the 2021 census.

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History of the Jews in England

The history of the Jews in England goes back to the reign of William the Conqueror.

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Housing association

In Ireland and the United Kingdom, housing associations are private, non-profit making organisations that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in need of a home.

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Ironbridge

Ironbridge is a riverside village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England.

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Irreligion in the United Kingdom

Irreligion in the United Kingdom is more prevalent than in some parts of Europe, with about 8% indicating they were atheistic in 2018, and 52% listing their religion as "none".

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Islam in England

Islam in England is the second largest religion after Christianity.

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Jackfield

Jackfield is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, lying on the south bank of River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, downstream from Ironbridge.

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Ketley

Ketley is a large village and part of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Lilleshall

Lilleshall is a village and civil parish in the county of Shropshire, England.

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Little Wenlock

Little Wenlock is a village and civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 605. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it belonged to Wenlock Priory. Ancient habitation is attested by the discovery of two caches of Bronze Age weapons.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Local Government Commission for England (1992)

The Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of local government in England from 1992 to 2002.

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Longford, Telford and Wrekin

Longford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Church Aston, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Madeley, Shropshire

Madeley is a constituent town of Telford and a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.

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Mickey Bushell

Michael David Bushell MBE (born 8 June 1990) is a Paralympic gold medalist and personal trainer from Telford, Shropshire, England.

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Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)

Mixed is an ethnic group category that was first introduced by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics for the 2001 Census.

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Muxton

Muxton is a village between Lilleshall and Donnington in Shropshire, England.

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New towns in the United Kingdom

The new towns in the United Kingdom were planned under the powers of the New Towns Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68) and later acts to relocate people from poor or bombed-out housing following the Second World War.

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Newport, Shropshire

Newport is a market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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Oakengates

Oakengates is a constituent town of Telford and a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.

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Other White

The term Other White, or White Other, is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom, used in documents such as the 2021 United Kingdom Census, to describe people who identify as white persons who are not of the English, Welsh, Scottish, Roma, Irish or Irish Traveller ethnic groupings.

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A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land.

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Police area

A police area is the area for which a territorial police force in the United Kingdom is responsible for policing.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Regions of England

The regions of England, formerly known as the government office regions, are the highest tier of sub-national division in England.

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Religion in England

Religion in England is characterised by a variety of beliefs and practices that has historically been dominated by Christianity.

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Richie Woodhall

Richie Woodhall (born 17 April 1968) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2000.

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Roden, Shropshire

Roden is a hamlet in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, six miles northeast of Shrewsbury.

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Sambrook, Shropshire

Sambrook is a small village in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, where it is part of the civil parish of Chetwynd, north of the town of Newport.

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Shawbirch

Shawbirch is a residential area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, in the Unitary Authority of Telford and Wrekin.

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Shifnal

Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Wolverhampton.

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Shifnal Rural District

Shifnal was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales. Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire are NUTS 3 statistical regions of the United Kingdom and unitary authority districts of England.

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Shropshire (district)

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire (district) are local government districts of Shropshire, NUTS 3 statistical regions of the United Kingdom and unitary authority districts of England.

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Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community health services (not including adult mental health) in Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin).

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Shropshire Council

Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in the West Midlands region of England.

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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin, in the West Midlands region of England.

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Sikhism in England

English Sikhs number over 520,000 people and account for 0.9% of England's population in 2021, forming the country's fourth-largest religious group.

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St George's and Priorslee

St George's and Priorslee is a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. Telford and Wrekin and Staffordshire are NUTS 3 statistical regions of the United Kingdom.

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Stirchley, Shropshire

Stirchley is a large village and suburb of Telford, in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Telford

Telford is a town in Shropshire, England.

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Telford and Wrekin Council elections

Telford and Wrekin Council elections are held every four years.

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The Rifles

The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.

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The Wrekin

The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire, England.

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Tibberton, Shropshire

Tibberton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tibberton and Cherrington, in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Trench, Telford

Trench is a suburb of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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The unitary authorities of England are a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin

Also known as Borough of Telford and Wrekin Council, Telford & Wrekin, Telford and Wrekin UA, Telford and the Wrekin, Wrekin District Council.

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See also

Local government districts of Shropshire

NUTS 3 statistical regions of the United Kingdom

References