Because of its semi-autonomous status as a county palatine, Durham had not been represented in Parliament during the medieval period; by the 17th century it was the only part of England which elected no MPs. In 1621, Parliament passed a bill to enfranchise the county, but James I refused it the royal assent, as he considered that the House of Commons already had too many members and that some decayed boroughs should be abolished first; a similar bill in 1624 failed to pass the House of Lords. During the Commonwealth, County Durham was allowed to send members to the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate, though the privilege was not maintained when Parliament reverted to its earlier electoral arrangements from 1658. After the Restoration, Durham's right to return MPs was recognised in 1661, and finally confirmed by statute which came into effect in 1675; the county was to return two members, and the same Act also established Durham City as a parliamentary borough with its own two members.
Murton is a village in County Durham, England. Lying six miles (9.6km) east of the city of Durham and seven miles (11.25km) south of Sunderland, it has a population of 7,339, increasing to 7,676 at the 2011 Census.
Originally a rural agricultural hamlet called Morton, the discovery of coal beneath its fields in the 19th century transformed it into an industrial community. 'Morton became known as Murton Colliery or Murton-in-the-Whins following the sinking of the pit in 1838 by South Hetton Coal Company, and the village was a productive coal mining community for over a century. The pit employed over 1000 men at its peak and featured in a Picture Post article showing the 'vesting' of the mine at nationalisation in 1947.
The village also had the South East Durham Cooperative Bakery and a Northern Bus Company garage as added sources of jobs. In 1955 a by product works for coal was established for the production mainly of coke. The mine and other employment opportunities closed in the 1990s along with many other County Durham mines and now the old spoil heaps are host to a retail outlet development Dalton Park, bringing much needed new employment.
The second incarnation of the riding was initially defined to consist of the Town of Newcastle, the townships of Scugog and Uxbridge, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of Rossland Road and the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3, and the part of the Town of Whitby lying north of Taunton Road.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington, and the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North, and east along King Street East.
Wilkinson, of James StreetSouth, Murton, CountyDurham, admitted a charge of violent disorder for his part in the violence which occurred in Hartlepool on July 31, during which he hurled missiles at police and hit their shields with a baton ... .
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This has to be one of the most stupid things I’ve heard coming out of the mouth of a Tory minister ...Murton, CountyDurham. Robert Jenrick’s contribution to baby-bust hysteria is straight out of the Viktor Orbán playbook ... Population Matters ... .
Ken Loach filmed the climactic scene in his latest movie, a revelation in DurhamCathedral, on his 86th birthday last summer ... The Old Oak begins with the arrival of a group of Syrian refugees in a depressed former mining town in County Durham in 2016.
But just how bad are they in comparison to previous years? ... Raging ... Ablaze ... READ MORE ... Advertisement ... ' ... Joanna Hughes, her husband Jon Hughes and their daughter Emilia, from Murton, CountyDurham, had to walk four miles to escape the wildfires in Rhodes ... .
READ MORE ... with some abandoning holidays halfway through. Advertisement ... Eyes from above ... Extreme heat ... Joanna Hughes, her husband Jon Hughes and their daughter Emilia, from Murton, CountyDurham, had to walk four miles to escape the wildfires in Rhodes ... .
Pictured. Tourists are evacuated during a wildfire in Saturday ... 'I've not seen anything like it ... Joanna Hughes, her husband Jon Hughes and their daughter Emilia, from Murton, CountyDurham, had to walk four miles to escape the wildfires in Rhodes... Left ... .
How are travel firms responding to the Rhodes wildfire crisis? ... Advertisement ... Joanna Hughes, her husband Jon Hughes and their daughter Emilia, from Murton, CountyDurham, had to walk four miles to escape the wildfires in Rhodes over the weekend ... .
'Over the coming days and weeks, we must remain on constant alert', he said ... more videos. 1 2 3 ... Joanna Hughes, her husband Jon Hughes and their daughter Emilia, from Murton, CountyDurham, had to walk four miles to escape the wildfires in Rhodes ... 1 2 3.
The 41-year-old, who works in Tesco, said ... We saw lots of smoke, but we didn't see the fires.' ... 1 2 3 ... Joanna Hughes, her husband Jon Hughes and their daughter Emilia, from Murton, CountyDurham, had to walk four miles to escape the wildfires in Rhodes.
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