Herefordshire County Council

Herefordshire County Council
Herefordshire County Council
	Coat of arms
History
Founded	1 April 1889
Disbanded	31 March 1974
Succeeded by	Hereford and Worcester County Council
Meeting place
	Shirehall, Hereford

Herefordshire County Council was the county council of Herefordshire from 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1974.^[1] It was based at the Shirehall in Hereford.^[2]

It was created under the Local Government Act 1888 and took over many of the powers that had previously been exercised by the Hereford Quarter Sessions.^[3]

The first elections to Herefordshire County Council took place on 17 January 1889.^[4]

The first Chairman of the County Council was Andrew Rouse Boughton-Knight and the first clerk to the council was John Frederick Symonds.^[5]

The coat of arms used by Herefordshire County Council (and subsequently adopted by Herefordshire Council) was not granted until 1946.^[7]

References

^ Local Government Act 1972. 1972. c. 70
^ "Herefordshire County Council members and employees". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ "Local Government Act 1888". 13 August 1888. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ "County Council Addresses". Ross Gazette. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ The Jubilee of County Councils Herefordshire. The County Councils Association. 1939. p. 65.
^ "Local Government Act 1972". 28 October 1972. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ "Herefordshire". Retrieved 15 May 2021.

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