Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882
The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 reformed 178 existing boroughs. It also allowed for further towns to submit petitions for the grant of a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough. There were 62 such incorporations before the 1835 act was repealed and replaced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1882.
1836 – The 178 reformed boroughs[]
Municipal borough |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anglesey | 1836 | 1974 | Anglesey - Ynys Môn | |
Bedford MB | Bedfordshire | 1836 | 1974 | Bedford |
Abingdon MB | Berkshire | 1836 | 1974 | Vale of White Horse |
Berkshire | 1836 | 1974 | Windsor and Maidenhead | |
Berkshire | 1836 | 1974 | Windsor and Maidenhead | |
Berkshire | 1836 | 1974 | Newbury | |
Reading MB | Berkshire | 1836 | 1889 | Reading CB |
Wallingford MB | Berkshire | 1836 | 1974 | South Oxfordshire |
Brecknockshire | 1836 | 1974 | Brecknock | |
Buckingham MB | Buckinghamshire | 1836 | 1974 | Aylesbury Vale |
Chepping Wycombe MB (1836-1946), High Wycombe MB (1946-74)[1] |
Buckinghamshire | 1836 | 1974 | Wycombe |
Caernarfonshire | 1836 | 1974 | Arfon | |
Caernarfonshire | 1836 | 1974 | Dwyfor | |
Cambridgeshire (1836-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74) | 1836 | 1974 | Cambridge | |
Cambridgeshire (1836-89), Isle of Ely (1889-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74) | 1836 | 1974 | Fenland | |
Cardiganshire | 1836 | 1974 | Ceredigion | |
Cardiganshire | 1836 | 1974 | Ceredigion | |
Carmarthenshire | 1836 | 1974 | Carmarthen | |
Carmarthenshire | 1836 | 1974 | Dinefwr | |
Chester MB | Cheshire | 1836 | 1889 | Chester CB |
Cheshire | 1836 | 1974 | Congleton | |
Cheshire | 1836 | 1974 | Macclesfield | |
Stockport MB | Cheshire and Lancashire | 1836 | 1889 | Stockport CB |
Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | North Cornwall | |
Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | Carrick | |
Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | Kerrier | |
, Launceston otherwise Dunheved MB | Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | North Cornwall |
Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | Caradon | |
Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | Carrick | |
Penzance MB | Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | Penwith |
Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | Penwith | |
Cornwall | 1836 | 1974 | Carrick | |
Durham MB | County Durham | 1836 | 1974 | Durham |
Gateshead MB | County Durham | 1836 | 1889 | Gateshead CB |
Stockton-on-Tees MB | County Durham | 1836 | 1968 | Teesside CB |
Sunderland MB | County Durham | 1836 | 1889 | Sunderland CB |
Carlisle MB | Cumberland | 1836 | 1915 | Carlisle CB |
Denbighshire | 1836 | 1974 | Glyndŵr | |
Denbighshire | 1836 | 1974 | Glyndŵr | |
Chesterfield MB | Derbyshire | 1836 | 1974 | Chesterfield |
Derby MB | Derbyshire | 1836 | 1889 | Derby CB |
Devon | 1836 | 1974 | North Devon | |
Devon | 1836 | 1974 | Torridge | |
, Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness MB | Devon | 1836 | 1974 | South Hams |
Exeter MB | Devon | 1836 | 1889 | Exeter CB |
Devon | 1836 | 1974 | Torridge | |
Plymouth MB | Devon | 1836 | 1889 | Plymouth CB |
Devon | 1836 | 1968 | Torbay CB | |
Devon | 1836 | 1974 | Tiverton | |
Devon | 1836 | 1974 | South Hams | |
Dorset | 1836 | 1974 | North Dorset | |
Dorset | 1836 | 1974 | West Dorset | |
Dorset | 1836 | 1974 | West Dorset | |
Dorset | 1836 | 1974 | West Dorset | |
Dorset | 1836 | 1974 | Poole | |
Dorset | 1836 | 1974 | North Dorset | |
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB | Dorset | 1836 | 1974 | Weymouth and Portland |
Essex | 1836 | 1974 | Colchester | |
Essex | 1836 | 1974 | Tendring | |
Essex | 1836 | 1974 | Maldon | |
Essex | 1836 | 1974 | Uttlesford | |
Flintshire | 1836 | 1974 | Delyn | |
Glamorganshire | 1836 | 1889 | Cardiff CB | |
Glamorganshire | 1836 | 1974 | Neath | |
Glamorganshire | 1836 | 1889 | Swansea CB | |
Gloucester MB | Gloucestershire | 1836 | 1889 | Gloucester CB |
Gloucestershire | 1836 | 1974 | Tewkesbury | |
Bristol MB | Gloucestershire and Somerset | 1836 | 1889 | Bristol CB |
Hampshire | 1836 | 1974 | Test Valley | |
Hampshire | 1836 | 1974 | Basingstoke | |
Hampshire | 1836 | 1974 | New Forest | |
Portsmouth MB | Hampshire | 1836 | 1889 | Portsmouth CB |
Hampshire | 1836 | 1974 | Test Valley | |
Southampton MB | Hampshire | 1836 | 1889 | Southampton CB |
Hampshire | 1836 | 1974 | Winchester | |
Hampshire (1836-89), Isle of Wight (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Medina | |
Herefordshire | 1836 | 1974 | Hereford | |
Herefordshire | 1836 | 1974 | Leominster | |
Hertford MB | Hertfordshire | 1836 | 1974 | East Hertfordshire |
St Albans MB | Hertfordshire | 1836 | 1974 | St Albans |
Huntingdonshire | 1836 | 1961 | Huntingdon and Godmanchester MB | |
Huntingdonshire | 1836 | 1961 | Huntingdon and Godmanchester MB | |
Canterbury MB | Kent | 1836 | 1889 | Canterbury CB |
Deal MB | Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Dover |
Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Dover | |
Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Swale | |
Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Shepway | |
Gravesend MB | Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Gravesham |
Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Shepway | |
Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Maidstone | |
Rochester MB | Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Rochester-upon-Medway |
Sandwich MB | Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Dover |
Kent | 1836 | 1974 | Ashford | |
Lancashire | 1836 | 1974 | Ribble Valley | |
Lancaster MB | Lancashire | 1836 | 1974 | Lancaster |
Liverpool MB | Lancashire | 1836 | 1889 | Liverpool CB |
Preston MB | Lancashire | 1836 | 1889 | Preston CB |
Wigan MB | Lancashire | 1836 | 1889 | Wigan CB |
Leicester MB | Leicestershire | 1836 | 1889 | Leicester CB |
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Boston | |
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | South Kesteven | |
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | South Kesteven | |
Great Grimsby MB | Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-91) | 1836 | 1891 | Grimsby CB |
Lincoln MB | Lincolnshire | 1836 | 1889 | Lincoln CB |
Louth MB | Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
Monmouthshire | 1836 | 1974 | Monmouth | |
Newport MB | Monmouthshire | 1836 | 1891 | Newport CB |
Montgomeryshire | 1836 | 1974 | Montgomery | |
Montgomeryshire | 1836 | 1974 | Montgomery | |
, Lynn Regis MB | Norfolk | 1836 | 1974 | West Norfolk |
Norwich MB | Norfolk | 1836 | 1889 | Norwich CB |
Norfolk and Suffolk | 1836 | 1889 | ||
Norfolk and Suffolk (1836-89), Norfolk (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Breckland | |
Northamptonshire | 1836 | 1974 | Daventry | |
Northampton MB | Northamptonshire | 1836 | 1889 | Northampton CB |
Northumberland | 1836 | 1974 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | |
Northumberland | 1836 | 1974 | Castle Morpeth | |
Newcastle upon Tyne MB | Northumberland | 1836 | 1889 | Newcastle upon Tyne CB |
East Retford MB | Nottinghamshire | 1836 | 1974 | Bassetlaw |
Newark MB | Nottinghamshire | 1836 | 1974 | Newark |
Nottingham MB | Nottinghamshire | 1836 | 1889 | Nottingham CB |
Oxfordshire | 1836 | 1974 | West Oxfordshire | |
Oxford MB | Oxfordshire | 1836 | 1889 | Oxford CB |
Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire (1836-89), Oxfordshire (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Cherwell | |
Pembrokeshire | 1836 | 1974 | Preseli | |
Pembrokeshire | 1836 | 1974 | South Pembrokeshire | |
Pembrokeshire | 1836 | 1974 | South Pembrokeshire | |
Shropshire | 1836 | 1967 | absorbed by (Rural Borough) | |
Shropshire | 1836 | 1967 | absorbed by Ludlow RD (Rural Borough) | |
Shropshire | 1836 | 1967 | absorbed by (Rural Borough) | |
Shropshire | 1836 | 1974 | Shrewsbury | |
, Much Wenlock MB | Shropshire | 1836 | 1967 | absorbed by (Rural Borough) |
Bath MB | Somerset | 1836 | 1889 | Bath CB |
Somerset | 1836 | 1974 | Sedgemoor | |
Somerset | 1836 | 1974 | Yeovil | |
Somerset | 1836 | 1974 | Mendip | |
Somerset | 1836 | 1974 | Mendip | |
Lichfield MB | Staffordshire | 1836 | 1974 | Lichfield |
Staffordshire | 1836 | 1974 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
Staffordshire | 1836 | 1974 | Stafford | |
Walsall MB | Staffordshire | 1836 | 1889 | Walsall CB |
Staffordshire and Warwickshire (1836-89), Staffordshire (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Tamworth | |
Ipswich MB | Suffolk | 1836 | 1889 | Ipswich CB |
Suffolk and Essex (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Babergh | |
Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Waveney | |
Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Mid Suffolk | |
Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Waveney | |
Suffolk (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | St Edmundsbury | |
Surrey | 1836 | 1974 | Waverley | |
Surrey | 1836 | 1974 | Guildford | |
Kingston upon Thames MB | Surrey | 1836 | 1965 | Kingston upon Thames |
Hastings MB | Sussex | 1836 | 1889 | Hastings CB |
Sussex (1836-89), East Sussex (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Rother | |
Sussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Arun | |
Sussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Chichester | |
Coventry MB | Warwickshire | 1836 | 1889 | Coventry CB |
Warwickshire | 1836 | 1974 | Stratford-on-Avon | |
Warwickshire | 1836 | 1974 | Warwick | |
Kendal MB | Westmorland | 1836 | 1974 | South Lakeland |
Wiltshire | 1836 | 1974 | North Wiltshire | |
Wiltshire | 1836 | 1974 | North Wiltshire | |
Wiltshire | 1836 | 1974 | Kennet | |
Wiltshire | 1836 | 1974 | Kennet | |
, New Sarum MB | Wiltshire | 1836 | 1974 | Salisbury |
Bewdley MB | Worcestershire | 1836 | 1974 | Wyre Forest |
Worcestershire | 1836 | 1974 | Wychavon | |
Worcestershire | 1836 | 1974 | Wychavon | |
Kidderminster MB | Worcestershire | 1836 | 1974 | Wyre Forest |
Worcester MB | Worcestershire | 1836 | 1889 | Worcester CB |
Yorkshire (1836-89), East Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Beverley | |
Kingston upon Hull MB | Yorkshire | 1836 | 1889 | Kingston upon Hull CB |
York MB | Yorkshire | 1836 | 1889 | York CB |
Yorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Richmondshire | |
Yorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Scarborough | |
Doncaster MB | Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1927) | 1836 | 1927 | Doncaster CB |
Leeds MB | Yorkshire | 1836 | 1889 | Leeds CB |
Pontefract MB | Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Wakefield |
Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) | 1836 | 1974 | Harrogate |
1837-82[]
Up to 1851, eighteen boroughs were incorporated: sixteen towns that had been enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832 and two of the boroughs unreformed in 1835 were brought under the act.
In the following years a further six unreformed boroughs were incorporated and 38 other towns became municipalities. Most of the newly incorporated towns were rapidly growing industrial centres. A number of coastal resorts were created boroughs, reflecting the growth of seaside tourism, and in 1875 Leamington Spa became the first inland spa resort to gain incorporation.
Municipal Borough |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Devonport MB† | Devon | 1837[2][3] | 1889 | Devonport CB |
Bolton MB† | Lancashire | 1838[4] | 1889 | Bolton CB |
Birmingham MB† | Warwickshire | 1838[5] | 1889 | Birmingham CB |
Manchester MB† | Lancashire | 1838[6] | 1889 | Manchester CB |
Sheffield MB† | Yorkshire | 1843[7] | 1889 | Sheffield CB |
Salford MB† | Lancashire | 1844[8] | 1889 | Salford CB |
Honiton MB‡ | Devon | 1846 | 1974 | East Devon |
Ashton-under-Lyne MB† | Lancashire | 1847 | 1974 | Tameside |
Bradford MB† | Yorkshire | 1847 | 1889 | Bradford CB |
Warrington MB† | Lancashire and Cheshire (1847-89), Lancashire (1889-1900) | 1847 | 1900 | Warrington CB |
Halifax MB† | Yorkshire | 1848 | 1889 | Halifax CB |
Wakefield MB† | Yorkshire (1848-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1915) | 1848 | 1915 | Wakefield CB |
Wolverhampton MB† | Staffordshire | 1848 | 1889 | Wolverhampton CB |
Oldham MB† | Lancashire | 1849 | 1889 | Oldham CB |
Tynemouth MB† | Northumberland | 1849 | 1904 | Tynemouth CB |
Hartlepool MB‡ | County Durham | 1850 | 1967 | Hartlepool CB |
South Shields MB† | County Durham | 1850 | 1889 | South Shields CB |
Blackburn MB† | Lancashire | 1851 | 1889 | Blackburn CB |
Middlesbrough MB | Yorkshire | 1853 | 1889 | Middlesbrough CB |
Brighton MB† | Sussex | 1854 | 1889 | Brighton CB |
Yeovil MB‡ | Somerset | 1854 | 1974 | Yeovil |
Rochdale MB† | Lancashire | 1856 | 1889 | Rochdale CB |
Hanley MB | Staffordshire | 1857 | 1889 | Hanley CB |
Margate MB | Kent | 1857 | 1974 | Thanet |
Stalybridge MB | Cheshire and Lancashire (1857-89), Cheshire (1889-1974) | 1857 | 1974 | Tameside |
Wrexham MB | Denbighshire | 1857 | 1974 | Wrexham Maelor |
Hedon MB‡ | Yorkshire (1861-89), East Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) | 1861[9] | 1974 | Holderness |
Aberavon MB‡ | Glamorganshire | 1861 | 1921 | |
Burnley MB | Lancashire | 1861 | 1889 | Burnley CB |
Dewsbury MB | Yorkshire (1862-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1913) | 1862 | 1913 | Dewsbury CB |
Reigate MB‡ | Surrey | 1863 | 1974 | Reigate and Banstead |
Dunstable MB‡ | Bedfordshire | 1864 | 1974 | South Bedfordshire |
Dudley MB† | Worcestershire | 1865 | 1889 | Dudley CB |
Longton MB | Staffordshire | 1865 | 1910 | Stoke on Trent CB |
Glossop MB | Derbyshire | 1866 | 1974 | High Peak |
Southport MB | Lancashire | 1866 | 1905 | Southport CB |
Barrow-in-Furness MB | Lancashire | 1867 | 1889 | Barrow-in-Furness CB |
Darlington MB | County Durham | 1867 | 1915 | Darlington CB |
Batley MB | Yorkshire (1869-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) | 1868 | 1974 | Kirklees |
Bootle cum Linacre MB | Lancashire | 1868 | 1889 | Bootle CB |
Huddersfield MB† | Yorkshire | 1868 | 1889 | Huddersfield CB |
Ryde MB | Hampshire (1868-89), Isle of Wight (1889-1974) | 1868 | 1974 | Medina |
St Helens MB | Lancashire | 1868 | 1889 | St Helens CB |
Barnsley MB | Yorkshire (1869-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1913) | 1869 | 1913 | Barnsley CB |
Rotherham MB | Yorkshire (1871-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1902) | 1871 | 1902 | Rotherham CB |
Peterborough MB | Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire (1874-89), Soke of Peterborough (1889-1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965-74) |
1874 | 1974 | Peterborough |
St Ives MB | Huntingdonshire (1874-1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965-74) | 1874 | 1974 | Huntingdon |
Stoke upon Trent MB† | Staffordshire | 1874 | 1910 | Stoke on Trent CB |
Jarrow MB | County Durham | 1875 | 1974 | South Tyneside |
Royal Leamington Spa MB | Warwickshire | 1875 | 1974 | Warwick |
Blackpool MB | Lancashire | 1876 | 1904 | Blackpool CB |
Bury MB† | Lancashire | 1876 | 1889 | Bury CB |
Cheltenham MB† | Gloucestershire | 1876 | 1974 | Cheltenham |
Luton MB | Bedfordshire | 1876 | 1964 | Luton CB |
Birkenhead MB | Cheshire | 1877 | 1889 | Birkenhead CB |
Crewe MB | Cheshire | 1877 | 1974 | Crewe and Nantwich |
Accrington MB | Lancashire | 1878 | 1974 | Hyndburn |
Burslem MB | Staffordshire | 1878 | 1910 | Stoke on Trent CB |
Burton upon Trent MB | Staffordshire and Derbyshire (1878-89), Staffordshire (1889-1901) | 1878 | 1901 | Burton upon Trent CB |
Darwen MB | Lancashire | 1878 | 1974 | Blackburn |
Chorley MB | Lancashire | 1881 | 1974 | Chorley |
Heywood MB | Lancashire | 1881 | 1974 | Rochdale |
Hyde MB | Cheshire | 1881 | 1974 | Tameside |
Lewes MB‡ | Sussex (1881-89), East Sussex (1889-1974) | 1881 | 1974 | Lewes |
† Boroughs enfranchised 1832 ‡ Borough unreformed in 1835
References[]
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- ^ Petition submitted to the Privy Council on 28 January 1837 "No. 19462". The London Gazette. 31 January 1837. pp. 221–222.
- ^ Charter granted 20 October 1837 "Incorporation of Devonport". Morning Post. 25 October 1837.
- ^ Local Authority Records Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Bolton Museums and Archive Service. URL accessed 12 July 2008.
- ^ "A brief history of the Birmingham City Council". Birmingham Community Safety Partnership. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "Manchester Quarter Sessions Records". Access to Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "History of the Lord Mayor". Sheffield City Council. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "Townships: Salford". A History of the County of Lancaster, Vol.4. British History Online. 1911. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ The Municipal corporations act was applied to the borough by the Hedon Corporation and Borough Improvement Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict c.xxxi). The first elections to the reformed borough were held on 1 November 1860. "Municipal Elections". Hull Packet & East Riding Times. 2 November 1860.
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