Wikipedia:WikiProject UK subdivisions/English districts

Principals

Ok, this was done back in the day, when we initially started to split out articles about English districts from towns. The principles involved in deciding whether to split were geographically based.

• does the district include large rural areas? the more rural area included in the district, the clearer a split becomes
  • so therefore Carlisle (district) is an easy case as would be Ashford (district). Hartlepool (borough) is more borderline.
• if the district does not contain large rural areas;
  • does the district contain several distinct named towns with independent histories and identities? if so, this points to a split.
  • how recently were the district boundaries set? if they are borders that were expanded in 1974, this points towards splitting. if the borders are older than this, splitting will be awkward, as there will be no firm point to start the coverage of an article from
  • does the district contain an urban core, some inner suburbs, possibly without all its surrounding suburbs? probably this should not be split, as these tight borders are historic.

Notes

• Phase 1: Splitting all these articles.
• Phase 2: Fixing all the links (to be done en masse)

Counties

done

• Bedfordshire
• Berkshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Cheshire
• Cornwall
• Cumbria
• Derbyshire
• Devon
• Dorset
• County Durham
• East Riding of Yorkshire
• East Sussex
• Essex
• Gloucestershire - protected!

• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Hampshire
• Hertfordshire
• Kent
• Merseyside
• Lancashire
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Norfolk
• Northamptonshire
• Northumberland
• North Yorkshire
• Nottinghamshire
• Oxfordshire
• Shropshire
• Somerset
• Staffordshire
• South Yorkshire
• Suffolk
• Surrey
• Tyne and Wear
• Warwickshire
• West Midlands
• West Sussex
• West Yorkshire
• Wiltshire
• Worcestershire

Done, but the other way

• village of Kirklees at Kirklees, Kirklees
• village of Sefton at Sefton, Sefton

Deliberately not done

• York (City of York)
• St Edmundsbury (St Edmundsbury is always the district, apparently)

Redirects needed

Ashford (district) Barrow-in-Furness (district) Barnsley (district) Berwick-upon-Tweed (district) Bedford (district) Bolsover (district) Bolton (district) Boston (district) Bradford (borough) Bradford (district) Brentwood (borough) Burnley (district) Bury (district) Canterbury (district) Canterbury (borough) Carlisle (district) Carlisle (borough) Chelmsford (district) Chester (district) Chester (borough) Chorley (district) Doncaster (district) Durham (borough) Durham (district) Eastleigh (district) Fareham (district) Great Yarmouth (district) Guildford (district) Halton (district) Kettering (district) Lancaster (district) Lancaster (borough) Leeds (district) Leeds (borough) Macclesfield (district) Maidstone (district) Milton Keynes (district) Newcastle-under-Lyme (district) Oswestry (district) Peterborough (district) Peterborough (borough) Rochdale (district) Rotherham (district) Rugby (district) Salford (borough) Salford (district) City of St Albans St Albans (district) St Albans (borough) St Helens (district) Stockport (district) Scarborough (district) Sedgefield (district) Sheffield (borough) Sheffield (district) Solihull (district) Stafford (district) Stockton-on-Tees (district) Sunderland (borough) Sunderland (district) Swindon (district) Tewkesbury (district) Tunbridge Wells (district) Wakefield (borough) Wakefield (district) Walsall (district) Wellingborough (district) Wigan (district) Winchester (borough) Winchester (district)

Done

• Alnwick -> Alnwick (district)
• Ashford -> Ashford (borough)
• Barrow-in-Furness -> Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
• Barnsley -> Barnsley (borough)
• Basildon - > Basildon (district)
• Berwick-upon-Tweed -> Berwick-upon-Tweed (borough)
• Blaby -> Blaby (district)
• Bedford -> Bedford (borough)
• Bolsover -> Bolsover (district)
• Bolton -> Bolton (borough)
• Boston -> Boston (borough)
• Bradford -> City of Bradford
• Braintree -> Braintree (district)
• Brentwood -> Brentwood (borough)
• Bridgnorth -> Bridgnorth (district)
• Bromsgrove -> Bromsgrove (district)
• Burnley -> Burnley (borough)
• Bury -> Bury (borough)
• Cannock Chase -> Cannock Chase (district)
• Canterbury -> City of Canterbury
• Carlisle -> City of Carlisle
• Chelmsford -> Chelmsford (borough)
• Chester -> Chester (district)
• Chester-le-Street -> Chester-le-Street (district)
• Chichester -> Chichester (district)
• Chiltern -> Chiltern (district)
• Chorley -> Chorley (borough)
• Colchester -> Colchester (borough)
• Congleton -> Congleton (borough)
• Cotswold -> Cotswold (district)
• Daventry -> Daventry (district)
• Doncaster -> Doncaster (borough)
• Dover -> Dover (district)
• Dudley -> Dudley (borough)
• Durham -> City of Durham
• Easington -> Easington (district)
• Eastleigh -> Eastleigh (borough)
• Epping Forest -> Epping Forest (district)
• Fareham -> Fareham (borough)
• Forest of Dean -> Forest of Dean (district)
• Gateshead -> Gateshead (borough)
• Great Yarmouth -> Great Yarmouth (borough)
• Guildford -> Guildford (borough)
• Halton -> Halton (borough)
• Horsham -> Horsham (district)
• Hull -> Kingston upon Hull
• Kettering -> Kettering (borough)
• Lancaster -> City of Lancaster
• Leeds -> City of Leeds
• Lichfield -> Lichfield (district)
• Lewes -> Lewes (district)
• Macclesfield -> Macclesfield (borough)
• Maidstone -> Maidstone (borough)
• Maldon -> Maldon (district)
• Mansfield -> Mansfield (district)
• Milton Keynes -> Milton Keynes (borough)
• Newcastle-under-Lyme -> Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)
• New Forest -> New Forest (district)
• Oldham -> Oldham (borough)
• Oswestry -> Oswestry (borough)
• Peterborough -> City of Peterborough
• Rochdale -> Rochdale (borough)
• Rochford -> Rochford (district)
• Rotherham -> Rotherham (borough)
• Rugby -> Rugby (borough)
• Salford -> City of Salford
• Salisbury -> Salisbury (district)
• St Albans -> City and District of St Albans ?
• St Helens -> St Helens (borough)
• Stockport -> Stockport (borough)
• Scarborough -> Scarborough (borough)
• Sedgefield -> Sedgefield (borough)
• Selby -> Selby (district)
• Sevenoaks -> Sevenoaks (district)
• Sheffield -> City of Sheffield
• Solihull -> Solihull (borough)
• Stafford -> Stafford (borough)
• Stockton-on-Tees -> Stockton-on-Tees (borough)
• Stratford-on-Avon -> Stratford-on-Avon (district)
• Stroud -> Stroud (district)
• Sunderland -> City of Sunderland
• Swindon -> Swindon (borough)
• Tewkesbury -> Tewkesbury (borough)
• Tunbridge Wells -> Tunbridge Wells (borough)
• Warwick -> Warwick (district)
• Wakefield -> City of Wakefield
• Walsall -> Walsall (borough)
• Wellingborough -> Wellingborough (borough)
• Wigan -> Wigan (borough)
• Winchester -> City of Winchester

also

• West Midlands -> West Midlands (county)

To consider

• Darlington -> Darlington (borough)
• Hartlepool -> Hartlepool (borough)
• Middlesbrough -> Middlesbrough (borough)
• Preston -> City of Preston (Lancashire)

Historical

• Medina -> Medina (borough)