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  Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Is your child due to start primary school in Bury for the first time in September 2008?
Find out what Bury Leisure is offering through the Age of Opportunities programme
Bury's parks are amongst the greenest of the green
www.bury.gov.uk   (152 words)

  
  County Borough of Bury - Jubilee Souvenir
WHEN a visitor to Bury is taken to one of the hills which overlook the town, one of his first impressions will be concerned with the sight of the many tall factory chimneys which can be counted by the hundred on a clear day.
Bury was a market to which the produce of the farms and would be brought for exchange and sale from a district reaching out several miles around the town.
Bury was first connected by canal with Bolton and Manchester in 1791, and the canal would doubtless be much used by the Peel firm, as the terminus was near their main works.
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 Coat of Arms
These were the former Borough of Bury St Edmunds, Urban district of Haverhill, Rural District of Clare and the Rural District of Thingoe.
In the centre of the shield is the Sword of the St Edmundsbury Borough Council in its natural colours.
Bury St Edmunds was one of the few towns to be granted the right for a Sword of State in the 17th Century, by Letters Patent of Charles II dated 3rd July 1684.
www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk /sebc/live/arms.cfm   (2053 words)

  
 Bury & Radcliffe
The borough of Bury has had a few different spellings in the past, including the first spelling as it is now in 1230: - Bur in1190, Byri and Biri in 1247, Burgh in1292, and Byry in 1295.
In 1851, the Poor Law Board proposed the building of a joint workhouse for Bury and the adjacent Union of Rochdale which was in a similar position.
In 1852, the Bury Guardians borrowed £6,000 and advertised for plans for a workhouse to accommodate 400 inmates, with a separate 60-bed hospital.
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 Bury - FUTEF   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bury is a town in the north of Greater Manchester in the North West of England.
Prestwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, England.
The Metropolitan borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough in northern Greater Manchester.
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 Bury Information
Bury is a town on the northern side of Greater Manchester in North West England, between Rochdale and Bolton and just west of the M66.
Formerly in the county of Lancashire, it merged with the neighbouring boroughs of Radcliffe and Prestwich, together with the urban districts of Whitefield, Tottington and Ramsbottom to become the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in 1974.
Bury is known for its fl pudding – so much so, that it is not uncommon to see it as "Bury fl pudding" on a menu.
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 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council — Main Office
Bury is situated on the northern edge of the Manchester conurbation and is one of 10 districts which make up the County of Greater Manchester.
Bury is not only well related to the regional centre of Manchester, but is also very well situated for communications with the rest of the North West and the country as a whole.
In Bury, planning is the responsibility of the Metropolitan Borough Council, although its decisions need to be in general conformity with nation and regional planning policy.
www.theplanningdirectory.co.uk /auto/main/55.html   (567 words)

  
 The Borough of Bury (Electoral Changes) Order 2004
Bury Borough Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the Borough of Bury (Electoral Changes) Order 2004" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
The Electoral Registration Officer[10] for the borough shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
The areas of the new borough wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2004/20040357.htm   (1588 words)

  
 Greater Manchester Gazetteer "O to R"
In 1894 the township was dissolved and its area divided between Bury Borough, Radcliffe Urban District, Whitefield Urban District, Outwood township and Unsworth township.
In 1894 the township was dissolved and its area divided between Bury Borough, Heywood Borough and Unsworth township.
Heywood and Middleton Municipal Boroughs and Littleborough, Milnrow and
www.gmcro.co.uk /guides/gazette/gazzo2r.htm   (1994 words)

  
 Bury in Greater Manchester, formerly Bury in Lancashire
Bury in Greater Manchester, formerly Bury in Lancashire
Bury's Coat of Arms contains aspects and symbols taken from all six of its constituent towns - Ramsbottom, Tottington, Bury, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich.
Until the metropolitan borough reorganisations of the early 1970s, Bury was firmly set in Lancashire, (rather than Manchester), and many local people still regard themselves as Lancastrians.
www.manchester2002-uk.com /towns/bury2.html   (746 words)

  
 Bury tourist information
to the north of Manchester, the borough of Bury consists of six towns: Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington and Whitefield.
Bury has one of the most famous open air markets in the North of England and its popularity has recently been increased with the Metrolink tram/train service which terminates in the town.
The 640 acre (259 hectare) park forms 25% of Manchester's green space. In the foothills of the Pennines and ringed by the former mill towns of Rochdale, Oldham and Bury it was once part of the estate of the Earls of Wilton.
www.touruk.co.uk /manchester/bury.htm   (1071 words)

  
 Destination Bury
This is Destination Bury, the tourism website designed to help you discover all that the borough of Bury has to offer.
Taking in the six towns of Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich, the borough is a delightful mix of town and country, stretching from open Pennine Moorland or picturesque valleys to the bustling streets of the traditional market town of Bury itself.
Bury Art Gallery and Museum, home to exhibitions that include world-famous Victorian paintings right through to the latest in contemporary art.
www.explore.destinationmanchester.com /home_bury   (313 words)

  
 Avaya :: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Leads The Way To Improved Services For Citizens With IP Telephony
Following the installation of the new system, Bury MBC is now in a better position to meet its e-government objectives, using IP telephony and contact centre applications as a platform for delivering electronic services to citizens.
Bury MBC, one of the 10 Councils in Greater Manchester, has faced a variety of challenges in overhauling its communication infrastructure.
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council wanted to take advantage of the interoperability and open standards of Avaya's IP telephony by integrating it with the existing Cisco data network.
sev.prnewswire.com /telecommunications/20050804/CLTH51604082005-1.html   (787 words)

  
 IT Director Resources from ComputerWeekly.com - Case study: VoIP revolutionises Bury Metropolitan Council ...
Bury council estimates it has saved £200,000 per year over a four-year period through its new VoIP network, against its former BT Featurenet telecoms system.
The BT Featurenet system was not manageable from a central point, was inflexible, did not cover the whole borough as BT had not enabled all the required exchanges, and was not serving the daily operational needs of the 2,500-strong council workforce.
On top of that, each of the 2,500 BT Featurenet handsets on the network were charged to Bury at around £230 per year in call commitment and additional call costs, totalling £600,000.
www.computerweekly.com /Articles/2006/06/02/216234/case-study-voip-revolutionises-bury-metropolitan-council.htm   (1949 words)

  
 BURY ST EDMUNDS TOWN COUNCIL - A Quality Town Council working for the people of Bury St Edmunds
Mike was a member of all the Bury St Edmunds Town Council committees in 2005—2006 and was the Chairman of the Council’s Policy and Finance Committee.
Frank Warby was the second Mayor of Bury St. Edmunds to be elected since the Town Council was reformed in 2003.
Bob Cockle was the first Mayor of Bury St. Edmunds, since the Local Government Act 1972 created the Borough of St. Edmundsbury with effect from April 01, 1974 from the former councils of Bury St. Edmunds, Urban District of Haverhill, Rural District of Clare and the Rural District of Thingoe.
www.burystedmunds-tc.gov.uk /mayors-new.htm   (510 words)

  
 Bury South - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bury South, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, situated to the north-west of Manchester city centre, and south of the...
Slopes are affected by and affect human activity.
Bury is located in the metropolitan area of Greater Manchester, south of Lancashire and...
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 Bury | Club | Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9HR
Covering an area of some 10,000 hectares and with a population of 182,000, the Metropolitan Borough of Bury is made up of six distinctive towns.
Although Bury, Prestwich, Whitefield, Radcliffe, Tottington and Ramsbottom all retain their individuality, they still form an integral part of the Greater Manchester area, which is itself the regional centre of North West England and the UK's largest economic area outside London.
For those seeking lesser-known statistics, Bury fans say that their away support, as a percentage of the home support, is the highest in the league.
www.buryfc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/FindUs/0,,10422~69335,00.html   (1616 words)

  
 Lowry: Bury on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Bury Council, in Greater Manchester, said it was considering selling the artwork to help it pay off a deficit of about £10m.
In a letter written to the editor of the Bury Times on 14 September, he wrote: 'The planned sale shows the council's complete disregard for its obligation to hold Bury's museum collections in trust for society and to safeguard the collections for visitors today and in the future.
The Bury Lowry group member Jan Egil Kristiansen feels that the municipal gallery of the Henie-Onstad Museum in Norway is right to sell works by the French painter Pierre Bonnard, and Simon Jenkins notes in today's Guardian that regional galleries in the United States 'have blossomed through shrewd dealing'.
www.flickr.com /photos/17566209@N00/275362681   (5239 words)

  
 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Leads The Way To Improved Services For Citizens With IP Telephony   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Following the installation of the new system, Bury MBC is now in a better position to meet its e-government objectives, using IP telephony and contact centre applications as a platform for delivering electronic services to citizens.
Bury MBC, one of the 10 Councils in Greater Manchester, has faced a variety of challenges in overhauling its communication infrastructure.
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council wanted to take advantage of the interoperability and open standards of Avaya's IP telephony by integrating it with the existing Cisco data network.
www.avaya.com /gcm/master-usa/en-us/corporate/pressroom/pressreleases/2005/pr-050804.htm   (805 words)

  
 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Bury had not been included in these phases, but had been informed that it was the Government¡¦s ambition that within the Borough one school would be rebuilt by 2011 with a further two schools rebuilt by 2016.
The Director of Education and Culture reported that the decision not to include Bury within these phases had to be considered in the context of the successful bid made by the Council regarding funding to support the proposals for Radcliffe Riverside.
As indicated in the Position Statement Assessment, Bury's Library Service was judged to have 'excellent' policies and practices and to have demonstrated an 'excellent response' against the National Public Library Standards.
burydem.bury.gov.uk /aksbury/users/public/admin/kab12.pl?cmte=CRS&meet=1&arc=71   (1266 words)

  
 DWP - Media Centre - 28 January 2004 - Benefit Fraud Inspectorate Report: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
For the year 2002/03, Bury council reported that its average time to process new claims was 50 days.
Bury council had strengths in its counter-fraud activities, achieving successful outcomes in the sanctions it was imposing on benefit fraudsters and had developed excellent working relationships with the Counter Fraud Investigation Service.
In 2001/02, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council administered approximately £31.3 million in housing benefits.
www.dwp.gov.uk /mediacentre/pressreleases/2004/jan/fram2801-bfi-bury.asp   (693 words)

  
 Bury FC - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bury FC - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bury FC, English football club based in Bury, Greater Manchester, that started the 2006-2007 season playing in the Football League Two.
Bury (town), town, administrative centre of the metropolitan borough of Bury, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, north-western...
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