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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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    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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    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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    the urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough. The municipal borough became the London Borough of Harrow in 1965, with unaltered boundaries...
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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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    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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    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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    top spot. The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Twickenham from Middlesex with the Municipal Borough of Richmond and...
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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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    become a municipal borough. The borough council consisted of a mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors, and was divided into 8 wards. In 1934 the borough was...
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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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    Government Act 1894, gaining municipal borough status in 1903. John Robert Featherby was the first mayor of the Borough of Gillingham. In 1928 Rainham...
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    Nuneaton (/nəˈniːtən/ nə-NEE-tən) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth in Warwickshire, England, located adjacent to the county border...
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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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    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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  • 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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    a charter of incorporation and became a municipal borough at the same time renamed Southall. Southall Borough Council consisted of a mayor, 6 aldermen...
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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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    Willow. The borough was abolished under the London Government Act 1963 was merged with the Municipal Borough of Southgate and the Municipal Borough of Edmonton...
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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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    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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  • 1835 by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The "Mayor and Commonalty of the Borough of Colchester" was reformed as a municipal borough. On 1 April 1974...
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    northern part of the township of Barton. Eccles was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1892, part of which was in Barton poor law union, an inter-parish...
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    District. The district gained the status of municipal borough in 1931 and was renamed Barking. The borough ran its own tram services, Barking Town Urban...
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    a municipal borough. In 1965 the borough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater London and used to form part of the London Borough of...
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    the bailiff's title to mayor. Under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Hertford became a Municipal borough; the ratepayers elected twelve councillors...
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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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