This is a list of all the rural districts, urban districts and municipal boroughs in England as they existed prior to the entry into force of the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974. There were 1086 such districts and boroughs at this time, the result of a gradual consolidation since their formation in 1894. Apart from these, England also had 79 county boroughs.
Luton was a county borough.
Reading was a county borough.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
Birkenhead, Chester, Stockport, and Wallasey were county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
Carlisle was a county borough.
Derby was a county borough.
Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay were county boroughs.
Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, South Shields, Sunderland and Teesside were county boroughs.
Ipswich was a county borough.
Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings were county boroughs.
Southend-on-Sea was a county borough.
Bristol and Gloucester were county boroughs.
Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton were county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
Canterbury was a county borough.
| District |
Successor
|
| Abram Urban District
|
Wigan (Greater Manchester)
|
| Accrington Borough
|
Hyndburn
|
| Adlington Urban District
|
Chorley
|
| Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District
|
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens (Merseyside)
|
| Ashton-under-Lyne Borough
|
Tameside (Greater Manchester)
|
| Aspull Urban District
|
Wigan
|
| Atherton Urban District
|
Wigan
|
| Audenshaw Urban District
|
Tameside
|
| Bacup Borough
|
Rossendale
|
| Barrowford Urban District
|
Pendle
|
| Billinge and Winstanley Urban District
|
Wigan, St Helens
|
| Blackburn Rural District
|
Hyndburn, Blackburn, Ribble Valley
|
| Blackrod Urban District
|
Bolton (Greater Manchester)
|
| Brierfield Urban District
|
Pendle
|
| Burnley Rural District
|
Pendle, Ribble Valley, Burnley
|
| Carnforth Urban District
|
Lancaster
|
| Chadderton Urban District
|
Oldham (Greater Manchester)
|
| Chorley Borough
|
Chorley
|
| Chorley Rural District
|
Chorley
|
| Church Urban District
|
Hyndburn
|
| Clayton-le-Moors Urban District
|
Hyndburn
|
| Clitheroe Borough
|
Ribble Valley
|
| Clitheroe Rural District
|
Ribble Valley
|
| Colne Borough
|
Pendle
|
| Crompton Urban District
|
Oldham
|
| Crosby Borough
|
Sefton (Merseyside)
|
| Dalton-in-Furness Urban District
|
Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria)
|
| Darwen Borough
|
Blackburn
|
| Denton Urban District
|
Tameside
|
| Droylsden Urban District
|
Tameside
|
| Eccles Borough
|
Salford (Greater Manchester)
|
| Failsworth Urban District
|
Oldham
|
| Farnworth Borough
|
Bolton
|
| Fleetwood Borough
|
Wyre
|
| Formby Urban District
|
Sefton
|
| Fulwood Urban District
|
Preston
|
| Fylde Rural District
|
Fylde
|
| Garstang Rural District
|
Wyre
|
| Golborne Urban District
|
Warrington (Cheshire), Wigan
|
| Grange Urban District
|
South Lakeland (Cumbria)
|
| Great Harwood Urban District
|
Hyndburn
|
| Haslingden Borough
|
Rossendale
|
| Haydock Urban District
|
St Helens
|
| Heywood Borough
|
Rochdale (Greater Manchester)
|
| Hindley Urban District
|
Wigan
|
| Horwich Urban District
|
Bolton
|
| Huyton-with-Roby Urban District
|
Knowsley (Merseyside)
|
| Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District
|
Wigan
|
| Irlam Urban District
|
Salford
|
| Kearsley Urban District
|
Bolton
|
| Kirkby Urban District
|
Knowsley
|
| Kirkham Urban District
|
Fylde
|
| Lancaster Borough
|
Lancaster
|
| Lancaster Rural District
|
Lancaster
|
| Lees Urban District
|
Oldham
|
| Leigh Borough
|
Wigan
|
| Leyland Urban District
|
South Ribble
|
| Litherland Urban District
|
Sefton
|
| Little Lever Urban District
|
Bolton
|
| Littleborough Urban District
|
Rochdale
|
| Longridge Urban District
|
Ribble Valley
|
| Lunesdale Rural District
|
Lancaster
|
| Lytham St. Anne's Borough
|
Fylde
|
| Middleton Borough
|
Rochdale
|
| Milnrow Urban District
|
Rochdale
|
| Morecambe and Heysham Borough
|
Lancaster
|
| Mossley Borough
|
Tameside
|
| Nelson Borough
|
Pendle
|
| Newton-le-Willows Urban District
|
St Helens
|
| North Lonsdale Rural District
|
South Lakeland
|
| Ormskirk Urban District
|
West Lancashire
|
| Orrell Urban District
|
Wigan
|
| Oswaldtwistle Urban District
|
Hyndburn
|
| Padiham Urban District
|
Burnley
|
| Poulton-le-Fylde Urban District
|
Wyre
|
| Preesall Urban District
|
Wyre
|
| Prescot Urban District
|
Knowsley
|
| Preston Rural District
|
South Ribble, Preston, Ribble Valley
|
| Prestwich Borough
|
Bury (Greater Manchester)
|
| Radcliffe Borough
|
Bury
|
| Rainford Urban District
|
St Helens
|
| Ramsbottom Urban District
|
Rossendale, Bury
|
| Rawtenstall Borough
|
Rossendale
|
| Rishton Urban District
|
Hyndburn
|
| Royton Urban District
|
Oldham
|
| Skelmersdale and Holland Urban District
|
West Lancashire
|
| Standish-with-Langtree Urban District
|
Wigan
|
| Stretford Borough
|
Trafford
|
| Swinton and Pendlebury Borough
|
Salford
|
| Thornton Cleveleys Urban District
|
Wyre
|
| Tottington Urban District
|
Bury
|
| Trawden Urban District
|
Pendle
|
| Turton Urban District
|
Bolton, Blackburn
|
| Tyldesley Urban District
|
Wigan
|
| Ulverston Urban District
|
South Lakeland
|
| Urmston Urban District
|
Trafford
|
| Walton-le-Dale Urban District
|
South Ribble
|
| Wardle Urban District
|
Rochdale
|
| Warrington Rural District
|
Warrington
|
| West Lancashire Rural District
|
Sefton, Knowsley, West Lancashire
|
| Westhoughton Urban District
|
Bolton
|
| Whiston Rural District
|
Warrington, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton
|
| Whitefield Urban District
|
Bury
|
| Whitworth Urban District
|
Rossendale
|
| Widnes Urban District
|
Halton (Cheshire)
|
| Wigan Rural District
|
Wigan, West Lancashire
|
| Withnell Urban District
|
Chorley
|
| Worsley Urban District
|
Salford
|
Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bootle, Burnley, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, Southport, St Helens, Warrington and Wigan were county boroughs.
Leicester was a county borough.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
Grimsby and Lincoln were county boroughs.
Great Yarmouth and Norwich were county boroughs.
Northampton was a county borough.
Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth were county boroughs.
Nottingham was a county borough.
Oxford was a county borough.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
Bath (and Bristol) were county boroughs.
Burton upon Trent, Dudley, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton were county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham were county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
There were no county boroughs.
Warley and Worcester were county boroughs.
Kingston upon Hull and York were county boroughs.
York and Teesside were county boroughs.
| District |
Successor
|
| Adwick le Street Urban District
|
Doncaster (South Yorkshire)
|
| Aireborough Urban District
|
Leeds (West Yorkshire)
|
| Baildon Urban District
|
Bradford (West Yorkshire)
|
| Barnoldswick Urban District
|
Pendle (Lancashire)
|
| Batley Borough
|
Kirklees (West Yorkshire)
|
| Bentley with Arksey Urban District
|
Doncaster
|
| Bingley Urban District
|
Bradford
|
| Bowland Rural District
|
Ribble Valley (Lancashire)
|
| Brighouse Borough
|
Calderdale (West Yorkshire)
|
| Castleford Borough
|
Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
|
| Colne Valley Urban District
|
Kirklees
|
| Conisbrough Urban District
|
Doncaster
|
| Cudworth Urban District
|
Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
|
| Darfield Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Darton Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Dearne Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Denby Dale Urban District
|
Kirklees
|
| Denholme Urban District
|
Bradford
|
| Dodworth Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Doncaster Rural District
|
Doncaster
|
| Earby Urban District
|
Pendle
|
| Elland Urban District
|
Calderdale
|
| Featherstone Urban District
|
Wakefield
|
| Garforth Urban District
|
Leeds
|
| Goole Borough
|
Boothferry (Humberside)
|
| Goole Rural District
|
Boothferry
|
| Harrogate Borough
|
Harrogate (North Yorkshire)
|
| Hebden Royd Urban District
|
Calderdale
|
| Heckmondwike Urban District
|
Kirklees
|
| Hemsworth Rural District
|
Selby (North Yorkshire), Barnsley, Wakefield
|
| Hemsworth Urban District
|
Wakefield
|
| Hepton Rural District
|
Calderdale
|
| Holmfirth Urban District
|
Kirklees
|
| Horbury Urban District
|
Wakefield
|
| Horsforth Urban District
|
Leeds
|
| Hoyland Nether Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Ilkley Urban District
|
Bradford
|
| Keighley Borough
|
Bradford
|
| Kirkburton Urban District
|
Kirklees
|
| Kiveton Park Rural District
|
Rotherham (South Yorkshire)
|
| Knaresborough Urban District
|
Harrogate
|
| Knottingley Urban District
|
Wakefield
|
| Maltby Urban District
|
Rotherham
|
| Meltham Urban District
|
Kirklees
|
| Mirfield Urban District
|
Kirklees
|
| Mexborough Urban District
|
Doncaster
|
| Morley Borough
|
Leeds
|
| Nidderdale Rural District
|
Harrogate
|
| Normanton Urban District
|
Wakefield
|
| Osgoldcross Rural District
|
Selby, Wakefield
|
| Ossett Borough
|
Wakefield
|
| Otley Urban District
|
Leeds
|
| Penistone Rural District
|
Barnsley
|
| Penistone Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Pontefract Borough
|
Wakefield
|
| Pudsey Borough
|
Leeds
|
| Queensbury and Shelf Urban District
|
Calderdale, Bradford
|
| Rawmarsh Urban District
|
Rotherham
|
| Ripon Borough
|
Harrogate
|
| Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District
|
Harrogate
|
| Ripponden Urban District
|
Calderdale
|
| Rotherham Rural District
|
Rotherham
|
| Rothwell Urban District
|
Leeds
|
| Royston Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Saddleworth Urban District
|
Oldham (Greater Manchester)
|
| Sedbergh Rural District
|
South Lakeland (Cumbria)
|
| Selby Rural District
|
Selby
|
| Selby Urban District
|
Selby
|
| Settle Rural District
|
Craven (North Yorkshire)
|
| Shipley Urban District
|
Bradford
|
| Silsden Urban District
|
Bradford
|
| Skipton Rural District
|
Bradford, Craven, Pendle
|
| Skipton Urban District
|
Craven
|
| Sowerby Bridge Urban District
|
Calderdale
|
| Spenborough Borough
|
Kirklees
|
| Stanley Urban District
|
Wakefield
|
| Stocksbridge Urban District
|
Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
|
| Swinton Urban District
|
Rotherham
|
| Tadcaster Rural District
|
Leeds, Selby
|
| Thorne Rural District
|
Doncaster
|
| Tickhill Urban District
|
Doncaster
|
| Todmorden Borough
|
Calderdale
|
| Wakefield Rural District
|
Wakefield
|
| Wath upon Dearne Urban District
|
Rotherham
|
| Wetherby Rural District
|
Harrogate, Leeds
|
| Wharfedale Rural District
|
Leeds, Harrogate
|
| Wombwell Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Worsbrough Urban District
|
Barnsley
|
| Wortley Rural District
|
Barnsley, Sheffield
|
Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York were county boroughs.
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