Three Towns
Three Towns is a term used to refer to several groups of towns.
United Kingdom
[edit]There are several groups of towns in the United Kingdom referred to as the Three Towns, many of which form contiguous settlements, or are near to each other.
England
[edit]Devon
[edit]The Three Towns is a term used to refer to the neighbouring towns of Plymouth, Devonport and East Stonehouse in the county of Devon, England.[1][2][3] They were formally merged in 1914 to become the Borough of Plymouth.[4] In 1928, the Borough was granted City status by royal charter.
Dorset
[edit]Three towns has been used to refer to the towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in South-East Dorset, which form a single conurbation. The name was used to refer to an infrastructure project in the area,[5][6] which became a single authority in 2019 called Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. One of the parties which stood for the inaugural elections was initially called Three Towns Together.
Lancashire
[edit]The term is also sometimes used to refer to the towns of Great Harwood, Clayton-le-Moors and Rishton, situated to the north of Accrington in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire.[7][8]
Scotland
[edit]The term 'three towns' is also used[9][10][11][12] in reference to the towns of Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston in North Ayrshire (historically Cunninghame) which together form one contiguous settlement along the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde with a population of around 32,000; most local amenities are shared across the localities.[13]
Sudan
[edit]In Sudan, the term "Three Towns" refers to Khartoum, North Khartoum, and Omdurman.[14]
Poland
[edit]The term 'three cities' (more commonly: Tricity, Polish: Trójmiasto) is used for the metropolitan area of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot on the Baltic Coastline (as well as minor towns in their vicinity). Their total metropolitan population amounts to around 1,100,000.[15]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ "The Deanery of the Three Towns". Devon Family History Society. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Three towns amalgamation centenary stone". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Plymouth's Great War: Three Towns United in Conflict". Devon Museums. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Plymouth City Council – Local history". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ↑ "Three Towns Travel". bournemouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ↑ "Three Towns Travel project: what the £12m scheme to tackle congestion will mean for you". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ↑ "Three Towns Food Bank". St Charles RC Church Rishton. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Office: Great Harwood". Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall Solicitors. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "The Three Towns". North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Home". Threetowners. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Three Towns". North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "The Three Towns". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Mid-2016 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ Essien, Kwame; Falola, Toyin (2008). Culture and Customs of Sudan. ABC-CLIO. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-313-34439-8.
- ↑ "Urban Audit – Home Page". 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2021.