Wikipedia:WikiProject UK subdivisions/English districts

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This has been updated and can now be found at WP:UKDISTRICTS.

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, 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

Historical

Medina -> Medina (borough)

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