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| Borough of Gravesham | |
|---|---|
Shown within Kent | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Kent |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 245th 99.02 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Gravesend |
| ONS code: | 29UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 230th 96,142 971 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 89.5% White 8.2% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Gravesham Borough Council http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Chris PondChristopher Richard Pond (born 25 September 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for Gravesham, and was first elected in 1997, beating the sitting Conservative Party MP Jacques Arnold. He was previously asso |
Gravesham is a local government districtThe Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Status Most districts ca and boroughA borough is a political division originally used in England. The equivalent, burgh was used in Scotland. Bury often ends towns' names in the South of England, but borough more often in the Midlands. Bury is more common in America's New England but burg in Kent, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England. Its council is based in Gravesend. Gravesham council website is at http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/
Robert H Hiscock, Chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society, writing a forward to his book, 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore, 1976) said:
"The name Gravesham appears only in the Domesday BookThis article is about the 11th century census. See BBC Domesday Project for the multimedia project. Domesday Book (also known as Domesday or Book of Winchester , was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Con, 1086, and was probably the error of a Norman scribe. It was 'Gravesend' in the Domesday Monarchorum c.1100, and 'Gravesende' in the Textus Roffensis c.1100. It is strange that this 'clerical error' has now been adopted for the name of the new Council".