Heybridge Parish Council - a brief history
The history of the Heybridge Parish Council is that it was abolished in 1934 when the ancient parish was absorbed into the borough of Maldon, and no successor parish was created at that time.
A new Heybridge Parish Council was created much later, in 1987, to cover the area north of the River Blackwater that had been part of the former borough. This modern council has been in place since then, and the separate parish of Heybridge Basin was created in 2020.
- 1934: The original, ancient parish of Heybridge was abolished. The village was absorbed into the borough of Maldon, and a rural portion was transferred to the parish of Great Totham.
- 1974: The borough of Maldon was abolished, replaced by the larger Maldon District. No successor parish was created for the former borough at this time.
- 1987: A new civil parish of Heybridge was created, covering the part of the former borough that is north of the River Blackwater.
- 1988: The first election for the new parish councillors was held in December.
- 2020: The separate civil parish of Heybridge Basin was created from a portion of the former Heybridge parish.
