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Local Government Boundary Commission For Report No. 2 74 LOCAL GOVERNMENT .

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RL'PORT • NO. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND

CHAIRMAN Sir Edmund Compton GCB KBS

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Mr J M Rankin QC

MEMBERS - ' Lady Bowden Mr J T Brockbank Professor Michael Chisholm , Mr R. R Thornton CB DL...

, Sir Andrew Wheat ley ,• C3S To the Rt lion Morlyn HOGS, MP ilecrotnry of .State for the Home Department

i'Roi'o:;Ai;; FUH THK KUTURK M,ECTORAL AHKANO.I!MKNTS FOR THE IXJVKK DISTRICT OF KKNT

1. We,'-the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, having carried

out our initial review of the .electoral arrangements for the district of

•, in accordance with the requirements of section 6? of, arid Schedule 9

to, the Local Government Act 1972, present our proposals for the future -

electoral arrangements for that district. '

2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in section 60(1) and'(2) of

the 1972 Act, notice was given on 10 June 197^ that we were to undertake this

review. This was incorporated in a consultation letter addressed to the

Dover District Council, copies of which were circulated to County.Council,

parish councils., in the district, the Member of Parliament for the constituency

concerned and the headquarters of the main political parties. Copies were

also sent to the editors of the local newspapers circulating in the area and

of the local government press. Notices inserted in the local press announced

tho start of the review and invited commonts. from members of the public- and

from interested bodies. . ' ' - . - '

3- Dover .District Council were invited to prepare a draft scheme of

representation for our consideration. When doing so, they were asked to

observe the rules laid down in Schedule 11 to tho 1972 Act and the guidelines

which we set out in our Report No 6.about the proposed size of the council and

the proposed number of councillors for each ward. They were also asked to

take into account any. views expressed to them following their consultation

with local interests. We therefore asked that they should publish details of

their provisional proposals about a month before they submitted their draft

scheme to us, thus allowing an opportunity for local comment. 'i. '!'h'> Council li.-ivo not, passed a resolution under section ?(*0of the Local

(iov'jrnmctit A-ct 1')'/.1. A Hyutem of who.l.e council elections will therefore apply*

5. On '-f December 197'1, Council submitted their draft scheme of representation. The Council proposed to divide the area of the district into 26 wards, each returning 1, 2 or 3 councillors, to give a council of 53 members. ' '. ' '• ' •'.,..'' •- ' • '

6. We considered the draft scheme together with comments which had been made upon it and an alternative scheme submitted by a local political party which provided for 31 wards returning 56 councillors. We noted that, contrary to the rule in paragraph 3(2)(a) of.Schedule 11 to the 1972 Act, the draft . scheme contained some marked inequalities of representation. In order to achieve a more equitable standard.of representation we decided to substitute the local political party's scheme for the Deal area of the district and, in doing so, we increased the proposed size of the council by 2 members. In addition, we decided to modify the" names of some .of the wards proposed by.the

Council, Subject .to .these modifications, we adopted the Council's draft scheme as our draft proposals. • . • . .

7. On 24 February 1975* we issued our draft proposals and these were sent to all who Had received our consultation letter or had commented on the Council's draft scheme. The Council were asked to make these draft proposals and the accompanying maps, which illustrated the proposed ward boundaries, available for inspection at their main officer;. Representations on our draft proposals wore invited from those to whom -they were circulated and, by public notices, from members of the public and interested bodies. We asked for comments to roach us by 21 April 1975. - ''•'.'.

8. ^presentations against the draft proposals were received from the

District Council, two local political parties, and the local branch of a Trade

Union. • . • In addition, two individuals and a residents' association, submitted petitions against the draft proposals, rjid eight parish councils, a Member of Parliament and one individual objected to proposed ward names. y. Apart from the objections to ward names, most of the representations' related to the severance of local ties. . '

10. In view of these comments, we felt we needed more information to enable us to reach a conclusion. Therefore, in accordance with section 65(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, ani at our request, 1-Jp T Foord was appointed an Assistant Commissioner to hold a local meeting and report to us.

11. Notice of the meeting was sent to all who had received our draft proposal's or had commented on them, and was.published locally.

12. The Assistant Commissioner held the meeting at the Town Hall, Dover on 15 June 1977 and visited the areas which were the subject of comment. A.copy of his report is attached at Schedule 1,

13. In the light of the discussion at the meeting and his inspection of the area the Assistant Commissioner recommended the confirmation of our draft ' proposals for the rural area subject to some changes in names of wards.• In the Deal area he recommended the confirmation of the proposed Kiddie Deal and West Deal wards subject to changing the name of the latter to Mongeham. He considered that the Sandown, Town Centre and tfalmer wards returning 2, 2 and 3 members respectively should be replaced by 3 new wards known as North Deal, Lower and Upper ,7almer returning 3> 3 and 1 members respectively in order to meet local wishes and to retain local ties. For Dover he recommended that the six 3-member wards we had proposed should be replaced by nine 2-raeraber wards which would give better recognition to local ties and1 . be ir.ore suitable to the topography. The Assistant Commissioner had not recommended any changes in representation or boundaries of the wards composed of parishes. .;e noted, hov/sver, that in the light of the latest electorate projections, our proposed Whit field wttrd, which the Assistant Commissioner recoi'imended should be renained hlneham, would be under-represented with the 2 coiuicillorH wt; hud proponed.

14. we reviewed our draft proposals in the light of the comments which we had received and of the Assistant Commissioner's report. We concluded that the recommendations of the Assistant Commissioner should be accepted, but we decided to allocate an. additional councillor to the proposed Pineham ward to cover the future under-representation. In doing so, we increased the size of the council to 56. We formulated our final proposals accordingly.

15. Details of these proposals are set out in Schedules 2 and 3 to this report and on the attached maps. Schedule 2 gives the. names of the warda and the number of councillors to be returned by each. The boundaries of the new wards are shown on the attached maps. A description of the proposed wards as shown on the maps is set out in Schedule 3 to this report.

PUBUuATIOW 16. In accordance with section 60(5)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 a copy of this report and a copy of the maps are being sent to Dover District Council and will be available for public inspection at the Council's main offices. Copies of this report (without maps) are being sent to those who received the consultation letter and to those who made comments. " •- ' i"3-' ' -."'.' Signed . . .

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JOHIJ i-i RALJiUft (DEPUTE C

PHiLLIS BO'JDEN "

J T BiiGCKBANK ' .

MICHAEL CHISHOU-!

R H THOiliiTON

AKD^-OLW \fflEATLEY '

:; DIGKiii' (Secretary)

20 October 197? SCHEDULE 1

73 FIRST AVENUE. THOMAS FOORD ' .B.(HONB.>. F.C.t.l., L.M.K.T.P.I. . SOLICITOR SUSSEX, BNI4 9NP

WQRTHINO

7th July 1977.

Your ref: LGBC/D/22/7

N. Digney Esq., Secretary, Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 20 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TJ.

Dear Sir,

REVIEW OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

1, I have to report on the local meeting held at the Town Hall, Dover on Wednesday 15th June 1977 in connection with the review of the electoral arrangements for the Dover District Council, following the representations which had been made on the draft proposals for the District published by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. A list is attached showing the persons who attended the meeting, with their addresses and the interests they represented,

2. Prior to the publication of the Commission's Draft Proposals the Dover District Council had submitted a draft scheme providing for a council of 53 members, with the District divided into 26 wards, as follows:

NAME OF WARD NO. OF COUNCILLORS MIDDLE DEAL 3 NORTH DEAL 3 SOUTH DEAL 3 WEST DEAL 3 RIVER, DOVER 3 BUCKLAND, DOVER 3 TOWER HAMLETS, DOVER 3 CASTLE, DOVER 3 HOUGHAM, DOVER 3 TOWN AND PIER, DOVER 3 SANDWICH 3 , CAPEL-LE-FERNE, 2 NAME OF WARD NO. OF COUNCILLORS HINOWOULD ' 1 DKNTON WITH WOOTTON WITH COLORED 1 LANGDON, ST. MARGARET'3-AT-CLIFFE 2 , TEMPLE WITH RIVER .1 GUSTON, WHITFIELD . 2 , . . " . 2 . . 1 ^, WORTH ' ' . 1 ; PRESTON, WINGHAM . . 1 STAPLE, . 1.. ASH . ' 2 NORTHBOURNE, RIPPLE, SUTTON . . 1 , • GOODNESTONE,., .. " 1 . • 1 '

3. An alternative scheme was submitted to the Commission by the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party, providing for a Council of 56 members with the District divided into 31 wards, as follows:

NAME OF WARD • . .NO, OF COUNCILLORS ' BUCKLAND .3 BARTON 2 CASTLE . 2 TOWN AND PIER . 2 PRIORY 2 MAXTON AND ELMS VALE 2 TOWER HAMLETS . .- 2 ' ST. RADIGUNDS . 2 RIVER . ' . 2 MIDDLE DEAL • • 3 SANDOWN 2 TO'.^N CENTRE 2 WALMER . 3 KILL HILL - 2 WEST DEAL . " 2 SANDWICH 3 ALKHAM, CAPEL-LE-FERNE, HOUGHAM WITHOUT 2 - 3 -

NAME OF WARD NO; OF COUNCILLORS KINGWOULD 1 DENTON WITH WOOTON SHEPHERDSWELL WITH COLORED LANGDON, ST. MARGARETS AT CLIFFE LYDDEN, WITH RIVER GUSTON, WHITFIELD AYLESHAM " ' • . . EASTRY SHOLDEN, WORTH . . PRESTON, STOURMOUTH, WINGHAM STAPLE, WOODNESBOROUGH ASH NORTHBOURNE, RIPPLE, SUTTON GOODNESTONE, NONINGTON, TILMANSTONE EYTHORNE • • . '

4. The Commission's Draft Proposals are a compromise between these two schemes and.provide for a council of 55 members with the District divided into 28 wards, as follows: . . -"

NAME OF WARD • NO. OF COUNCILLORS ASH - .2 AYLESHAM 2 BUCKLAND 3 • CAPEL-LE-FERNE 2 CASTLE 3 EASTRY . ..1 .' EYTHORNE 1 HOUGHAM ' . 3 MIDDLE DEAL . ."3 MILL HILL 2 NONINGTON 1 - ' • " 1 RIVER 3 ST. MARGARETS-AT-CLIFFE 2 SANDOWN 2 SANDWICH 3 SHEPHERDSWELL WITH COLORED 1 - 4 -

NAME OP WARD NO. OF COUNCILLORS BUTTON 1 TEMPLE EWELL WITH RIVER I TOWER HAMLETS 3 TOWN AND PIER 3 TOWN CENTRE . 2 WALMER ' ' . ' .3 " : WEST DEAL 2 WINGHAM .1 WHITFIELD 2 - .WOODNESBOROUGH r WORTH . i

5. In effect the Commission in their draft proposals adopted the Labour Party's scheme for the wards in Deal (6 wards returning 14 councillors) and the District Council's scheme for the wards in Dover ( 6 wards returning 18 councillors). Both schemes provided for the continuation of the existing arrangements in the parished area of the District (16 wards returning 23 councillors). and the only modification proposed by the Commission was to shorten the names of the multi- parish wards by using the name of the largest component parish, 6. When the Commission's Draft Proposals were published comments and objections were received from Dover District Council, the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party, the Dover and Deal Liberal Party, Walmer and District Ratepayers and Residents Association, and the Dover Branch of the Trans- port and General Workers Union. Letters enclosing petitions signed by residents of Walmer and Deal were received from Mrs. E.M. Blake and Mr. J.A. Finn. In addition the Commission received a number of comments about some proposed ward names.

7. Prior to the meeting I received a further letter objecting to the Draft Proposals from the Walmer Ratepayers and Residents Association, and a letter from Eastry Parish Council opposing . the submissions of the Dover and Deal Constituency Liberal Party. I also received a letter from the County Secretary of the Kent County Council, stating that the County Council did not wish to submit any further views or representations at this stage and did not propose to be represented at the . meeting.

8. The issues raised by these various comments and objections fell into four groups, namely:

(i) The Sandown,'Town Centre and Walmer wards of Deal; (ii) Ward names; (iii) The alternative scheme for parishes in the northern part of the District, proposed by the Dover and Deal Liberal Party;.

(iv) The alternative scheme for Dover, proposed by the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party. With the consent of the meeting it was decided to consider and hear representations on the matters in that order.

The Sandovn. Town Centre and Walmer Wards of Deal

9. The Boundary Commission's Draft Proposals for this area provide for 3 wards, returning a total of 7 members to the Council:-. Sandown (2 members), Town Centre (2 members) arid Walmer (3 members). The alternative proposal suggested by Dover District Council also provides for 3 wards returning a total of 7 members, but with different boundaries, as follows:- North Deal (consisting of the existing North Ward of Deal - 3 members), Lower Walmer (made up of the C.I and C,2 polling districts of the existing South Ward - 3 members) and Upper Walmer (comprising the C.3 polling district of the existing South Ward - 1 member). At the meeting a new division of the existing South ward was put forward by Councillor Greenway-Stanley, Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee of the District Council, which provided for two wards, Lower Walmer (Polling District C.3 and part of Polling District C.2) and Upper Walmer (Polling District C.I and part of Polling District C.2) each returning 2 members. The boundary between the two wards ran from the Railway line along Somerset Road and Palmerston Avenue to Dover Road, along Dover Road to Granville Road, then along Granville Road to the sea.

10. The case for the District Council's proposals was put by Councillor Greenway-Stanley and Councillor Wilson-Haffenden, who represents the South Ward of Deal on the District Council. The case for the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party was put by Mr. Ian McCartney, their Secretary and Agent, and Councillor Killbery, who is a Councillor for the Middle Ward of Deal. They were supported by Councillor Mee who is Chairman of the Labour Group and Councillor for the River Ward of Dover, and Councillor Spears, Councillor for the Middle Deal Ward and immediate past Town Mayor of Deal. Other contributors to the debate included Mrs. Rodney of the Walmer Residents Association, Councillor Whiteside, Councillor Mrs. Payne and Councillor Reid. 11. The main criticisms of the District Council to the Commission's Draft Proposals for this area were:- - 6 -

(a) that the boundary between the proposed Town centre and Walmer Wards would divide the community of Walmer,; which made up the existing South Ward, and which had always been a separate entity and indeed formerly an Urban District. It would also sep^irate it from the shopping area in the Strand which primarily serves the residents of Walmer. (b) that the boundary between the proposed Town Centre and Sandown wards would dissect the existing conservation area and town centre shopping area (.the existing North ward).

The Council objected to Walmer being destroyed as a community. The residents clearly did not want it, as evidenced by the very large number who had signed the petitions. They.would have preferred one ward returning 4 councillors, but having regard to the guide-lines the Council felt that the best solution was to keep Walmer together in two wards, Lower Walmer, returning 3 Councillors, and Upper Walmer, returning 1 Councillor.

The Council would accept any division of the South Ward provided it did not involve "hiving off" any part of Walmer and putting it in another area. To this end they put forward the alternative proposal which divided South Ward into two 2 member wards, if the Commission felt that was a better solution. However they felt that their 3 member and 1 member ward was the most satisfactory proposal.

12. The Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party supported the Commission's Draft Proposals for the Deal area. They had objected to the Conservative group* s original proposals to reduce Deal's council representation from 14 to 12, and they objected to the revised scheme of the District Council for the area in response to the Draft Proposals. The Constituency Labour Party felt that they had correctly identified the several communities in the town of Dea3 and that they made viable local government units. They did, however, recommend two ward name changes, West Deal to be re-named Mongeham and Town Centre to become Deal Marine. In the case of West Deal, was a well established and historical suburb of Deal and a significant part of the area, and they felt this name should be preserved. If the Town Centre ward were renamed Deal Marine it would not only relate to the association of Deal with the Royal Marines but would be relevant to the. many aspects of the marine life of the area.

13. The character, the types of property, shopping and community interests of the several wards were detailed. Dealing especially with the area to the seaward of the railway line and the communities there, Councillor Killbery _ 7 - said that much play had been made of the community feelings of Walmor and no-one could deny that they existed. He contested, however, that the community extended over the whole area. The area shaded into Deal and there was no sacrosanct boundary on tho northern side. He objected to the new proposals of the District Council for two 2-member wards. The proposed boundary between the wards would divide a council estate in the Palmerston Avenue, Churchill Avenue and Wellesley Avenue area. He felt that there were three separate communities on the seaward side of the railway line, the Sandown Area, the Town Centre and Walmer. 14. Councillor Spears said that he was aware that Walmer people liked to be known as Walmer, but the younger generation had never heard of the old Walmer District Council and it should not be perpetuated. With regard, to the discussion on shopping areas, he pointed out that shopkeepers were in business to sell and they didn't bother about which side of a ward boundary their customers .came from. He would not forecast what was going to happen to the Royal Marines but the marine block was a distinct boundary. 15. Mrs. Rodney, representing the Walmer and District Ratepayers and Residents Association, referred to the many hundreds of residents who had signed the petition against the Boundary Commission's proposals for this area. The residents objected very strongly to the proposal to transfer part .of the existing South Ward to the new Town Centre Ward. The South Ward occupied the area of the.former Urban District of Walmer, and they would have preferred that it should remain as at present, represented on the Dover District Council by four councillors. If it must be split then the only division was between Lower Walmer (three councillors) and Upper Walmer (one councillor) as now proposed.by the District Council. The residents also objected to the. proposed ward boundary shown in the Draft Proposals at Canada Road. It split the main shopping area for Lower Walmer, The Strand, from the residents who use it,, and also divided the Royal Marine Depot in two. Mrs. Rodney enlarged on the historic differences between Walmer and Deal. The Walmer life-boatmen were not the Deal boatment. Deal had lost its lifeboat. The residents of Walmer were clearly identifiable as a community, and they didn't like to think that it ended at Canada Road. They supported the District Council's proposals and were against the Commission's Draft Proposals and the Labour Party. 16. Councillor Whiteside, Councillor for the North Ward of Deal, said that he had resided there for-50 years. He considered the natural boundaries to be from-Sandown Castle to Deal .Castle, the sea and the railway -line. Anything to the south was Walmer and an entirely separate and distinct - 8 -

i I y. Tho poo pi o in the North ward of Deal would bo f.erribly upsoh if the boundary went through the conservation area. 17. In this connection a petition had been sent to the Boundary Commission from some 376 residents of.the North Ward of Deal objecting to the Boundary Commission's proposals for the new wards of Sandown and'Town Centre. for the following reasons:- 1. The proposed boundary between Sandown and Town centre along the line of DuKe Street and Farrier Street divided the Conservation Area in two parts and also split some of the shops from the main shopping area, 2. Town Centre Ward contained two distinct shopping areas -. the Town Centre and The Strand. The latter . serviced the people of Walmer to a much greater extent than the bulk of the residents of Town Centre. The residents suggested that the North Ward should stay as it is at present. They felt that it was the appropriate size for three Councillors and they saw no reason to change it. , 18. Councillor Mrs. Payne spoke as a member of the District Council Planning Committee. Dealing with boundaries she emphasised that because of the strong objection in the town over the ward proposals they were all back in the melting pot. Similarly, the Conservation Areas were under review. They were likely to be greatly extended, but she was not sure what the boundaries would be. They were areas of architect- ural interest .in themselves, not necessarily related to communities. Councillor Reid, Councillor for Middle Ward, spoke of the problem where areas are being developed and the number of councillors allocated. In the Mongeham area there were two separate communities, the rural area around Mongeham and the mining part of that ward, which had been separated from the other community.

Ward Names 19. Apart from the proposed change of ward names to Mongeham and to Deal Marine, referred to above, and a suggestion that the Tower Hamlets Ward of Dover be re-named Charlton ward, the following proposals for changes of ward names were received by the Commission!

_—__e—_-i—Name propose. d Alternative 0Suggeste .rt d, b. y by Commission name —^^ ' Capel-le-Ferne Capel-le-Ferne, Hougham without Parish Hougham with ADdiam Council & AKnam Parish Co. Noninqton . Noninstone TilmanstoneParish Council. - 9 -

propo.sod Alternative .Suggested by hy i )omnuss ion ruimn f Sutt.on Corni Lo Sutton-by-Dover l-'ar i. -;h Council. tfoodnesborough Staple and Staple Parish Council. Woodnesborough or Staplewood Woodnesborough Peter Rees M.P. with Staple bitfield - Pineham Guston Parish Council. Wingham Little Stour Preston Parish Council. Temple Ewell Lydden and Lydden Parish Council. with River Temple Ewell

.20. Mr. Ian McCartney, on behalf of the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party, said that they would not be offering any suggestions in respect of rural ward names. In this matter they felt that local proposals should be acceptable even if the parish councils wish no change. 21. Mrs. Warden, the Parish Clerk of AlKham, objected to the proposal of the Boundary Commission to shortening the name of Alkham,Capel-le-Ferne and Hougham Without, to Capel-le-Ferne, She felt that the three names should be retained. The three villages were dissimilar in character. AlKham was the oldest of the villages and was very compact, and she felt that the name Alkam should be first in the title. County Councillor Mrs. Ricketts said that if the name Cape-le-Ferne only was used,.both the other villages would feel that they would have lost their identity. It caused very strong feelings in the parish councils. In an, attempt to reach a solution I asked whether a shorter combined name might prove acceptable. I was informed that this was unlikely. I then asked whether it would be acceptable if Capel-le-Ferne was shortened to Capel. I was told by Mrs. Ricketts that a great deal of importance was attached to the full title - there were many Capels in the country but only one Capel-le-Ferne. On the proposed order of the names.I was informed that although Alkham was the oldest of the villages, Capel-le-Ferne was by far the largest. . In their written representations to the Commission Hougham Without Parish Council supported the name Capel-le-Ferne, Hougham with Alkham. 22. With regard to the proposed change of name from Nonington to Noninstone no specific representations were made at the meeting. I noted that in their written representations Tilmanstone Parish Council objected strongly to the name Nonington, and said that a joint parish meeting of the three parishes concerned had been held and it had been agreed that a name such as Noninstone would be more appropriate - 10 - and would mean no loss of identity to any of the three parishes. County Councillor Mrs. Ricketts confirmed that the parishes seemed quite prepared to accept this.

23. There was no specific representation at the meeting about the proposal by Sutton-by-Dover Parish Council to change the name of Sutton Ward €o Cornilo Ward, but I was informed that Sutton and Ripple would themselves have preferred the name Sutton, I noted, however, that in their written representation to the Commission the Parish Council stated that they had agreed with the other parishes concerned, namely Northbourne and Ripple, that the name of Cornilo would prevent confusion and preserve the history of the area.

24. Mr. L.C. Poupard, on behalf of Woodnesborough Parish Council, said that his Parish Council, and also Staple Parish Council, which he had been asked to represent at the meeting, had agreed to support the name Woodnesborough witfe Staple Ward in preference to the proposed name Woodnesborough.

25. Captain G.F.M. Monk, representing Whitfield Parish Council, sated that his Council agreed with Guston Parish Council, which had suggested that the proposed Whitfield Ward should be called Pineham Ward. 26. No specific representation rwas made at the meeting about the changing of the name of Wingham Ward to Little Stour, but I noted from the written representations that the chairmen of the three parish councils concerned had supported this change and the Little Stour river runs through the parishes.

27. Mrs. Burkimsher, the Parish Clerk of Lydden, said that the Council, the Annual Assembly of the Parish Meeting and the electors objected strongly to the proposed ward name of Temple Ewell with River, and the omission of the name Lydden. A petition of over 300 signatures had been submitted to the Commission. Mrs. Burkimsher stated that the alternative name of Lydden and Temple Ewell would be acceptable to all the parties concerned. County Councillor Mr. D. Cooper supported this.

The alternative scheme for the parishes in the Northern part of the District, proposed by the Dover and Deal Liberal Party

28. The Liberal Party proposed a re-grouping of the parishes in the northern part of the district, namely Ash and Staple, Eastry and Woodnesborough, Worth and Sandwich, There was no representative of the Liberal Party at the meeting and no-one spoke in favour of these proposals. They were not supported by the District Council or the Constituency Labour Party, and the several parishes concerned were strongly against the Liberal Party proposals. - 11 -

The alternative scheme for Dover proposed'by the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Tarty.

29. The Commission's Draft Proposals for Dover were based on the District Council's scheme and provide for 6 wards returning a total of 18 members to a 55 member council, as follows:

Ward . No, of Councillors Buckland .3 Castle ' 3 Hougham 3 River • . , 3 ;' Tower Hamlets .3 Town and Pier 3

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The alternative scheme proposed originally by the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party and reiterated in their comments on the Draft Proposals, provides for 9 wards returning a total of 19 members to a 56 member council, as follows: ' • Ward No. of .Councillors Barton . • . 2 Buckland ' 3 Castle 2 Maxton with Elms Vale 2 Priory 2 River 2 St. Radigunds 2 Tower Hamlets 2 Town and Pier 2 19

30. Written representations in support of the Labour Party proposals had been made by the Dover Branch of the Transport and .General Workers Union and the Dover and District T.U.C. 3.1. Councillor R.G. Norley, Vice Chairman of Dover District Council, supported the Commission's Draft Proposals. He said that he was born in Dover and lived there all his life. He represented Hougham Ward and was also a County Councillor, - 12 -

The District Council's scheme for Dover, which had been adopted by the Commission, vas based largely on the old wards, with suitable tidying up. He did not agree with the Labour Tarty* s view that the proposed wards were bigger than necessary. He had experienced no difficulty in serving the oommun i ty as a member o f a 2 member ward or a 4 member ward . The Labour Party were wrong in their objection to Town and I'ier Ward in saying that the Aycliffe area was remote from Clarendon, or that they were made up of distinct social groupings. Most of the houses in Clarendon were not multi- occupied. It was not a new proposal to merge the two areas - they had been, merged all the time, and it was merely lengthen- ing one side of a horse-shoe. Dealing with the proposals for River Ward, Councillor Norley said that the Labour Party took the view that the electors in St. Radigunds would be overwhelmed by the vociferous River middle class area. He did not think that there was any point in that argument. The road from St. Radigunds to River rose not more than thirty feet. There was a direct road link between the two communities..

He supported the Draft Proposals as being -fair and reasonable and based on true criteria.

32. Mr. McCartney said that the Labour Party's case would be presented in detail by Councillor Mee and Councillor Killbery. He referred to the report which had been prepared by Mr. A.J. Parrett, the Geography Master of Dover Boys Grammar School, on the geographical realities of the area, and the independent appraisal of the proposed ward boundary changes submitted by Mr. A. W. Manners, Head of the History Department of the Grammar School, which had been sent to the Commission, and were made available to me. Mr. McCartney also drew attention to the importance he attached to maint- aining the political balance of a community, and he referred to the large social problems in St. Radigunds, where he felt that the people had the right to have their own voice in the Council . 33. Councillor Mee said that Dover was distinctive geograph- ically, because it was situated at the southern end. of the and as such was made up and divided by a series of very steeply sided dry valleys.

Through the centuries the difficulty of providing communication between these valleys had prolonged the sense os separate identity between the various community areas of Dover. Some adjacent communities still did not have pxjblic road access between them. So separate were these communities that it was necessary to travel into the town centre and out again to visit an adjacent community. These natural boundaries caused adjacent communities to become very different In style and character.

by detail on the wards - 13 -

Cast:3 e Ward

This ward was similar in area to the present Castle Ward. It was a middle cJass area of large town houses. The centre part of it was dominated by Dover Castle. The town houses destroyed in the war had been replaced by middle class type flats built by Dover Council.

The more distant part of the ward to the north west was of similar character with large, town houses. Running- through the middle of it was Castle Avenue,, a principal residential road. . •

Town.and Pier Ward

This area comprised the residential community area nearest to the old Docks and the associated Western Dock: area of Dover. From a map it could be seen that Aycliffe . was adjacent to the areas of Maxton and Clarendon. At some points they.were within 300 metres of each other. But this was an illusion as by road they were separated by between 2 and 3 miles.

Maxton with Elms Vale Ward

This was a community separated from its neighbours by the steep sided down. .Maxton and Elms Vale shared the same schools and Public Open Space area. In character it was an area of small residential•housing units built between the wards and after the last war.

There was no public road connection between the Maxton and Aycliffe areas, and the community had, therefore, main- tained its separate identity.

Priory Ward

This was a town centre area around the old Priory and Priory Station. In the main it was a working class area of Victorian terraced houses. The reason why this area was distinctly different from the area of Hougham and Maxton was that the area was nearer the town centre and was, therefore, built in Victorian times, whereas Maxton and'Elms Vale were more modern outer suburbs.

Tower Ha.mlets Ward

This is a town centre area similar to the Priory Ward. Being.close to the town centre one half was built some 100 years ago as Victorian artisans dwellings and the other half was built in the late 1920's, early 1930's as one of the first local authority housing areas in the country. It was a working class area with a strong community spirit, and considered by the people who lived there'to be a community in its own right. Councillor Mee did not think that the - 14 - ror. idc>nt s of this ward would 1 ike the alternative name of Chrjr.lt.on Ward which had been suggested,

Barton Ward

The Labour Party's proposal aimed to preserve the existing Barton Ward, a compact area of terrace houses easily identified between the boundaries of the main A,2 road and the railway line. It was distinct in character from its .neighbours. ' .

St. Radiqunds Ward . . .

A working class area of Victorian terrace houses and a pre-war council estate. Physically it was separated from its neighbours by the steep sides of its dry valley. Some of its houses are within 100 metres of houses in Tower Hamlets according to the map. ; But the gradients do not permit them to be joined by a road. By road the two communities are over two miles apart.

This ward was a proud, rough and tough area with its own primary school. The one road through.to River village, a secondary road, had done nothing to join the two communities.

River Ward

This was a very separate community, semi rural, resting in its own valley, and getting its name from the river that runs through it.

It really was a rural village that was swallowed up into the old Dover Borough, but in spite of this the inhabitants still considered they lived in a village. They maintained a village hall and a village community, and residents refer to such things as the village church and the village . The houses in River were of good quality. If the term were appropriate to anywhere in Dover this could be called the stockbroker suburb of Dover.

River was connected to St. Radigunds over the natural dividing slopes by a single secondary road. .However, so distinct were the aesthetic differences that the two communities did not mix. • Buckland Ward

This consisted mainly of the large Council Estate started before the war with continued development after the war, separated by the main A. 2 road and known to everyone as Buckland Estate. Its life centred around its own schools, , etc., and it was a separate community in its own right/ Originally the Labour Party had suggested that this ward be represented by 3.members on the Council, but they accepted that this was somewhat over-represented and would be agreeable - 15 - t o a reduction to .1 two member weird.

3'1. round 1 l.or Ki.l Ibery :;aid that the District Council' s proposals for Dover were not just a tidying-up operation as Councillor•Norley had suggested, but made very substantial changes. Deleting Barton ward and making changes to the arrangement of communities in other wards was hardly tidying- up. He contrasted the District Council's willingness to see lines drawn round a specific number of electors in Dover, with their proposals for•peal, where communities were to be kept apart.

He considered it to be valuable and indeed helpful to •the Council when a councillor could be identified with and maintain a liason with a particular type of community.

35. Mr. Banger, representing Barton Ward Conservatives, objected to the name Tower Hamlets, and said that he would like to see the name Charlton used.

30. Councillor Norley said that he did not accept the Labour Party's criticisms. Everybody in Dover lived within 1^$ miles of the town centre, so the total distance even between • extremes was 3 miles. People were not regidly in working class or middle class areas. The areas shaded into one another and people moved in and out. The proposals were those of the District Council, not the Conservative Party, and he referred to the existing political balance. 37, Councillor Greenway-Stanley said that the District Council's decision was not political. They readily recognised the physical difficulties of the area and they had approached the electoral review as a council not as political groups - indeed they had resisted any such pressure. The matter had received a great deal of consideration in council and they had tried to look at communities. This was why they wanted to keep 'Walmer as it was.

38, Councillor Kiss Goodfellow supported the Labour Party proposals for two-member wards for the Dover area. She felt that it fitted in with the existing communities and gave a reasonable work load for councillors. She was against the name of Charlton instead of Tower Hamlets, but suggested that the old name of 3t. Bartholomews might be more acceptable. Councillor Greenway-Stanley said he would not object to either the name Charlton or St, Bartholomews. Finally, Mrs. H. Kee expressed her view that communities with different interest.*? would not easily integrate. 39, The meeting was then closed. I had carried out a general inspection of the district prior to the meeting and following the meeting I made a further detailed inspection of the area, particularly of the matters to which my attention had been drawn during the debate. - 16 -

Conclusions and Recommendations

40. I would like to express my thanks to all those who in the interest.1-; of the District of Dover gave up so much of their time and effort in making written representations about the future electoral arrangements for the District, and who attended the meeting. I was helped considerably by their deliberations and by the courteous and friendly way in which I was received. 41. I am satisfied that in preparing their Draft Proposals for Deal the Boundary Commission were right to base them on the submissions of the Dover and Deal Constituency Labour Party rather than the original proposals of the District Council, which under-represented the area. However, .while the Labour Party had assessed the total representation correctly, the boundaries of their wards to the seaward side of the railway line have evoked considerable criticism and concern, as evidenced by the petitions from .residents in North Deal and in Walmer, and the various representations made. The alternative scheme produced by the District Council for a North Deal Ward of 3 members, Lower Walmer Ward of 3 members and an Upper Walmer Ward of 1 member, more closely recognises the community pattern, and I recommend that it be adopted in lieu of the Draft Proposals. The division of Walmer into two 2 member wards was not seriously pressed by the District Council, was objected to at the meeting and in my view is not a satisfactory alternative.

I recommend also that the name of West Deal Ward be changed to Mongeham Ward. 42. I recommend that the following changes of ward names be made in accordance with the agreements which have been reached between the parishes concerned.

Name of Ward in the Draft Proposals Agreed new name Nonington Sutton Cornilo Woodnesborough Woodnesborough with Staple Whit field Pineham Winqham Little Stour Temple Ewell with River Lydden and Temple Ewell

I very much regret that the parishes of Capel-le-Ferne, A1 khan and Hougham have not been able to reach agreement on an acceptable shorter name, or indeed on the order of the parish names. In the circumstances I can only recommend that the name of Capel-le-Ferne assigned to the ward in the Draft Proposals be confirmed. 43. In view of the objections to the Liberal Party's - 17 - alternative scheme for the grouping of the parishes in the northern part of the District, I do not recommend that the scheme be adopted . 44. I have given very careful consideration to the warding arrangements for Dover. It is clear that in terms of individual ward entitlements there is little to choose between the District Council's scheme, as adopted in the Draft Proposals, and the Labour Party* s scheme. By assign- ing an additional councillor to the area, the Labour Party's scheme somewhat over-represented the urban area of Dover, but it will be noted that during the debate the Labour Party accepted that their proposed Buckland Ward was rather generously represented by 3 councillors, and they were prepared to accept a reduction to 2 members for this ward. Both schemes are therefore viable, but clearly they 'must be-' considered in the alternative. In considering the pattern of communities and local ties in Dover one is inevitably constrained by the unusual physical characteristics and topoc^aphy of the town. During the course of my inspection of the District I took the opportunity of getting an overall view of the town from the castle. From such a vantage point it is immediately apparent hov the existence of the several valleys which make up the town have influenced community growth, development and grouping. I am satisfied that the District Council in proposing their six 3 member wards faithfully endeavoured to produce a scheme which gave a very fair equality of representation. But the very fairness and tidiness of the scheme on paper has led to the creation in some cases of unnatural and physically remote community .groupings, and the severance of local ties in others. These are clearly recognised in the paper submitted to the Commission by Mr. A.J. Parrett. i On the other hand, the flexibility of the Constituency Labour Party's alternative proposals, with its nine smaller wards of 2 members (accepting the reduction of membership in BucKland Ward) recognises and maintains the natural grouping of communities. I have no doubt whatever that this scheme is to be preferred, and I recommend that it be adopted instead of the Draft Proposals, subject to Buckland Ward being represented by two members. taken into account the latest forecast of electorate for the District, supplied by the District Council on the 27th May 1977, and I am satisfied as to the reasonableness of the standard of representation, particularly having regard to the geographical constraints. I do not propose that any adjustments be made to the proposed urban ward boundaries, even in Buckland Ward, to obtain an arithmetically closer standard of representation, because 'the boundaries as drawn have regard to local ties and an alteration would inevitably lead to further objection.

Finally, the suggested change of name of Tower Hamlets Ward to St. Bartholomews, referred to in paragraph 30 above, was more relevant to the larger ward in the District Council's scheme than the smaller 2-member Tower Hamlets Ward in the Labour Party's proposals, and I do not recommend that any change be made.

Yours sincerely, LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR HMGLAND

DOVER DISTRICT

PUBLIC MEETING - 15 JUNK 1977

. LIST OF PERSOM3 ATTENDING

NAMS ADDRESS REPRESENTING

Captain G F M Monk 55 Nursery Lane, Whitfield Whitfleld Parish Council Mrs. B.D. Fuller Sutton Court Farm, Sutton Sutton Parish Council by Dover Cllr. David Reid 50 St. Leonard's Road, Deal Dover District Council (Deal) John Gerrard 123 Longfield Road, Dover Individual Cllr, Peter T. 12 Cowper Road, River, Dover ft Deal Labour Dover Party Member Dover District Council Ward No. 5 (Not Representing Counc11) Mrs. J. Burkimsher 20 Stonehall, Lydden, Lydden Parish Council Dover Parish Meeting Mrs. R.M. Ricketts 6? Old Dover Road, Capel- Chairman DAD Cons- le-Ferne ervative Ass. County Councillor Cllr. D.W. Cooper Great Watersend, Temple County Councillor Swell J. Warden The Marches, , Alkham Parish Clerk Dover John S. White 1 Marlborough Road, Dover Chairman Hougham Waif Conservative1s Betty White Hougham Ward Conser- vative's W. Banger 16 York House, Dover Barton Ward Conser- vative1 s C.C. Banger 16 " » Margaret Bretherton 399 Dover Road, Walmer, Walmer & District Deal Ratepayer*s Aethea Rooney Glen Hill, Walmer, Deal Walmer Ratepayer's Jean Maughan Black Horse, Sandwich Cllr, Sandwich Town Past Mayor Elsie Gibson 16 Bowling Street, Deputy Town Mayor Sandwich (Cllr) NAMS ADDRESS REPRESENTING

Cllr. Sric Ferris 151 London Road, Deal Dover District Council Cllr. Richard J. White- 37 Ethelbert Road, Deal side Cllr. Walter H. Robert- April Cottage, Well Lane, son St. Margaret1s Miss K.S. Goodfellow 3 York House, Dover D.D. Cllr. represent ing St. Bart's Ward (not rep. District Council) Cllr. M, Hart (Mrs. ) *f? Dourt Street, Dover Miss L. Cumberland 39 Queen Street, Deal (Officer) Dover District Council Cllr. Ian Killbery 71* Middle Deal Road, Dover & Deal Labour Deal. Party Ian McCartney 110 Road, Dover Sec. /Agent Dover & Deal Const. Labour Party Cllr. 3. A. Spears 72 Mongeham Road, Deal Dover & Deal Labour Party Cllr. Gwladys Payne Huis Clos, The Beach, Dover District Kingsdown Council Rural Area. Cllr. P. Wilson- Hawks Hill House, Walmer Dover District Haffenden Council Cllr. A.G., Greenway- Delta House, Dover Road, Stanley Walmer, Deal Cllr. R.G. Norley 22 Reading Road, Dover L.C. Poupard Hammill Lodge, Woodnes- Woodnesborough & borough Staple Graham L. Tutthill 105 Lower Road, River, East Kent Mercury, Dover Deal. John Mitchell 22 Castle Street, Dover Dover Express G.H. Garratt Planning Dept. Temple Dover District Ewell Council T.J. Flisher J.A. Cash Legal & Admin Dept. 39 Queen Street, Deal R. A. Gravener P. Luniley Mrs. M. Bee 12 Cowper Road, River, Dover SCHEDULE 2 TIIK DOVER IJ'I:;TKK:T OF KKNT NAni;:; OK PROPOSED WARDS AND NUMM-JR;; OF COUNCILLORS

NAME OK WARP NO.OF COUNCILLORS ASH H AYLESHAM 2 . BARTON 2 BUCKLAND i '. 2' . CAPEL-LE-FEHNE 2 CASTLE , -•"••.. -2 CORNILO 1 EAilTRY • - "' •- ' ' 1 ; .

EYTHORNE'. • .. . . 1

LITTLE STOUR 1 LOl&R WALMER "': 3 , LYDDKN AND TEI-IPLE EWELL .1 MAXTON AMD ELMS VALE . " 2

MIDDLE DEAL ' •3-'. MILL HILL '•2 • . MONGEHAM . • ' / 2 . -KONINSTONE . , • _ - 1

NORTH DEAL 3 PINEHAM 3 PRIORY "2 RINGWOULD . . 1 ' , .' RIVER 2 ST MARGARETS-AT-CLIFFE 2 ST RADIGUNDS 2 ' SANDWICH " -•-" '3 ^SilEPHERDSVffiLL WITH COLORED 1 TOi/ER IIAMLETS .. 2 TOi/N AND PIKR .2. UPPER WALMER 1 • WOODiJESBOROUGH WITH STAPLE 1 WORTH SCHEDULE 3

DISTRICT OF DOVER DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WARD BOUNDARIES

NoU;: Whore UK: bourn l.-.iry iu described as following a road, railway, river, cim.-il or t;imil;ir I'eature, i.t should be deemed to follow the centre line of bhc feature unions otherwise stated.

RIVER WARD

Commencing at the point where Abbey Koad meets the eastern boundary of Temple

Ewell with River CP,- thence generally northwards and eastwards along said CP boundary to and south-eastwards along the southern boundary of Whitfield.CP to • a point opposite the eastern boundary of the area known as Oldpark Hill, also being the rear boundaries of Nos' 1 to 17 Friar's Way and continuation thereof, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary and in prolongation thereof to London Road (River), thence southeastwards along said road and the road known as Grabble Hill to a point opposite the .'northwestern boundary of No 130

Grabble Hill, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary to the northern boundary of the Club, thence*northwestwards, southwestwards and northwestwards along said boundary to the rear boundary of No 5 Grabble Road, thence southwest- wards along said boundary and the- rear boundaries of Noe 7-11 Grabble Road and in prolongation thereof to the Deal Junction to Dover Priory railway, thence southeastwards along said railway to a point opposite the southeastern boundary of No 2? Grabble Road, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary and in prolongation thereof to the River Dour, thence northwestwards along said river to a point opposite the southeastern boundary of the Cricketers (PH). thence southwestwards to and along said boundary to Grabble Avenue, thence northwest- wards along said avenue to Grabble Road, thence southwestwards along said road and northwestwards along Lewisham Road to a'.point'opposite the southeastern boundary of No 7 Lewisham Road, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary to its end, thence southwestwards in a straight line to the eastern- most corner of No 27 Grabble Lane, thence-southwestwards along the rear boundary of said property and the rear boundaries of Nos 29-^5 Grabble Lane 2 to the southwestern boundary of the last mentioned property, thence north- westwards along said boundary to Grabble Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to Abbey Road, thence westwards along said road to the point of commencement. -: • . • . • - ' .

BUCKLAND WARD

Commencing at the point where the eastern boundary of River Ward meets the southern boundary of Whitfield CP, thence generally eastwards, northwards and southeastwards along said CP boundary and the southern boundary of Guston

CP to the Deal to Deal Junction railway, thence southwestwards and generally north- westwards and westwards along said railway to the eastern boundary of River

Ward, thence northwestwards and northeastwards"along said boundary to the point of commencement. '

BARTON WARD ' ' •

Commencing at the 'point where the eastern boundary of River Ward meets the southern boundary of Buckland Ward, thence generally eastwards, southeastwards and northeastwards along said southern boundary to Roman Road, thence southwest- wards along said road and Old Charlton Road to Barton Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Beaconsfield Avenue, thence southwestwards along said avenue, and Beaconsfield Road to London Road, thence northwestwards along said road and the road known as Grabble Hill to and northwestwards along the eastern boundary of River Ward to the point of commencement. . .

CASTLE WARD

Commencing at the point where the southeastern boundary of Barton Ward meets the southern boundary of Buckland Ward, thence northeastwards along said southern boundary to the western boundary of Guston CP, thence southeastwards and generally 3 southwestwards, southeastwards and northeastwards along said CP boundary to the southern boundary of St Margaret's at Cliffe CP, thence northeastwards and southwards along said GP boundary to the southern boundary of the District being low water, thence southwestwards along said boundary to a point due southeastwards of the junction of Cambridge Road and Waterloo Crescent at

National Grid Reference TR 32060 ^0165, thence due northwestwards to said junction and continuing northwestwards in a straight line across Cambridge

Road to the road known as New Bridge, thence northwestwards along said road to a point opposite the River Dour, thence eastwards to and generally .east- . wards and northwestwards along said river, crossing Townwall Street and Flying

Horse Lane, to the footbridge leading to Dolphin Lane, thence eastwards along said footbridge and said lane to the road known as Dolphin Passage, thence northwestwards along said road to Castle Street, thence northeastwards along- said street to a point opposite the western boundary of No 53 Castle Street, thence northwestwards to and along said boundary to the River Dour, thence northeast- wards and northwestwards along said river to Pencester Road, thence northeast- wards along said road to a point opposite the southwestern boundary of South

Kent College of Technology, thence northwestwards and southwestwards along said boundary to the River Dour, thence northwestwards along said river to the path which leads from High Street to Brook House, thence northeastwards along said path to the southwestern boundary of the Depot, thence northwestwards along said boundary and generally northeastwards along the northwestern boundary of said depot to the northeastern boundary of No 1 Park Street, thence north- westwards along said boundary to Park Street, thence northeastwards along said street to Maison Dieu Road, thence northwestwards along said road to the un- named road adjacent to the southeastern boundary of Dover Engineering Works, thence southwestwards along said unnamed road to and continuing southwestwards along Peter Street to High Street, thence northwestwards along said street and London Road to ithe southeastern boundary of Barton Ward, thence generally northeastwards along said boundary to the point of commencement. TOWER HAMLETS WARD

Conirnoncin^ al; l.he po:i tit where l:he southeastern boundary of Barton Ward meets the southwestern boundary of Castle Ward at the junction of London Road and

Beaconsfield Road, thence southeast-wards, northeastwards, southeastwards and generally southwestwards along said southwestern boundary to the.River Dour, thence northwestwards along said river to-'the road known as Ladywell, thence southwestwards along said road to High Street, thence northwestwards along said street'to the road known as Priory Hill,- thence southwestwards along said road to a. point opposite the southern boundary"of No 13 Priory Hill, thence southwestwards to' and along said boundary and northwestwards along the rear boundary of said property, the western.boundary of No. 7 Priory Grove, the western end of Priory Grove, the western boundary of No•6 Priory Grove and the rear boundaries of Nos 15-23 Priory Hill to the road known as Priory Hill, thence southwestwards along said road to a point opposite the eastern boundary of No 91 Priory Hill, thence southeastwards to and along said boundary and southwestwards along the rear boundaries of Nos .91-119 Priory Hill to and southwestwards along the southern boundary of 'the parcel of land containing the Warehouse to the eastern boundary of the Allotment Gardens, thence north- westwards, northeastwards and again northwestwards along said boundary to the southern boundary of Astor County Primary School and Astor Secondary School, thence southwestwards along said boundary and the southern boundary of-the

Playing Field to National Grid Reference TR 30600 ^1^2?, thence due west to

Astor Avenue," thence southwards along said avenue to the unnamed road to the north of the Boar's Head (PH), thence westwards along said road to King's Road, thence northwards along said road to the path leading from said road to the unnamed road 'leading in to Noah's Ark Road, thence northwestwards along said path to and northeastwards along said unnamed road and. Noah's Ark Road to a"' point opposite' the southwestern"boundary of Dover Isolation Hospital, thence • northwestwards to and along said boundary and in prolongation thereof to the track adjacent, to the northern boundary of said hospital, thence northeastwards ;inH tfcMirrn'l I ,y cvirJ.w;irH:; :nul riorl;hcnGl.wards along said track to National

f.rid Kel'eronco TR 31131 teO*)? being the junction with the path leading

towards George Street:, thence northwestwards along said path to a point due

south of the westernmost corner of Nos 27, 31, 35 Shooter's Hill, thence due

north to said corner and northeastwards along the northwestern boundary of

said properties to the road known as Shooter's Hill, thence southeastward^

and northeastwards along said road to the unnamed access.road to-London •

Road, thence southeastwards along said access road to the junction of London

Road and Beaconsfield Road'being the point of .commencement. •• ' -.

PRIORY WARD ''"'.- , • '.-'••'.

Commencing at the point where the southern boundary of Tower Hamlets Ward

meets the southwestern .boundary of Castle Ward,, thence generally southeast-

wards'along said southwestern boundary to Pencester Road, thence southwest-

wards along said road to -Biggin. Street thence northwestwards along said street

to Worthington Street, thence southwestwards along said street, crossing York

Street in a straight line, to the footpath, northwest 'of Nos -1-1? Lancaster

House, which leads to Military Road, thence southwestwards along said footpath

to said road, thence southwestwards along said road and southwestwards and

southeastwards along- North Military Road to National 'Grid Reference . .

TR 31265^0953i thence southwestwards to .and generally westwards and south-

westwards along the path to the north of the Detached Bastion and to the

south of Westbury Crescent to a point opposite the southwestern boundary of

the unnamed area of land west of said crescent and east of Hardwicke Road,

thence northwestwards to and.along said boundary and northwestwards in a

straight line across the access way leading southwestwards from said unnamed

parcel of land 'to the southeastern corner of No 1 Hardwicke Road, thence north-

westwards along the northeastern boundary of said property to the rear boundary

of No la Hardwicke Road, thence northeastwards along said boundary and north-

westwards along the northeastern boundary of said property.to the northwestern . 6 boundary of said property, thence southwestwards along said boundary to a

point opposite the northeastern boundary of No 119 Longfield Road, thence

northwe.">l;wardr, Lo and along said boundary to Longfield Road, thence south-

w^;;l.w.'ird;; nil one; ;;,M:id road to the access way linking said road to the junction

of Shakespeare Road, and Folkestone Road, thence northwestwards along said

access way to said junction, thence northeastwards .along Folkestone Road

to a point opposite the eastern boundary of the Playing Field, "thence-north-

westwards to and along said "boundary to ELms Vale Road, thence northwestwards

along said road to Eaton Road, thence northwards along said road -to'the

southern boundary of Tower Hamlets Ward, thence northwards and generally,

northeastwards along said boundary to the -point of commencement.

TOWN AND-PIER WARD • -•' ' ' ,' ' '

Commencing at the point where the southeastern boundary of Priory Ward meets

the southwestern boundary of Castle Ward, thence southeastwards, southwest-

wards and generally southeastwards along said southwestern boundary to the •

southern boundary of the District being low water, thence generally south-

westwards along said boundary to the eastern boundary of Hougham Without CP,

thence northwestwards along said boundary to the northern boundary of

parcel No 57^0 as shown on OS 1:2^00 Plan TR 28-2939 Edition of 1973, thence

northeastwards along "said boundary and the northern boundary of parcel No 8261

to its northernmost corner, thence due eastwards to the northern boundary of

parcel No 15?6, thence generally' northeastwards along said boundary and the

northern boundary of parcel No 5100 and parcel No 5100 as shown on OS .1:2500 '

Plan TR 28-29^0 Edition of 1972 to the western boundary of parcel No 6211,

thence northwestwards along said boundary to a point due south of the

westernmost corner of pLrcel No 0015> thence due north to said corner and

northeastwards along the northern boundary of said parcel to .the eastern .

boundary of parcel No 8^38, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the

southern boundary'of parcel No 0035, thence northeastwards, along said 7 boundary and the southern boundary of parcel No 0035 as shown on OS 1:2500

Finn TK 30-31'K> Edition of 1971 to the p,-il:li linking Road with the Old Gun Sites, l;>ionco r.oiil.honntwnrdn ;ilon^ r.nid path to tho path adjacent to the rear boundaries of the properties on the southeastern side of

Mount Road, thence northeastwards along said path and the path*leading south- wards of Westbury Crescent .to the southern boundary of Priory Ward, thence

•generally northeastwards along said.boundary and the southeastern-boundary of ..'said, ward -to .the point- of • commencement. ' '• .'-.'."." '

MAXTON-AND-ELMS VALE WARD ' . ' , .' ' ' ' \ ' - ' . . . ' "

Commencing at the point where the southern boundary of Tower Hamlets Ward meets the western boundary of Priory.Ward, thence southwards'and southeast-' wards along said western boundary'to the northern boundary of Town and-Pier ••

Ward,- thence southwestwards along said boundary to the'eastern boundary of .

Hougham Without 'CP, thence northeastwards'and northwestwards along said CP boundary to National Grid Reference TR 28721^1196 being a point on the path traversing , thence northeastwards and .southeastwards along said path and its .continuation as'a track-.to the southwestern boundary of .

Tower Hamlets Ward, thence southeastwards'along said boundary and eastwards along the. southern boundary-of said.'ward to the..point of'-commencement.

ST RAD1GUNDS WARD " ' - '

Commencing at the point where the northern boundary of Maxton and Elms Vale

Ward meets the eastern boundary of Hougham Without CP, thence northwards along said CP boundary.and the eastern boundary of Temple Ewell with River CP to the southern boundary of River Ward, thence eastwards and generally north- eastwards along said boundary to the southwestern boundary of Barton Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary to the northern boundary of Tower

Hamlets Ward, thence generally southwestwards'along said boundary- to the northern boundary of Maxt.on-and Elms. Vale Ward, thence northwestwards 8 and .southwestwards along'said boundary to the point of commencement.

NORTH DEAL WARD

Commencing at the point where the southern boundary of Sholden CP meets the

Dover to Sandwich railway, thence northeastwards along said CP boundary to the eastern boundary of the District being low water, thence generally south- wards along said boundary to the point being the prolongation southeast- wards of the southern perimeter boundary of Deal Castle, thence northwest- wards along said prolongation and along said boundary to the road known as

The Strand, thence northwestwards along said road and Victoria Road to a point opposite the 'southern boundary of No 73 Victoria Road, thence south- westwards to'and along said boundary to the rear-boundary of No 7 Gilford

Road, thence southwestwards along said boundary and the rear boundaries of

Nos 9-51 Gilford Road to Blenheim Road, thence northwards along said road to

Gilford Road, thence southwestwards along said road to the Dover to Sandwich

railway, thence northwards and northwestwards along said railway to the point of commencement.

LOWER WALMER WARD

Commencing at the point where the Dover to Sandwich railway meets the southern boundary of North Deal Ward, thence generally northeastwards and southeast- wards along said boundary to the eastern boundary of the District being low

water, thence southwards along said boundary to the northern boundary of

Ringwould with Kingsdown CP, thence southwestwards and northwestwards along

said CP boundary to the western boundary of- parcel No 6000 as shown on OS

1:2500 Plan TR 36-37^8 Edition of 1972, thence northeastwards along said boundary and the western and northern boundaries of parcel No 5306 as shown on OS 1:2500 Plan TR 37^9 Edition of 1958.to the footpath traversing

Hawkshill Down and Hawks Hill9thence northwestwards, northwards and north-

-r westwards along said footpath to a point opposite the southern boundary of the 9 property known as The Glen, thence southeastwards to and generally south- eastwards along said boundary to the western boundary of the property known

,-ir, Glenhi!)!, thence generally southwards along said boundary, northeastwards along Llie noul;hcrn boundary and northwestwards along the eastern boundary of said property to the eastern boundary of the Tennis Courts, thence north- westwards' along said boundary to the eastern boundary of Liverpool House, thence generally northwards along said"boundary to Liverpool Road, thence southwestwards along said road to Road, thence northwestwards

'along said road to a point opposite the southeastern boundary of No 19

Walmer Castle Road, thence northeastwards to and along said boundary to the . rear boundary of said property, thence-northwestwards along said boundary and the rear "boundaries of Nos 17, • 15 and 11 Walmer Castle Road to the northwestern boundary of the last mentioned .property,- thence southwestwards along said boundary to the rear boundary of No 9 Walmer. Castle Road, thence northwestwards along said boundary and the rear boundaries of Nos 7-3 Walmer-

Castle Road to the northwestern boundary of the last mentioned property, thence southwestwards along said boundary to Walmer Castle Road, thence north- westwards along said road, crossing Dover Road in a straight line to the north-, eastern boundary of No 211 Dover Road, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the southeastern boundary of the Builder's .Yard, thence north- eastwards along said boundary to the path from Dover Road to Meryl Gardens, thence northwestwards along said path to Meryl Gardens, thence southwards along said gardens to a point opposite the northwestern boundary of No 22

Meryl Gardens, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary and the rear boundaries of Nos 44-46 Salisbury Road' to the western boundary of the last mentioned property, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the rear boundary-of No 48 Salisbury Road, thence westwards along said boundary and the rear boundaries of Nos 50-64 Salisbury Road to the western boundary of . the last mentioned property, thence northeastwards along said boundary to

Salisbury Road', thence northwestwards .along said road to the Dover to 10

Sandwich railway, thence northeastwards along said railway to the point of commencement.

UPPER WALMER WARD

Commencing at the point where the Dover to Sandwich railway meets the south- western boundary of Lower Walm'er Ward, thence generally south east wards and ' southwestwards along said boundary to the northern boundary of Ringwould

With Kingsdown CP, thence northwestwards along said GP boundary and' the northern boundary of Ripple CP to the Dover to Sandwich railway, thence northeastwards along-said railway to the point of commencement.

MILL HILL WARD ' . • / '

Commencing at the point where' the northern boundary of Ripple CP meets the road known as Coldblow, thence .northeastwards along said road and Cross Road to St Richard's Road, thence northwestwards along said road to the road known as Mill Hill, thence northeastwards along said road to Redsull Avenue, thence northwestwards and northeastwards along said avenue to Davis Avenue, thence northwestwards along said avenue to Pilots Avenue, thence northeastwards along said avenue to Addelam Road, thence northeastwards'along said road to

Manor Road, thence southeastwards along said road to a point opposite the western boundary of No 59 Manor Road, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary to the rear boundary of said-property,' thence southeastwards along said boundary and the rear, boundaries of Nos 57 to ^1 'Manor Road and continuing southeastwards in a straight line across the access way to and along the rear boundaries of NOS 39 to 35 said road, crossing the access path to the

Allotment Gardens in' a straight line and continuing southeastwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 33 to 15 Manor Road and in prolongation thereof to the rear boundary of.No ^ Mill Hill, thence northeastwards'along said boundary to the northeastern boundary of said property,thence southeastwards along said boundary to the-road 'known as Mill'Hill,' thence northeastwards along 11 said road to a point opposite the southwestern boundary of No 269 Mill Road, thence southeastwards to and along said boundary and continuing generally southeastwards along the southwestern boundary of Deal Cemetery to the southeastern boundary of said cemetery, thence northeastwards, southeastwards and again northeastwards along said boundary to the path at the rear of

Nos 45 to 15 and 11 t'o 1 Hamilton Road, thence southeastwards along said path and in prolongation' thereof,' crossing Telegraph Road to the. western boundary . • of Lower Walraer Ward, thence southwestwards along said boundary and the - western boundary of Upper Walmer Ward to the northern boundary of Ripple CP, thence:northwestwards along said CP boundary to the point of commencement.

MONGEHAM WARD •'•''•.'".. - : -. •

Commencing at the point where, the western boundary of Mill Hill 'Ward meets'. the northern boundary of Ripple CP, thence generally.northwestwards along said CP boundary and the northern boundary of Sutton CP to-the eastern boundary of Northbourne CP, thence generally northeastwards-along said CP-boundary to and southeastwards and northeastwards along the southern boundary of

Sholden CP, to a point due north of the northwestern corner of No 37

Fiveways Rise, thence due south to said corner and southeastwards and south- westwards along the rear boundary of said property and continuing southwest- wards along the rear boundaries of Nos 35-26 Fiveways Rise and the north- western boundary.of No 25 Fiveways Rise' to the rear boundary of said property, thence southeastwards along said boundary and the rear boundaries of Nos 2^ to 1? Fiveways Rise to the-rear boundary of No.16 Fiveways Rise,thence northeastwards along said boundary and the rear-boundaries of Nos 15)- 1^i I2a • and 12 Fiveways Rise to the rear boundary of No 389 London Road, thence south- eastwards along 'said boundary and the rear boundaries of .Nos 3^1 to 373 and

365 to 355 London Road to the southeastern boundary of the last mentioned property, thence northeastwards along said boundary to the rear boundary of

No 353 London Road, thence southeastwards along said boundary to the south- 12 eastern boundary of said property, thence northeastwards along said boundary to the rear boundary of No 3^7 London Road, thence southeastwards along said rear boundary and the rear boundaries of Nos 3^5 to 339 and 329 to 325 said road to the southeastern boundary of the last mentioned property, thence northeastwards along said boundary to the northeastern boundary of the property known as Cherry Hinton, thence southeastwards along said boundary to Rectory

Road, thence southwestwards along said road to Addelam Road, thence south- eastwards along said road to the western boundary of Mill Hill- Ward, thence generally southwestwards..-along said boundary to the point of commencement.

MIDDLE DEAL WARD •' • . •' '

Commencing at;the point where-the western boundary of Lower Walmer Ward meets the northern boundary of Mill Hill Ward, thence generally northwestwards • along said northern boundary and the northeastern boundary of Mongeham Ward to the southeastern boundary of Sholden CP, thence northeastwards and generally northwards and southeastwards along said .CP' boundary to the western boundary of North Deal Ward, thence southeastwards and southwards along said boundary to and southwestwards along the western boundary of Lower Walmer

Ward to the point of commencement. .

ASH WARD

The parish of Ash . v

AYLESHAM WARD

The parish of Aylesham

CAPEL-LE-FERNE WARD

The parishes of Alkham

Capel-le-Ferne

Hougham Without CORNILO WARD

The p.-irishes of Northbourne

Ri ppl.o

Sut l;on

EASTRY WARD

The-parish of Eastry

EYTHORNE WARD

The parish of Eythorne . '

LITTLE STOUR WARD

The parishes- of Preston

Stourmouth

Wingham

LYDDEN AND TEMPLE EWELL WARD

The parishes of Lydden

Temple Ewell with River

NONINSTONE'WARD

The parishes of Goodnestone .

c Nonington

Tilmanstone

PINEHAM WARD

The parishes of Guston

• ' Whi'tf ield-.' . '

RINGWOULD WARD (

The parish of SANDWICH WARD

The parish of Sandwich

SilEPlffiRDSWELL WITH COLORED WARD.

The parishes of

. ." • Shepherdswell with.Cold.red

ST'MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE WARD ' •* - - '

The parishes of Langdon • •

' '' • ' . 'St Margaret's.at Cliffe-. •

WOODNESBOROUGH WITH STAPLE WARD • , ' .

•The. parishes of Staple ' . •

. ' • • • Woodnesborough

WORTH'WARD

The.parishes of Sholden

' - ' • -. .-Worth