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The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England that includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and Kings Langley. The district, which was formed in 1974, had a population of 137,799 in 2001.[1] Its name was taken from the old hundred of Dacorum which covered approximately the same area. It is the westernmost of Hertfordshire's districts, being bordered to the west by the Chiltern and Aylesbury Vale districts of Buckinghamshire.

Dacorum Borough of Dacorum
Borough, Non-metropolitan district
Flag of the Borough of Dacorum
Dacorum shown within Hertfordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Administrative county	Hertfordshire
Founded	1974
Admin. HQ	Hemel Hempstead
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Body	Dacorum Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Mayor	John Birnie
• Leader	Andrew Williams
• MPs:	Gagan Mohindra Mike Penning
Area
• Total	82.0 sq mi (212.5 km2)
• Rank	156th
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	154,763
• Rank	Ranked 128th
• Density	1,900/sq mi (730/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	HP
ONS code	26UC (ONS) E07000096 (GSS)
Ethnicity	93.1% White 3.2% South Asian 1.4% Black 1.5% Mixed
Website	dacorum.gov.uk

History

The name Dacorum comes from Latin and it means "of the Dacians"[2] (with a "hundred" implied). The latter word was used mistakenly in the Middle Ages for 'Danes'. This happened because of a legend asserting that certain tribes from Dacia had migrated to Denmark.[3] The hundred of Dacorum was first recorded in 1196, although it has existed since the 9th and 10th centuries, when it lay near the southern boundary of the Danelaw, on the River Lea. In 1086, the Domesday Book records the hundreds of Tring and Danais in places that became parts of the hundred of Dacorum.

In 1974, the modern district of Dacorum was formed under the Local Government Act 1972. Major components were the municipal borough of Hemel Hempstead, the urban districts of Berkhamsted and Tring, the rural districts of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead and those parts of the rural districts of St Albans and Watford which were within the designated area of Hemel Hempstead new town.

The district was granted borough status in 1984. Hemel Hempstead had maintained Charter Trustees from 1974 to 1984. The amalgamation of the former local authorities was symbolised in the seven oak leaves which surround a tudor rose on the Dacorum coat of arms.[4]

Main settlements

The main towns and villages of the borough are:

Aldbury, Bovingdon, Berkhamsted, Bourne End, Bulbourne, Chipperfield, Cow Roast, Dudswell, Flamstead, Flaunden, Frithsden, Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Little Tring, Long Marston, Markyate, Nettleden, New Mill, Northchurch, Potten End, Ringshall, Tring, Tringford, Water End, Wigginton and Wilstone

The borough is entirely parished, apart from Hemel Hempstead.

Political representation

Dacorum Borough Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council of the Borough of Dacorum
Leadership
Mayor	John Birnie, Conservative since 11 May 2022
Leader	Andrew Williams, Conservative since 1999
Structure
Seats	51 Councillors
Political groups	Administration   Conservative (31) Other parties   Liberal Democrat (19)   Independent (1)
Elections
Voting system	Plurality voting system
Last election	2 May 2019
Meeting place
The Forum, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 1DN
Website
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/

Dacorum Borough Council consists of 51 elected members, representing twenty-five electoral wards. 14 of the wards elect two councillors each. Six, indicated below, elect three councillors each. Five, also shown below, elect one each.[5]

The council is currently controlled by the Conservatives, who hold 31 of the 51 seats. The Liberal Democrats hold 19, and 1 seat is held by an independent.[6]

Composition

Party		Councillors	Change
	Conservative	31	-15
	Liberal Democrats	19	+16
	Independent	1	+1
	Labour	0	-2
Total		51
Source:

Wards

Dacorum consists of twenty-five wards. Wards electing three members are denoted with an asterisk (*). Those electing one member are denoted with an obelus (†).

Adeyfield East Adeyfield West Aldbury and Wigginton† Apsley and Corner Hall* Ashridge† Bennetts End Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted East Berkhamsted West Bovingdon,Flaunden and Chipperfield* Boxmoor* Chaulden and Warners End* Gadebridge

Grovehill* Hemel Hempstead Town Highfield Kings Langley Leverstock Green* Nash Mills†

Northchurch† Tring Central Tring East† Tring West and Rural Watling Woodhall Farm

Political control

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973–1976
	Conservative	1976–1995
	Labour	1995–1999
	No overall control	1999–2003
	Conservative	2003–present

Premises

From its creation, the council was based at Dacorum Civic Centre on Marlowes in Hemel Hempstead. This building had previously been called Hemel Hempstead Town Hall, having been built for Hemel Hempstead Borough Council in 1966 to replace the Old Town Hall on High Street. On 16 January 2017 the council opened its new headquarters at The Forum, on the corner of Marlowes and Combe Street, immediately south of the Civic Centre, which was demolished shortly afterwards.[7]

Arms

Coat of arms of Dacorum

Notes Granted 21 January 1992. Crest A sprig of seven oak leaves Proper and acorns Or inflected to the sinister out of a mural crown Or. Escutcheon Or seven oak leaves stalks inward Vert radiating from a Tudor rose Proper. Supporters Two stags in trian aspect Proper attired and unguled Or gorged with a wreath Or and Gules ribbons flowing outward depending therefrom a bezant charged with oak leaves and a Tudor rose as in the Arms standing on a compartment Vert strewn with sprigs of oak leaves Proper and acorns Or.[8]

Town twinning

• The Borough of Dacorum is twinned with:
  • Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Two of the civil parishes in the borough also maintain their own separate twinning arrangements:

• Berkhamsted Town Council is twinned with:
  • Beaune (France)
• Kings Langley Parish Council with:
  • Bakau (Gambia).

See also

• Primary schools in Dacorum

References

Sources

• The Dacorum Heritage Trust The Trust is the museum organisation for the Borough of Dacorum.
• Hertfordshire Museums More local museums.

External links

• Dacorum Borough Council - official website
• Dacorum Emergency Night Shelter - Night Shelter, Day Centre, Foodbank, Rent Aid,warehouse

На других языках

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[de] Dacorum

Dacorum ist ein Verwaltungsbezirk mit dem Status eines Borough in der Grafschaft Hertfordshire in England. Er umfasst unter anderem die Städte Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted und Tring.

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- [en] Dacorum

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[ru] Дакорум

Дакорум (англ. Dacorum) — неметрополитенский район (англ. non-metropolitan district) со статусом боро в графстве Хартфордшир (Англия). Административный центр — город Хемел-Хемпстед.

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