Boroughs have the power to advise the mayor with nonbinding opinions on a large spectrum of topics ( environment, construction, public health, local markets ); in addition they are supplied with an autonomous founding in order to finance local activities.

Æthelstan probably did not approve of the increasing influence of ealdorman Eadric Streona from 1007, and he seems to have formed a friendship with Sigeferth and Morcar, two of the leading thegns of the Five Boroughs of the East Midlands.

In 942 Edmund struck back with a recapture of Mercia and the Five Boroughs of Danelaw, which so impressed contemporaries that a poem was written in honour of the achievement and included in the Chronicle.

The same objections were made when the London Boroughs of Croydon and Southwark unsuccessfully entered the competition for city status to mark the millennium: Croydon was said to have " no particular identity of its own " while Southwark was " part of London with little individual identity ".

< nowiki >*</ nowiki > Boroughs are incorporated portions of one or more towns with separate borough councils, zoning boards, and borough officials.

< nowiki >*</ nowiki > Boroughs are incorporated portions of one or more towns with separate borough councils, zoning boards, and borough officials.

Map of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Cities and Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Bedford County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Wayne County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Warren County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Cities and Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Venango County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Cities and Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Union County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Tioga County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Snyder County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Potter County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Pike County Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels, showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Perry County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ) and Townships ( white ).

Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Cities and Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Northampton County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Cities and Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Map of Montour County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

In April 2011, the Mount Wolf Centennial Committee received second place recognition in the 2011 Borough News Municipal Website contest for the population category under 2, 500 from the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs.

It is thought that Basildon's population will continue to increase as many people are relocating to the town from elsewhere in Essex, and from the Boroughs of London.

Upon recommendation of a commission chaired by the Earl of Onslow, the population threshold was raised to 75, 000 in 1926, by the Local Government ( County Boroughs and Adjustments ) Act 1926, which also made it much harder to expand boundaries.

Boroughs as administrative units are to be found in Ireland and the United Kingdom, more specifically in England and Northern Ireland.

* The Onion AV Club said: " With To the 5 Boroughs Beastie boys discover a musical entryway to an earlier, more innocent era, affording listeners the exuberance of youth together with the hard-won wisdom that can only come with experience.

However, it is now more widely accepted that the Dance Culture itself spread throughout New York City into all Boroughs because the best dancers danced mostly at Manhattan Clubs, where everyone took notice of the different styles and incorporated some of the moves into their own style of dancing.

The present boroughs in London are known as London Boroughs rather than metropolitan boroughs.

Soon thereafter, the operation placed a greater emphasis on New York City news than there had been before, in spite of WRNN's invisible profile within the Five Boroughs.

Under the Local Government Act 2001 section 10 ( 3 ) and schedule 6 part 1 chapter 1, the following continue to be known as Boroughs ( though this is largely a matter of nomenclature ) Clonmel, Drogheda, Kilkenny, Sligo, Wexford.

A map of Lancashire, showing the Boroughs: ( 1 ) West Lancashire ; ( 2 ) Chorley ( borough ) | Chorley ; ( 3 ) South Ribble ; ( 4 ) Borough of Fylde | Fylde ; ( 5 ) City of Preston, Lancashire | Preston ; ( 6 ) Wyre ; ( 7 ) City of Lancaster | Lancaster ; ( 8 ) Ribble Valley ; ( 9 ) Pendle ; ( 10 ) Burnley ( borough ) | Burnley ; ( 11 ) Rossendale ; ( 12 ) Hyndburn ; ( 13 ) Blackpool ; and ( 14 ) Blackburn with Darwen.

A map of the West Midlands ( county ) | West Midlands, showing the Metropolitan Boroughs: ( 1 ) Wolverhampton ; ( 2 ) Metropolitan Borough of Dudley | Dudley ; ( 3 ) Metropolitan Borough of Walsall | Walsall ; ( 4 ) Sandwell ; ( 5 ) Birmingham ; ( 6 ) Metropolitan Borough of Solihull | Solihull ; and ( 7 ) Coventry.

In November 2003 Paddick was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner, and in April 2005 he took over management of Territorial Policing across all 32 London Boroughs, with responsibility for 20, 000 police officers and support staff.

Boroughs and cities were collectively known as municipalities, and were enclaves separate from their surrounding counties.

Boroughs proliferated in the suburban areas of the larger cities: By the 1980s there were 19 boroughs and three cities in the area that is now the City of Auckland.

However, in 943, when Amlaíb had marched on to Leicester, one of the Boroughs, he and Wulfstan were besieged by Edmund and managed to escape only by a hair's breadth.

Other places in east London formerly of the county of Essex, such as Ilford and Romford were placed into London Boroughs along with Walthamstow.

During the war, in the Boroughs making up Tower Hamlets a total of 2, 221 civilians were killed and 7, 472 were injured, with 46, 482 houses destroyed and 47, 574 damaged.

Because of widespread dissatisfaction with the GPO's design, the Metropolitan Boroughs Joint Standing Committee organised a competition for a superior one in 1923, but the results were disappointing.

The parish of Quinton became part of Birmingham on 9 November 1909 and two years later, under what was termed ' The Greater Birmingham Scheme ', the Boroughs of Aston Manor, the Urban Districts of Handsworth and Erdington, part of the Urban District of Kings Norton and Northfield and the Rural District of Yardley were all incorporated.

In their place were created Greater London, which was divided into 32 London Boroughs, formed by the merger of existing authorities.

This was a critical post in an authority with one of the worst sets of housing statistics in London and in a period when London Boroughs were expected to be housing providers and managers.

Boroughs were divided into two sorts, with some becoming county boroughs which were entirely self-governing and independent from county council administration.

) The first areas in the country to be decriminalised were the 33 London Boroughs during 1993 / 94, hence the name change.

The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes ; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas.

The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes ; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas.

The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes ; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas.