Runnymede_(district) Runnymede_(district)

Runnymede (district) - Definition

Related Words: Abode, Airspace, Archbishopric, Archdiocese, Area, Arrondissement, Bailiwick, Bearings, Belt, Bishopric, Borough, Canton, City, Commune, Community, Corridor, Country, County, Departement, Department
Borough of Runnymede
Runnymede
Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status:Borough
Region:South East England
Admin. County:Surrey
Area:
- Total
Ranked 270th
78.04 km²
Admin. HQ:Addlestone
ONS code:43UG
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 295th
78,887
1,011 / km²
Ethnicity:95.0% White
1.9% S.Asian
Politics
Runnymede Borough Council
http://www.runnymede.gov.uk/
Leadership:Alternative - Sec.31
Control:Conservative
MP:Philip Hammond

Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey.

The district is named after Runnymede, a water meadow on the banks of the River Thames in the parish of Egham. Runnymede is celebrated in connection with the signature of Magna Carta by King John in 1215, and is the site of several significant monuments.


Districts of England - South East England Flag of England

Adur | Arun | Ashford | Aylesbury Vale | Basingstoke and Deane | Bracknell Forest | Brighton and Hove | Canterbury | Cherwell | Chichester | Chiltern | Crawley | Dartford | Dover | Eastbourne | East Hampshire | Eastleigh | Elmbridge | Epsom and Ewell | Fareham | Gosport | Gravesham | Guildford | Hart | Hastings | Havant | Horsham | Isle of Wight | Lewes | Maidstone | Medway | Mid Sussex | Milton Keynes | Mole Valley | New Forest | Oxford | Portsmouth | Reading | Reigate and Banstead | Rother | Runnymede | Rushmoor | Sevenoaks | Shepway | Slough | Southampton | South Bucks | South Oxfordshire | Spelthorne | Surrey Heath | Swale | Tandridge | Test Valley | Thanet | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Vale of White Horse | Waverley | Wealden | West Berkshire | West Oxfordshire | Winchester | Windsor and Maidenhead | Woking | Wokingham | Worthing | Wycombe

Administrative counties with multiple districts: Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - East Sussex - Hampshire - Kent - Oxfordshire - Surrey - West Sussex

Example Usage of (district)

imapensfan: If you haven't seen District 9, you don't like good movies. Just got the blu-ray, fantastic of course.
IMPECCABLESCOOP: This movie District 9 is ill.. I usually don't like all dat alien sci-fi bullshit but the put a nice twist to this movie
congerjan: says supposed to be with district librarians at a party but had to pick up my grandson. http://plurk.com/p/3317gz
Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  :: Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.