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    A municipal borough was a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1836 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to...
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    The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was a local government district centred on the town of Farnworth in the administrative county of Lancashire, England...
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    burghs in Scotland County borough Ancient borough Metropolitan borough Municipal borough Boroughs of New York City Borough-English, a form of inheritance...
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    Municipal Borough of Ipswich was created in 1836 by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It was the form of local government for the ancient borough of...
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    Rowley Regis (/ˈraʊli ˈriːdʒɪs/ ROW-lee REE-jis) is a town and former municipal borough in Sandwell in the county of the West Midlands, England. It forms...
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    authorities. There were county boroughs, municipal boroughs, urban districts and metropolitan boroughs. The large county boroughs provided all local government...
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    Borough of Harrow (/ˈhæroʊ/) is a London borough in northwest London, England; it forms part of Outer London. It borders four other London boroughs –...
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    following year the urban district was incorporated to become a municipal borough. The borough was abolished in 1965 when the area was transferred from Middlesex...
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    of the Duchy of Lancaster. The former City and Municipal Borough of Lancaster and the Municipal Borough of Morecambe and Heysham, along with other authorities...
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    the ancient parish of Chepping Wycombe which was outside the former municipal borough of Wycombe. There has been a market held in the High Street since...
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    borough has taken the top spot. There had been a borough called Richmond since 1890 when the Municipal Borough of Richmond was created. It was enlarged in...
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    Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District...
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    reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country...
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    additional category of large burgh in the Scottish system (similar to a municipal borough in England and Wales), which were responsible for all services apart...
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  • charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally owned corporations. Municipal incorporation occurs when such...
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    town was granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1905. A borough council consisting of a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen...
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    London. The new districts replaced the previous system of county boroughs, municipal boroughs, and urban and rural districts. Metropolitan districts were originally...
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    be combined with that of the Municipal Borough of Southgate and the Municipal Borough of Enfield to form the London Borough of Enfield. Edmonton's old town...
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    former Municipal Borough of Hornsey, the Municipal Borough of Wood Green and the Municipal Borough of Tottenham. Unlike most other London boroughs, it was...
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    In 1934 the urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough. In 1965, the municipal borough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater...
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    district under the Local Government Act 1894 and a municipal borough by grant of a charter in 1922. The borough, which had 102,246 inhabitants in the 2021 census...
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    ancient borough, which became a municipal borough in 1835. Until 1934 the Municipal Borough of Penzance referred only to the town, but in 1934 the borough absorbed...
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    Ashton-under-Lyne Municipal Borough Audenshaw Urban District Denton Urban District Droylsden Urban District Dukinfield Municipal Borough Hyde Municipal Borough Longdendale...
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    by a new municipal borough council. The borough also became independent from the Hemel Hempstead Rural District. The first mayor of the borough was Sir...
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    government district, urban district and municipal borough. Its area now forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester. On 15 November...
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    north-easterly district of South West England. The first borough of Swindon was a municipal borough, created in 1900 as a merger of the two urban districts...
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    urban district of Chingford and Waltham Abbey. The council of the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow favoured an expansion of their boundaries that would...
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    1963, covering the combined area of the former Municipal Borough of Barking and the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, with the exceptions of a small area...
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    Windsor is a historic town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official...
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  • County boroughs Municipal or non-county boroughs Rural boroughs Many of the older boroughs could trace their origin to medieval charters or were boroughs by...
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