Municipal Borough of St Austell with Fowey

St Austell with Fowey (pronounced "foy") was a municipal borough in Cornwall, United Kingdom between 1968 and 1974, covering the towns of St Austell, Fowey and surrounding areas.

History

The borough was created in 1968 by a merger of the municipal borough of Fowey and the much more populous urban district of St Austell. ^[1] As well as the town of St Austell itself, the St Austell Urban District had also included Par, Mevagissey, St Blazey and nearby rural areas. ^[2] The area of the new borough created in 1968 was also made a single civil parish. ^[3]

St Austell with Fowey Borough Council based itself at the Municipal Offices at 75 Truro Road in St Austell. ^[4] The building was a converted house, formerly called Clynton, which had been the headquarters of the old St Austell Urban District Council since 1934. ^[5]

The borough only existed for six years. In 1974 St Austell with Fowey was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972. The area became part of the new borough of Restormel which covered a much larger area, extending to Newquay. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Aftermath

The area of the pre-1974 borough of St Austell with Fowey became an unparished area as part of the 1974 reforms. In 1983 five new civil parishes were created from parts of the pre-1974 borough: Fowey, Mevagissey, St Blaise (using an alternate spelling for St Blazey), Treverbyn, and Tywardreath (renamed Tywardreath and Par in 2000). ^{[9] [10]}

The central part of the pre-1974 borough around St Austell town and adjoining areas remained unparished until 2009. To coincide with the abolition of Restormel in 2009, the remaining unparished area was split into four new parishes: St Austell, St Austell Bay, Carlyon and Pentewan Valley. ^{[11] [12]}

References

• Cornwall portal

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2. "Cornwall with Isles of Scilly: Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1967". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
3. "Cornwall with Isles of Scilly: Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1968". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
4. "No. 45962". The London Gazette . 26 April 1973. p. 5263.
5. "Greater St Austell". Newquay Express. 31 May 1934. p. 9. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
6. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 3 March 2023
7. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 3 March 2023
8. "District Councils and Boroughs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . 28 March 1974. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
9. "The Restormel (Parishes) Order 1983" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The National Archives. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
10. Langston, Brett. "St Austell Registration District". UK BMD. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
11. "Town and parishes to get councils". BBC News website. BBC. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
12. "The Restormel (Parishes) Order 2008" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The National Archives. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

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