Borough of Erewash

Erewash (/ˈɛrəwɒʃ/ (listen)) is a non-metropolitan district and borough in eastern Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby and the west of Nottingham. The population of the district as taken at the 2011 Census was 112,081.[2] It contains the towns of Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Sandiacre and fourteen civil parishes.

Borough of Erewash
Borough
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Administrative countyDerbyshire
Admin. HQIlkeston
Government
 • TypeErewash Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive:Conservative
 • MPs:Pauline Latham,
Maggie Throup
Area
 • Total42.3 sq mi (109.6 km2)
 • Rank207th
Population
 (mid-2019 est.)
 • Total115,371
 • RankRanked 206th
 • Density2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
DE, NG
ONS code17UG (ONS)
E07000036 (GSS)
Ethnicity96.7% British
1.3% S.Asian[1]
Websitewww.erewash.gov.uk

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Ilkeston, the Long Eaton urban district and part of South East Derbyshire Rural District.

The borough council's operations are split between Ilkeston Town Hall and Long Eaton Town Hall.

Erewash Borough has military affiliations with 814 Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose and the Mercian Regiment of the British Army, as the successors to the local regiment the Sherwood Foresters

Education

The borough is home to the public school, Trent College, The Long Eaton School in Long Eaton, Erewash and its junior/preparatory school, The Elms School, along with 14 state-funded secondary schools and 41 primary schools.[3]

Broomfield Hall of Derby College is located in Morley.[4]

Derby Japanese School (ダービー日本人補習校 Dābī Nihonjin Hoshūkō), a Japanese weekend school, holds its classes in Broomfield Hall.[4]

Arms
Coat of arms of Borough of Erewash
Notes
Granted in 1983
Crest
On a wreath Or Gules and Azure out of a mural crown Or masoned Gules charged with four annulets Sable and between two torches issuing Azure enflamed Proper a stag rampant Gules and gorged with lace Proper attired and unguled Gold.
Escutcheon
Argent three bends wavy Azure overall between three astronomical signs of Mars Or a chevron Gules thereon a fleur de lys also Or on a chief dovetailed Gules a garb of wheat between two hanks of cotton Gold.
Motto
Per Sapientiam Constantiamque Victoria (Triumph Through Wisdom And Endeavour)[5]

References
  1. "Neighbourhood Statistics – Erewash (Local Authority)". Office for National Statistics. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  2. "Borough population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. "All schools and colleges in Erewash". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. "ダービー日本人補習校 （Derby Japanese School） Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine."Derby Japanese School. Retrieved on 14 February 2015." c/o Derby College"
  5. "East Midlands Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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