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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Ipswich (redirect from Municipal Borough of Ipswich)
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 (redirect from Rowley Regis Municipal Borough)
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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Lancaster, Lancashire (redirect from Municipal Borough of Lancaster)
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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High Wycombe (redirect from Municipal Borough of High Wycombe)
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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Watford (redirect from Municipal Borough of Watford)
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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Penzance (redirect from Municipal Borough of Penzance)
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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Tameside (redirect from Metropolitan Borough of Tameside)
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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Hemel Hempstead (redirect from Municipal Borough of Hemel Hempstead)
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, Berkshire (redirect from Municipal Borough of Windsor)
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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