Ogwr
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| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • Created | 1974 |
| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • Abolished | 1996 |
| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • Succeeded by | Bridgend County Borough |
| Status | Borough |
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| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • HQ | Bridgend |
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The Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996.
History
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the urban districts of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw and Porthcawl, along with Penybont Rural District from the administrative county of Glamorgan.[1][2] The district took its name from the Welsh name of the main river through the district, the River Ogmore (Template:Langx).[3]
In 1996 most of Ogwr became part of Bridgend County Borough, with the Vale of Glamorgan taking the communities of Wick, St Brides Major and Ewenny.[4]
Ogwr Borough Council
Ogwr Borough Council was a second tier district council of Mid Glamorgan. County councillors were elected from the borough to Mid Glamorgan County Council.
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 1996 was as follows:[5]
| Party in control | Years | |
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| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 1974–1976 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 1976–1987 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 1987–1996 | |
Ogwr Borough Council comprised 58 councillors at its first elections in 1973, elected from 25 wards.[6] The final full elections were in May 1991.
Premises
When the council was created in 1974 it was initially based at new offices called the Municipal Buildings, which had been built as part of The Rhiw shopping centre on Queen Street in Bridgend.[7] In 1986 it moved to a new building called the Civic Offices on Angel Street in Bridgend, on the banks of the river which gave the district its name.[8][9] Following the council's abolition in 1996 the Civic Offices became the headquarters for the new Bridgend County Borough Council.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 6 October 2022
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bridgend County Borough Council". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Districts in Wales (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/34, retrieved 4 October 2022
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local Government (Wales) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 19, retrieved 23 October 2022
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Compositions Calculator". The Elections Centre. University of Exeter. Retrieved 21 May 2025. (Put "Ogwr" in search box to see specific results.)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ogwr offices a 'shambles' and an 'unholy mess'". Glamorgan Gazette. Bridgend. 7 December 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 50745"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 15 December 1986. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util"..
{{cite magazine}}: Check|url=value (help); More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'Pillar of the community' former Mayor of Ogwr 'Bill' Burt dies aged 94". The Cowbridge Gem. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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