Seaton Valley Urban District

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Seaton Valley Urban District
  • Northumberland SeatonValleyUD 1971.svg
  • Seaton Valley highlighted in Northumberland in 1971

Area
  196112,480 acres (50.5 km2)
  Coordinates 55°05′N1°33′W / 55.08°N 1.55°W / 55.08; -1.55 Coordinates: 55°05′N1°33′W / 55.08°N 1.55°W / 55.08; -1.55
Population
  196126,095
History
  Preceded by
  • Cramlington Urban District
  • Earsdon Urban District
  • Seaton Delaval Urban District
  • Seghill Urban District
  Origin Local Government Act 1929
  Succeeded by
Status Urban district
History 
 Established
1 April 1935 (1935-04-01)
 Disestablished
31 March 1974 (1974-03-31)
Contained within
  County Northumberland
  Police force Northumberland Constabulary
  Passenger Transport Area Tyneside PTE

Seaton Valley was an urban district in Northumberland, England, from 1935 to 1974, at which point it was split between the districts of North Tyneside and Blyth Valley. [1]

It was created by a County Review Order in 1935 from various urban districts near the North Sea coast, particularly Cramlington, most of Earsdon, Seaton Delaval, and Seghill. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it was abolished on 1 April 1974, with the wards of Backworth, Earsdon and Shiremoor going to the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, and the rest going to Blyth Valley in Northumberland.

After the abolition of Blyth Valley district in 2008, a Seaton Valley parish was created. The boundaries of this parish are not identical to the old urban district - excluding Cramlington but including the part of the former borough of Whitley Bay to be included in Blyth Valley in 1974 (Hartley and Seaton Sluice).

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References

  1. "Seaton Valley UD". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 20 January 2009.