26-741: Goffs Oak ( Goff's Oak on Ordnance Survey maps) is a large village in the borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It lies between Cuffley and Cheshunt , just north of the M25 motorway in a slightly more rural section of the London commuter belt . The village is named after the Goff family, who owned much of the land in the area, and is symbolised by the original Old Oak, said to be several hundred years old before it fell in
52-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues
78-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with
104-441: A large modern extension in 1986, which was formally opened on 10 December 1986 by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent . Since the last ward boundary changes in 2012 the council has comprised 30 councillors , with the borough being divided into 10 wards each electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, electing one councillor from each ward each time. Elections to Hertfordshire County Council are held in
130-544: A member of Unit 4 + 2 (a local group who in 1965 sang the No.1 hit song Concrete and Clay ) used to live in Goffs Oak. The nearest railway stations to Goffs Oak are Cuffley (services to London's Kings Cross station) and Cheshunt (services to London Liverpool Street ). Broxbourne (borough) The Borough of Broxbourne is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire , England. Its council
156-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
182-491: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically
208-595: Is based in Cheshunt . Other settlements in the borough include Broxbourne , Hoddesdon and Waltham Cross . The eastern boundary of the district is the River Lea . The borough covers 20 square miles (52 km ) in south east Hertfordshire , and had an estimated population of 99,000 in 2021. Much of the borough lies within the Metropolitan Green Belt which surrounds London . The western side of
234-636: The News of the World ). Employing 200 people on a 23-acre (93,000 m ) site to produce 86,000 newspapers per hour on each of its twelve printing presses (a total capacity of over 1,000,000 newspapers per hour), the plant cost £350 million and replaced the News International press in Wapping . Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are
260-569: The 2024 election the composition of the council was as follows: The next election is due in 2026. The council is based at Bishops' College on Churchgate in Cheshunt . The building had been a college for training clergy and comprised an early eighteenth century house to which substantial extensions had been added in 1810 and 1871. The college closed in 1968 and the vacant building was bought in 1972 by Cheshunt Urban District Council. The building then passed to Broxbourne Borough Council on local government reorganisation in 1974. The council added
286-604: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
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#1732791938116312-409: The 1950s. Its replacement fell itself after severe damage during the storm of 1987 . The Spurs squad , during the mid 1950s, used to run down Burton Lane as part of their "circuit" training, back to their training ground on Brookfield Lane. The village centre is marked by a War Memorial which was unveiled on 20 December 1920 and is inscribed with the names of 32 men from the village who were killed in
338-502: The 1970s and starring Robert Vaughn , also used the former army camp as a location. Local primary schools are Goffs Oak and Woodside. Goffs Academy , a secondary school previously called Goffs School, is nearby in Cheshunt. The village gained its own Church of England District Church of St James's in 1861 before it and Hammondstreet were formally split off from the ancient parish of Cheshunt ten years later. Roman Catholics in
364-540: The First World War. A further three names were added following the Second World War. The houses on Goffs Lane north-east of the memorial were opened in 1895 as the village's Metropolitan Police station, possibly after lobbying from Lady Meux about rising crime on her Theobalds estate. Even after the station's closure and sale in 1972, the area remained part of Y Division (later District) until it
390-454: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
416-639: The borough is largely rural with extensive areas of woodland, whilst the eastern part, particularly between the A10 road and the River Lea, is generally urban. Most of the built-up parts of Broxbourne fall within the Greater London Urban Area . The Lee Valley Park lies on the borough's eastern boundary. The borough is twinned with the Sicilian city of Sutera . The borough of Broxbourne
442-500: The council were held in 1973, initially acting as a shadow authority until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. The Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council since 1974: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Broxbourne, and is usually held by a different councillor each year. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1983 have been: Following
468-421: The council's logo of a badger. The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. Hertfordshire has a two-tier structure of local government, with the ten district councils (including Broxbourne Borough Council) providing district-level services, and Hertfordshire County Council providing county-level services. The first elections to
494-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
520-473: The fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections. The borough's wards are: The main industrial areas of the borough are around Waltham Cross and the Essex Road area of Hoddesdon . Park Plaza at Waltham Cross is home to the world's largest printing plant, which produces publications for News International including The Sun , The Times and The Sun on Sunday (formerly
546-605: The late 1960s and early 1970s. He went on to represent Great Britain in the Davis Cup , and is now Chair of SportEngland . In April 2012, Richard Lewis was appointed Chief Executive Officer at the All England Tennis Club , Wimbledon. The former Glamorgan wicketkeeper Colin Metson , now Community and Cricket Development Manager of Glamorgan County Cricket Club , was born in the village in 1963. Buster Miekle,
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#1732791938116572-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
598-719: The village have been served by St Martin de Porres Church in nearby Cuffley since 1963. The original Goffs Oak Methodist Church was built in 1868, but was replaced by a modern building in the 1970s. It is in Newgatestreet Road, close to the War Memorial. Victoria Beckham was raised in the village. Former Netherlands striker Robin Van Persie lived in the area. The tennis player Richard Lewis lived in Jones Road, Goffs Oak, and attended Goffs School during
624-691: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
650-400: Was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering the area of two districts, which were both abolished at the same time: The new district was named Broxbourne after the old village of that name at the centre of the area. The village had been administratively part of Hoddesdon Urban District since 1935. The name Broxbourne means "badger's stream", a fact referenced in
676-586: Was transferred to Hertfordshire Constabulary in 2000. Next to the police station was a civil defence siren as part of the national defence at the height of the Cold War , which was regularly tested in the 1960s and could be heard across the whole village area. Goffs Oak has been used as a film location. In the 1970s, Timeslip , a popular children's science fiction series, was filmed at Burnt Farm Army Camp in Silver Street. The Protectors , filmed in
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