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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the <a href="/facts/Local_Government_Act_1972/EujgBtqN">Local Government Act 1972</a>, covering the whole area of four former districts and parts of another three, which were abolished at the same time:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Blackburn_Rural_District/2bKYghoN">Blackburn Rural District</a> (north of Arley Brook, rest went to <a href="/facts/Blackburn_with_Darwen/U2xJawu1">Blackburn</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bowland_Rural_District/1SVGV4up">Bowland Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Burnley_Rural_District/xXxcVx3I">Burnley Rural District</a> (parishes of <a href="/facts/Read%2c_Lancashire/UfCqGLJD">Read</a> and <a href="/facts/Sabden/GTkzw1yJ">Sabden</a> only, rest split between Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clitheroe/3UwIYdvr">Clitheroe</a> <a href="/facts/Municipal_Borough/akJa7G4m">Municipal Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clitheroe_Rural_District/xQyXk1yY">Clitheroe Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Longridge/6X8RYFdM">Longridge</a> <a href="/facts/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)/58F6X53h">Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Preston_Rural_District/2a0fXrhC">Preston Rural District</a> (parishes of <a href="/facts/Dutton%2c_Lancashire/kaMRaBNc">Dutton</a>, <a href="/facts/Hothersall/GMrHYkW8">Hothersall</a> and <a href="/facts/Ribchester/tL3wyNbj">Ribchester</a> only, rest split between Preston and South Ribble)</li></ul> <p>The new district was named Ribble Valley after the River Ribble which flows through the area.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The new district was awarded <a href="/facts/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom/5tesQ54w">borough status</a> from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>The Bowland Rural District had been in the <a href="/facts/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire/Tey2GKGg">West Riding of Yorkshire</a> prior to the reforms, whereas the other parts had all been in Lancashire. The council was granted a <a href="/facts/Coat_of_arms/PcwQ5lH8">coat of arms</a> in 1975, which includes both the <a href="/facts/Red_Rose_of_Lancaster/h3HF8B4J">Red Rose of Lancaster</a> and <a href="/facts/White_Rose_of_York/ACLFtXeh">White Rose of York</a>, referencing the two historic counties.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>The parish of <a href="/facts/Simonstone%2c_Lancashire/A5EJqfSk">Simonstone</a> was transferred from Burnley to Ribble Valley in 1987.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="governance">Governance</h2> <p>Ribble Valley Borough Council provides <a href="/facts/Non-metropolitan_district/T05w78RP">district-level</a> services. <a href="/facts/Non-metropolitan_county/AFoDpL1C">County-level</a> services are provided by <a href="/facts/Lancashire_County_Council/zW1g6dry">Lancashire County Council</a>. The whole borough is covered by <a href="/facts/Civil_parish/4GuHX8Wm">civil parishes</a>, which form a third tier of local government.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Political control</h3> <p>The council has been under <a href="/facts/No_overall_control/XwsxqWsh">no overall control</a> since the <a href="/facts/2023_Ribble_Valley_Borough_Council_election/3yXj06HQ">2023 election</a>, being led by a <a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a> minority administration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party in control</th><th>Years</th></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>1974–1995</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/No_overall_control/XwsxqWsh">No overall control</a></td><td>1995–2003</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>2003–2023</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/No_overall_control/XwsxqWsh">No overall control</a></td><td>2023–present</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Leadership</h3> <p>The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Ribble Valley. Political leadership is instead provided by the <a href="/facts/Leader_of_the_council/jdjdkLsU">leader of the council</a>. The leaders since 1999 have been:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Councillor</th><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>From</th><th>To</th></tr><tr><td>Peter Redpath<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>1999</td><td>2002</td></tr><tr><td>Chris Holtom</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>2002</td><td>6 May 2007</td></tr><tr><td>Michael Ranson</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>15 May 2007</td><td>14 May 2013</td></tr><tr><td>Stuart Hirst</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>14 May 2013</td><td>9 May 2017</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ken_Hind/8NW7ufFM">Ken Hind</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>9 May 2017</td><td>20 Dec 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Stephen Atkinson</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>15 Jan 2019</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Composition</h3> <p>Following the <a href="/facts/2023_Ribble_Valley_Borough_Council_election/3yXj06HQ">2023 election</a> and subsequent changes of allegiance and by-elections up to July 2024, the composition of the council was:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Councillors</th></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Independent_politician/Pzzvg0CC">Independent</a></td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)/rzGyr41m">Liberal Democrats</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales/C7B1mApM">Green</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>40</th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Two of the independent councillors (both former Liberal Democrats) sit with the Greens as the 'Green and Progressive Liberal Group'.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> The next election is due in 2027. </p> <h3>Elections</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Ribble_Valley_local_elections/Ex79XGTL">Ribble Valley local elections</a></p> <p>Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 40 <a href="/facts/Councillor/FFzHccr0">councillors</a> representing 26 <a href="/facts/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom/7WUUaBQv">wards</a>, with each ward electing one or two councillors. Elections are held every four years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h3>Premises</h3> <p>The council is based at the Council Offices on Church Walk in Clitheroe, which was purpose-built for the council in 1980.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> The council chamber is in an adjoining building at 13 Church Street, which had been offices of the old Clitheroe Borough Council prior to the 1974 reforms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="education">Education</h2> <h3>State-funded schools</h3> <h4>Primary</h4> <p>See <a href="/facts/List_of_schools_in_Lancashire/nv6dXA3G">List of schools in Lancashire § Ribble Valley</a> </p> <h4>Secondary</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bowland_High/3wPU7aUb">Bowland High School</a>, Grindleton</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clitheroe_Royal_Grammar_School/235Nus61">Clitheroe Royal Grammar School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Longridge_High_School/GX1k4Rnw">Longridge High School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ribblesdale_High_School/SHMpnWE0">Ribblesdale High School</a>, Clitheroe</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Augustine%2527s_RC_High_School%2c_Billington/KnAwRkEY">St Augustine's RC High School, Billington</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Cecilia%2527s_Roman_Catholic_High_School/JabwSesR">St Cecilia's RC High School</a>, Longridge</li></ul> <h4>Specialist</h4> <ul><li>Hillside Specialist School, Longridge</li></ul> <h3>Independent schools</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Stonyhurst_Saint_Mary%2527s_Hall/opexoC8o">Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall</a>, Hurst Green (preparatory)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Moorland_School/5AKCNJPV">Moorland School</a>, Clitheroe</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oakhill_School%2c_Whalley/7bUkDqLD">Oakhill School, Whalley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stonyhurst_College/fcsXFJop">Stonyhurst College</a>, Hurst Green</li></ul> <h3>Adult education</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alston_Hall/zVMIaww0">Alston Hall</a>, Longridge</li></ul> <h2 id="sport">Sport</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Clitheroe_FC/Np9zXVtQ">Clitheroe FC</a></li></ul> <p>Longridge Town FC </p> <h2 id="local-radio">Local radio</h2> <h3>Community radio</h3> <p>Ribble Valley Radio was a community radio station based in Clitheroe, part of the new, third sector of local radio licensed by OFCOM.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> The project was launched in September 2004. The radio station helped six local residents into paid work within the radio sector in just three years and trained more than 100 volunteers to present and produce their own radio shows. The project was not supported by the Borough Council, which caused controversy in the area, and local newspaper the<i>Clitheroe Advertiser and Times'</i> held a poll which returned the result that 94% agreed that the Ribble Valley Borough Council were wrong not to fund the project and assist its long-term success. Many letters appeared in support of the project and damning the "short sighted" decision of the council. The whole episode brought excellent publicity and boosted the radio station's listening figures by 400%. </p><p>MP <a href="/facts/Nigel_Evans/VIEe7gST">Nigel Evans</a> was a staunch supporter and tabled an Early Day Motion at Parliament EDM 979<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> calling for "better resources and funding" for Ribble Valley Radio and the new and emerging sector. None of this was sufficient to save the station and on 14 October 2007 Ribble Valley Radio closed, because it was unable to gain sufficient funding to apply for a licence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p><p>A new group, known as Ribble FM,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> was formed in 2011 with the aim of applying for a community radio licence in the third round of licensing by Ofcom. Ribble FM was set up by The Bee founder Roy Martin and includes local directors and trustees. </p> <h2 id="settlements">Settlements</h2> <a href="/facts/Clitheroe/3UwIYdvr">Clitheroe</a><a href="/facts/Longridge/6X8RYFdM">Longridge</a><a href="/facts/Balderstone%2c_Lancashire/UP5MDBfm">Balderstone</a><a href="/facts/Barrow%2c_Lancashire/k5uSzEqm">Barrow</a><a href="/facts/Bashall_Eaves/uEHAX6Fu">Bashall Eaves</a>; <a href="/facts/Billington%2c_Lancashire/qHekwYDj">Billington</a><a href="/facts/Bolton_by_Bowland/8GsoAbre">Bolton by Bowland</a><a href="/facts/Brockhall_Village/gDhQHcRP"> Brockhall Village</a><a href="/facts/Chatburn/AgFgg5tb">Chatburn</a><a href="/facts/Chipping%2c_Lancashire/K9I8egzN">Chipping</a><a href="/facts/Clayton-le-Dale/Fmg5vLWQ">Clayton-le-Dale</a><a href="/facts/Dinckley/NQYS7STT">Dinckley</a><a href="/facts/Downham%2c_Lancashire/Lq58YaGT">Downham</a><a href="/facts/Dunsop_Bridge/Dqq8PNCF">Dunsop Bridge</a><a href="/facts/Gisburn/sp4nUncM">Gisburn</a><a href="/facts/Great_Mitton/CcJ7r7EH">Great Mitton</a><a href="/facts/Grindleton/D25Gq15B">Grindleton</a><a href="/facts/Horton%2c_Lancashire/Ar58sreu">Horton</a><a href="/facts/Hurst_Green%2c_Lancashire/lveDM9Mf">Hurst Green</a><a href="/facts/Langho/usT9oxFP">Langho</a><a href="/facts/Mellor/3AMRPEqP">Mellor</a><a href="/facts/Mellor_Brook/fqzvVGot">Mellor Brook</a><a href="/facts/Newsholme%2c_Lancashire/Doa6Th70">Newsholme</a><a href="/facts/Newton-in-Bowland/YwTMfVLv">Newton-in-Bowland</a><a href="/facts/Osbaldeston/kTLn6vfu">Osbaldeston</a><a href="/facts/Paythorne/TAnDkbBG">Paythorne</a><a href="/facts/Pendleton%2c_Lancashire/rAvWTwtY">Pendleton</a><a href="/facts/Read%2c_Lancashire/UfCqGLJD">Read</a><a href="/facts/Ribchester/tL3wyNbj">Ribchester</a><a href="/facts/Rimington/68QxwKKb">Rimington</a><a href="/facts/Sabden/GTkzw1yJ">Sabden</a><a href="/facts/Salesbury/JHD8myWt">Salesbury</a><a href="/facts/Sawley%2c_Lancashire/e4GpKjbq">Sawley</a><a href="/facts/Simonstone%2c_Lancashire/A5EJqfSk">Simonstone</a><a href="/facts/Slaidburn/WJbXUSTx">Slaidburn</a><a href="/facts/Stonyhurst_College/fcsXFJop">Stonyhurst</a><a href="/facts/Tosside/7frrRhmj">Tosside</a><a href="/facts/Waddington%2c_Lancashire/s4ueQNdz">Waddington</a><a href="/facts/West_Bradford%2c_Lancashire/gTvC1wtb">West Bradford</a><a href="/facts/Whalley%2c_Lancashire/7bUkDqLD">Whalley</a><a href="/facts/Whitewell/q3EQCfQW">Whitewell</a><a href="/facts/Wilpshire/wFSd385u">Wilpshire</a><i><a href="/facts/Stocks_Reservoir/XFxkptEn">Stocks Reservoir</a></i><i><a href="/facts/Easington_Fell/4mlm9JfA">Easington Fell</a></i><i><a href="/facts/Fair_Snape_Fell/3eV3hsb0">Fair Snape Fell</a></i><i><a href="/facts/Hawthornthwaite_Fell/mG5FKw27">Hawthornthwaite Fell</a></i><i><a href="/facts/Longridge_Fell/fzeSVpkR">Longridge Fell</a></i><i><a href="/facts/Parlick/1pVhHXGP">Parlick</a></i><i><a href="/facts/Pendle_Hill/DlAAVBL1">Pendle Hill</a></i><i><a href="/facts/White_Hill_(Forest_of_Bowland)/oDcX4uPS">White Hill</a></i><i><a href="/facts/Wolfhole_Crag/7PFRg2PX">Wolfhole Crag</a></i>class=notpageimage| Towns, villages and hills in the Borough of Ribble Valley <a href="/facts/Forest_of_Bowland/pLQxT3e7">Forest of Bowland</a> <a href="/facts/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty/MDTR4U1e">AONB</a> <h3>Civil parishes</h3> <p>The whole borough is covered by civil parishes. The parish councils for Clitheroe and Longridge have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> </p> <ol><li><a href="/facts/Aighton%2c_Bailey_and_Chaigley/pF2Bxe52">Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Balderstone%2c_Lancashire/UP5MDBfm">Balderstone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bashall_Eaves/uEHAX6Fu">Bashall Eaves</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Billington_and_Langho/JUw6sa4d">Billington and Langho</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bolton-by-Bowland/8GsoAbre">Bolton-by-Bowland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bowland_Forest_High/3uXlXY0w">Bowland Forest High</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bowland_Forest_Low/VP6zyUSE">Bowland Forest Low</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bowland-with-Leagram/7vGcSoKn">Bowland-with-Leagram</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chatburn/AgFgg5tb">Chatburn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chipping%2c_Lancashire/K9I8egzN">Chipping</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clayton-le-Dale/Fmg5vLWQ">Clayton-le-Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clitheroe/3UwIYdvr">Clitheroe</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dinckley/NQYS7STT">Dinckley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Downham%2c_Lancashire/Lq58YaGT">Downham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dutton%2c_Lancashire/kaMRaBNc">Dutton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Easington%2c_Lancashire/5oxvsSMw">Easington</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gisburn/sp4nUncM">Gisburn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gisburn_Forest/7frrRhmj">Gisburn Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Great_Mitton/CcJ7r7EH">Great Mitton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grindleton/D25Gq15B">Grindleton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Horton%2c_Lancashire/Ar58sreu">Horton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hothersall/GMrHYkW8">Hothersall</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Little_Mitton/b9D51oMj">Little Mitton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Longridge/6X8RYFdM">Longridge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mearley/enSdy6s1">Mearley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mellor%2c_Lancashire/eG82qlMC">Mellor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Middop/GSQP1lNn">Middop</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Newsholme%2c_Lancashire/Doa6Th70">Newsholme</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Newton-in-Bowland/YwTMfVLv">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Osbaldeston/kTLn6vfu">Osbaldeston</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Paythorne/TAnDkbBG">Paythorne</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pendleton%2c_Lancashire/rAvWTwtY">Pendleton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ramsgreave/cwmysh9E">Ramsgreave</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Read%2c_Lancashire/UfCqGLJD">Read</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ribchester/tL3wyNbj">Ribchester</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rimington/68QxwKKb">Rimington</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sabden/GTkzw1yJ">Sabden</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Salesbury/JHD8myWt">Salesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sawley%2c_Lancashire/e4GpKjbq">Sawley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Simonstone%2c_Lancashire/A5EJqfSk">Simonstone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Slaidburn/WJbXUSTx">Slaidburn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thornley-with-Wheatley/RkaC2gw5">Thornley-with-Wheatley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Twiston/cXQPUJWN">Twiston</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Waddington%2c_Lancashire/s4ueQNdz">Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/West_Bradford%2c_Lancashire/gTvC1wtb">West Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Whalley%2c_Lancashire/7bUkDqLD">Whalley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilpshire/wFSd385u">Wilpshire</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wiswell/CowhFYxb">Wiswell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Worston/enSdy6s1">Worston</a></li></ol> <h2 id="economy">Economy</h2> <p>Although Ribble Valley is the largest area of Lancashire, it also has the smallest population. The economy of Ribble Valley is mainly rural in nature, with a high proportion of jobs being in the private sector, due to BAE there is a bigger sway towards manufacturing jobs and less of a service economy when compared to the rest of Lancashire presumably due to the size of the authority and the dispersed nature of settlements. The authority also has the highest proportion of <a href="/facts/Remote_work/yDcwVn1F">remote workers</a> in Lancashire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> </p> <h3>Notable businesses</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/BAE_Systems/W1wLXh5x">BAE Systems</a> and <a href="/facts/Spirit_AeroSystems/k6GpjqHc">Spirit AeroSystems</a> at <a href="/facts/Samlesbury_Aerodrome/1mTQc8fR">Samlesbury Aerodrome</a></li></ul> <h2 id="freedom-of-the-borough">Freedom of the Borough</h2> <p>The following people and military units have received the <a href="/facts/Freedom_of_the_City/aAIkoGwV">Freedom of the Borough</a> of Ribble Valley. </p> <h3>Military Units</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/14th%2f20th_King%2527s_Hussars/loFbyoTx">14th/20th King's Hussars</a>: 24 August 1992.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/King%2527s_Royal_Hussars/8tr5wuBN">King's Royal Hussars</a>: 2 December 1992.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Duke_of_Lancaster%2527s_Regiment/SgrwbVKb">Duke of Lancaster's Regiment</a>: 10 March 2011.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 22 August 2022 <a href="https://legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/made" target="_blank">https://legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/made</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 22 August 2022 <a href="https://legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/551/made" target="_blank">https://legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/551/made</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"District Councils and Boroughs". 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