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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-and-lancashire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/926",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-and-lancashire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1993",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes two small changes to the boundary between Lancashire and GreaterManchester.\nOne area is transferred from Lancashire (borough of Blackburn) to themetropolitan borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, and the other is transferred fromBury to Lancashire (Rossendale).\nChanges, mainly of a minor nature, are also made to thedistrict boundaries within Greater Manchester.\nThese involve the boundary of Bury withManchester, and with Salford.\nConsequential changes are made to the boundaries of local government electoral areas,petty sessional divisions and coroner’s districts.\nThe map and table forming part of this Note (Pages 4 and 5) give a general guide to thelocation, area and population of the land affected.\nPrints of the detailed order maps(described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the councilfor each borough or city affected, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of Statefor the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.\nThe Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S. I. 1976/246, amended by S. I.1978/247) contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.\nTABLE OF AREAS AFFECTED\nTransfer(s) from—\nDescription—\nLancashire (Blackburn) to Greater Manchester Bury— article 3 Area (hectares): 4 Population: 60\nTransfer of area at Walves, located along Ramsbottom Road, and stretching westwards from Walves Bridge.\nGreater Manchester (Bury) to Lancashire (Rossendale)— article 4 Area: 5 Population: 2\nTransfer of area at Dearden Clough, including part of Rochdale Road (A680) and open land.\nBury to Manchester— ;article 5 Area: 6 Population: 50\nTransfer of area located south-west of the M66 motorway at Heaton Park, and running south-eastwards from Bridle Road to the River Irk, including part of Old Hall Lane and properties in that Lane near its junction with Middleton Road.\nRealignments in the following vicinities\n(i) site of former Jubilee School in Park Road;\n(ii) Brooklands Road/Carlton Avenue/Huntley Road;\n(iii) Edenfield Road/Windsor Crescent.\nManchester to Bury— article 6 Area: 6 Population: 400\nAt Heaton Park, transfer of St Margaret’s Lodge in St Margaret’s Road, and of School Lodge in Bury Old Road.\nTransfer of largely residential area on the western side of Middleton Road, including the United Synagogue, Newington Avenue, Hillwood Avenue, Windsor Crescent and part of Meade Hill Road.\nRealignments\n(i) to the rear of properties on the eastern side of Edenfield Road; and\n(ii) between Park Road and Rothesay Road.\nBury to Salford— article 7 Area: 1 Population: 16\nRealignments\n(i) in vicinity of Kersal Vale Road, so that boundary follows the line of Singleton Brook to its junction with the River Irwell; and\n(ii) in Bury Old Road/Singleton Road.\nSalford to Bury— article 8 Area: 2 Population: 0\nRealignment at Moor Lane to unite Kersal Vale Works in Bury.\nRealignment to unite Mountheath Industrial Park in Bury.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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