From: MB@nospam.net   
      
   On 06/05/2021 17:15, Ian Goddard wrote:   
   > Was there some sort of boundary commission operating at a level capable   
   > of determining county and lesser boundaries in the early C19th or   
   > possibly slightly earlier?   
      
      
      
   There are a lot of references to the Boundary Commission(s), have a look   
   in Hansard.   
      
      
      
     Morning Advertiser - Monday 20 July 1835   
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   BOUNDARY COMMISSION. On Thursday, on the motion of Mr. Miles, a copy was   
   ordered by the Commons of the Boundary Commission, and of the   
   instructions issued to and by the Commissioners appointed to settle the   
   boundaries and wards of the cities and boroughs of England and Wales.   
   These documents were subsequently presented, and ordered to be printed.   
   The Commission, by writ of Privy Seal, is dated the 15th of July. It   
   constitutes Mr. C. Shaw Lefevre, an Honorary Commissioner, with Mr. J.   
   G. Pennington, Mr. J. E. Drink water, and Mr. Edwd. Rushton, London   
   Board of Commissioners, with Mr. Joseph Parkes, Secretary, to determine   
   the metes and bounds of the cities and boroughs in the schedules of the   
   Corporation Bill, and to settle the wards; empowering the Board to send   
   Commissioners to inquire into such boundaries. The Circuit Commissioners   
   are Messrs. Samson A* Rumball, Geo. Barrett Leonard, Daniel Mande, John   
   Buckle, John Aldridge, John Hammell, Harry David Jones, John Watson   
   Pringle, John James Chapman, Henry Rowland Brandreth, Gustavus Du Platt,   
   and William Thomas Denison, six barristers and six civil engineers, who   
   have all left town on their respective circuits, one barrister and one   
   civil engineer to each circuit. The Distriet Commissioners will report   
   to the London Board, the general report of which Board will be   
   ultimately made to the Privy Council. The instructions generally direct   
   the Commissioners to recommend the enlargement or restriction of the   
   municipal boundaries according to circumstances, and to divide certain   
   classes of towns into wards of certain numbers. No time has been lost in   
   this important object, and the Commissioners are now actively employed   
   in various parts of the country. It is expected that the whole will be   
   concluded by October latest.— Observer.   
      
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