List of urban districts formed in England and Wales 1896–1974
The following is a list of towns in England and Wales which formed urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 in the years following its introduction. For districts formed when the act came into force see: Urban districts formed in England and Wales 1894–95.
Note for table: 'UD' stands for Urban District, 'RD' stands for Rural District, 'MB' stands for Municipal Borough and 'CB' stands for County Borough.
1896-99[]
In the period 1896-99 sixty urban districts were formed and twenty-two abolished, a net increase of 38, bringing the total number of urban districts to 813.
Urban District |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kempston UD | Bedfordshire | 1896 | 1974 | Bedford |
Great Marlow UD (1896–97),[1] Marlow UD (1897-1974) | Buckinghamshire | 1896 | 1974 | Wycombe |
Devon | 1896 | 1913 | absorbed by Exeter CB | |
County Durham | 1896 | 1937 | absorbed by and Stanley UD | |
Essex | 1896 | 1974 | Tendring | |
Essex | 1896 | 1974 | Epping Forest | |
Hampshire | 1896 | 1974 | Rushmoor | |
Alford UD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1896 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
Mablethorpe UD (1894-1925),[2] Mablethorpe and Sutton UD (1925–74) |
Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1896 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
Northamptonshire | 1896 | 1900 | absorbed by Northampton CB | |
Northamptonshire | 1896 | 1900 | absorbed by Northampton CB | |
Northumberland | 1896 | 1974 | Wansbeck | |
Northumberland | 1896 | 1935 | absorbed by | |
Eastwood UD | Nottinghamshire | 1896 | 1974 | Broxtowe |
Kirkby in Ashfield UD | Nottinghamshire | 1896 | 1974 | Ashfield |
Somerset | 1896 | 1933 | absorbed by | |
Staffordshire | 1896 | 1974 | East Staffordshire | |
West Suffolk | 1896 | 1935 | absorbed by Melford RD | |
Darfield UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1896 | 1974 | Barnsley |
West Riding of Yorkshire | 1896 | 1974 | Barnsley | |
Linslade UD | Buckinghamshire | 1897 | 1965 | Leighton-Linslade UD, Bedfordshire |
Newport Pagnell UD | Buckinghamshire | 1897 | 1974 | Milton Keynes |
Cornwall | 1897 | 1974 | Penwith | |
Leigh on Sea UD | Essex | 1897 | 1913 | absorbed by |
Hertfordshire | 1897 | 1974 | North Hertfordshire | |
Northamptonshire | 1897 | 1974 | East Northamptonshire | |
Worcestershire | 1897 | 1933 | absorbed by | |
Montgomeryshire | 1897[3] | 1974 | Montgomery | |
Cornwall | 1898 | 1974 | Caradon | |
Cornwall | 1898 | 1934 | Wadebridge RD | |
Devon | 1898 | 1974 | Teignbridge | |
Devon | 1898 | 1966 | absorbed by | |
County Durham | 1898 | 1937 | Crook and Willington UD | |
East Sussex | 1898 | 1974 | Hove | |
Essex | 1898 | 1974 | Maldon | |
Essex | 1898 | 1974 | Colchester | |
Itchen UD | Hampshire | 1898 | 1920 | absorbed by Southampton CB |
Harpenden UD | Hertfordshire | 1898 | 1974 | St Albans |
Rickmansworth UD | Hertfordshire | 1898 | 1974 | Three Rivers |
Kent | 1898 | 1934 | absorbed by and | |
Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1898 | 1920 | absorbed by Lincoln CB | |
Woodhall Spa UD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1898 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
Shropshire | 1898 | 1974 | The Wrekin | |
Amblecote UD | Staffordshire | 1898 | 1966 | absorbed by Dudley CB and |
King's Norton and Northfield UD | Worcestershire | 1898 | 1912 | absorbed by Birmingham CB and |
Worcestershire | 1898 | 1974 | Malvern Hills | |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 1898 | 1974 | Holderness | |
Brentwood UD | Essex | 1899 | 1974 | Brentwood |
Penge UD | Kent | 1899 | 1965 | Bromley |
Lancashire | 1899 | 1928 | absorbed by Morecambe and Heysham MB | |
Lancashire | 1899 | 1974 | Bury | |
Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1899 | 1974 | South Kesteven | |
Church Stretton UD | Shropshire | 1899 | 1966 | absorbed by Ludlow RD |
Somerset | 1899 | 1974 | Yeovil | |
Caterham UD (1899-1929),[4] Caterham and Warlingham UD (1929–74)[5] |
Surrey | 1899 | 1974 | Tandridge |
Wiltshire | 1899 | 1974 | West Wiltshire | |
West Sussex | 1899 | 1974 | Adur | |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 1899 | 1935 | Haltemprice UD | |
West Riding of Yorkshire | 1899 | 1937 | Dearne UD | |
Stanley UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1899 | 1974 | Wakefield |
1900-09[]
In the 1900s forty-six urban districts were formed and forty-one abolished, a net increase of 5, bringing the total number of urban districts to an all-time high of 818.
Urban District |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cheshire | 1900 | 1974 | Trafford | |
Hazel Grove and Bramhall UD | Cheshire | 1900 | 1974 | Stockport |
Stratton and Bude UD (1900–34),[6] (1934–74) |
Cornwall | 1900 | 1974 | North Cornwall |
Devon | 1900 | 1964 | absorbed by | |
East Suffolk | 1900 | 1974 | Waveney | |
East Suffolk | 1900 | 1974 | Suffolk Coastal | |
Loughton UD | Essex | 1900 | 1933 | Chigwell UD |
Chislehurst UD | Kent | 1900 | 1934 | Chislehurst and Sidcup UD |
Lancashire | 1900 | 1974 | Wyre | |
Preesall with Hackensall UD (1900–10),[7] Preesall UD (1910–74) |
Lancashire | 1900 | 1974 | Wyre |
Lancashire | 1900 | 1974 | Wyre | |
Shropshire | 1900 | 1967 | North Shropshire RD | |
Cudworth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1900 | 1974 | Barnsley |
Saddleworth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1900 | 1974 | Oldham |
West Riding of Yorkshire | 1900 | 1914 | absorbed by Doncaster MB | |
Cornwall | 1901 | 1934 | absorbed by St Germans RD | |
Essex | 1901 | 1934 | ||
Sawbridgeworth UD | Hertfordshire | 1901 | 1974 | East Hertfordshire |
Norfolk | 1901 | 1974 | North Norfolk | |
Northamptonshire | 1901 | 1974 | East Northamptonshire | |
Cheshire | 1902 | 1936 | absorbed by Bredbury and Romiley UD and Hyde MB | |
Ellesmere Port and Whitby UD (1902–33),[8] (1933–55)[9] |
Cheshire | 1902 | 1955 | |
Foots Cray UD (1902–21),[10] Sidcup UD (1921–34)[11] |
Kent | 1902 | 1934 | Chislehurst and Sidcup UD |
Somerset | 1902 | 1974 | West Somerset | |
North Riding of Yorkshire | 1902 | 1974 | Scarborough | |
Lancashire | 1903 | 1918 | absorbed by Blackpool CB | |
Cheshire | 1904 | 1936 | absorbed by Cheadle and Gatley UD and Wilmslow UD | |
Cornwall | 1904 | 1974 | Caradon | |
East Suffolk | 1904 | 1919 | absorbed by | |
Hampshire | 1904 | 1974 | Hart | |
Feltham UD | Middlesex | 1904 | 1965 | Hounslow |
Hayes UD (1904–30),[12] Hayes and Harlington UD (1930–65) |
Middlesex | 1904 | 1965 | Hillingdon |
Ruislip-Northwood UD | Middlesex | 1904 | 1965 | Hillingdon |
Wolstanton United UD | Staffordshire | 1904 | 1932 | absorbed by |
Old Fletton UD | Huntingdonshire (1905–65), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) |
1905 | 1974 | Peterborough |
Lancashire | 1905 | 1974 | Sefton | |
Westmorland | 1905 | 1935 | absorbed by North Westmorland RD | |
Bushey UD | Hertfordshire | 1906 | 1974 | Hertsmere |
Surrey | 1906 | 1974 | Runnymede | |
Merton UD (1907–13),[13] Merton and Morden UD (1913–65) |
Surrey | 1907 | 1965 | Merton |
Garforth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1908 | 1974 | Leeds |
Gelligaer UD | Glamorganshire | 1908 | 1974 | Rhymney Valley, Merthyr Tydfil |
West Riding of Yorkshire | 1908 | 1937 | Dearne UD | |
County Durham | 1909 | 1974 | Chester-le-Street | |
Surrey | 1909 | 1933 | Bagshot RD | |
West Riding of Yorkshire | 1909 | 1974 | Pendle |
1910-19[]
In the 1910s twenty-one urban districts were formed and forty-one abolished, a net decrease of 20, bringing the total number of urban districts to 798.
Urban District |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Suffolk | 1910 | 1974 | Waveney | |
Northumberland | 1910 | 1974 | Tynedale | |
Derbyshire | 1911 | 1920 | absorbed by Chesterfield MB | |
Yiewsley UD (1911–29),[14] Yiewsley and West Drayton UD (1929–65) |
Middlesex | 1911 | 1965 | Hillingdon |
Oakham UD | Rutland | 1911 | 1974 | Rutland |
West Riding of Yorkshire | 1911 | 1974 | Doncaster | |
Tilbury UD | Essex | 1912 | 1936 | Thurrock UD |
Northumberland | 1912 | 1974 | North Tyneside | |
Northumberland | 1912 | 1935 | Seaton Valley UD, absorbed by and | |
Chorleywood UD | Hertfordshire | 1913 | 1974 | Three Rivers |
Leicestershire | 1913 | 1974 | Oadby and Wigston | |
Surrey | 1913 | 1974 | Waverley | |
Shropshire | 1914 | 1966 | Market Drayton RD | |
Devon | 1915 | 1953 | absorbed by Axminster RD | |
Beddington and Wallington UD | Surrey | 1915 | 1937 | Beddington and Wallington MB |
Coulsdon and Purley UD | Surrey | 1915 | 1965 | Croydon |
Mitcham UD | Surrey | 1915 | 1934 | Mitcham MB |
Adwick le Street UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1915 | 1974 | Doncaster |
Spenborough UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1915 | 1955 | Spenborough MB |
Stratford and Wolverton UD (1919–20),[15] Wolverton UD (1920–74)[16] |
Buckinghamshire | 1919 | 1974 | Milton Keynes |
Letchworth UD | Hertfordshire | 1919 | 1974 | North Hertfordshire |
1920-29[]
In the 1920s twenty-five urban districts were formed and thirty-nine abolished, a net decrease of 14, bringing the total number of urban districts to 784.
Urban District |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Crayford UD | Kent | 1920 | 1965 | Bexley |
Conisbrough UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1921 | 1974 | Doncaster |
Hemsworth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1921 | 1974 | Wakefield |
Bebington and Bromborough UD (1922–33),[17] Bebington UD (1933–37)[18] |
Cheshire | 1922 | 1937 | Bebington MB |
County Durham | 1922 | 1974 | Sunderland | |
Billingham UD | County Durham | 1923 | 1968 | absorbed by and Teesside CB |
Northamptonshire | 1923 | 1974 | Kettering | |
Maltby UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1924 | 1974 | Rotherham |
Worcestershire | 1925 | 1936 | ||
Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1925 | 1938 | absorbed by Holmfirth UD and Kirkburton UD |
Canvey Island UD | Essex | 1926 | 1974 | Castle Point |
Dagenham UD | Essex | 1926 | 1938 | Dagenham MB |
Hornchurch UD | Essex | 1926 | 1965 | Havering |
Essex | 1926 | 1974 | Colchester | |
Hampshire | 1926 | 1932 | absorbed by | |
Swanscombe UD | Kent | 1926 | 1974 | Dartford |
Sandy UD | Bedfordshire | 1927 | 1974 | Mid Bedfordshire |
Gloucestershire | 1927 | 1974 | Kingswood | |
Welwyn Garden City UD | Hertfordshire | 1927 | 1974 | Welwyn Hatfield |
Brentford and Chiswick UD | Middlesex | 1927 | 1932 | Brentford and Chiswick MB |
Oxfordshire | 1927 | 1929 | absorbed by Oxford CB | |
Bedworth UD | Warwickshire | 1928 | 1974 | Nuneaton |
Benfleet UD | Essex | 1929 | 1974 | Castle Point |
Purfleet UD | Essex | 1929 | 1936 | Thurrock UD |
Rayleigh UD | Essex | 1929 | 1974 | Rochford |
1930-39[]
In the 1930s forty-one urban districts were formed and two hundred fifty-three abolished, a net decrease of 212, bringing the total number of urban districts to 572. This was largely due to the County review orders instigated by the Local Government Act 1929.
Urban District |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glamorganshire | 1930 | 1974 | Lliw Valley | |
Sittingbourne and Milton UD | Kent | 1930 | 1974 | Swale |
Warwickshire | 1932 | 1954 | ||
Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea UD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1932 | 1974 | Langbaurgh |
Wirral UD | Cheshire | 1933 | 1974 | Wirral |
Chigwell UD | Essex | 1933 | 1974 | Epping Forest |
Sandown-Shanklin UD | Isle of Wight | 1933 | 1974 | South Wight |
Somerset | 1933 | 1974 | Wansdyke | |
Banstead UD | Surrey | 1933 | 1974 | Reigate and Banstead |
Walton and Weybridge UD | Surrey | 1933 | 1974 | Elmbridge |
Camborne-Redruth UD | Cornwall | 1934 | 1974 | Kerrier |
Billericay UD | Essex | 1934 | 1955 | Basildon UD |
Essex | 1934 | 1974 | Tendring | |
Wanstead and Woodford UD | Essex | 1934 | 1937 | Wanstead and Woodford MB |
Chislehurst and Sidcup UD | Kent | 1934 | 1965 | Bexley, Bromley |
Orpington UD | Kent | 1934 | 1965 | Bromley |
Potters Bar UD | Middlesex (1934–65), Hertfordshire (1965–74) | 1934 | 1974 | Hertsmere |
Staffordshire | 1934 | 1966 | Aldridge-Brownhills UD | |
Pembrokeshire | 1934 | 1974 | Preseli | |
Denbighshire | 1935 | 1974 | Colwyn | |
Monmouthshire | 1935 | 1974 | Torfaen | |
Derbyshire | 1935 | 1974 | Chesterfield | |
Norfolk | 1935 | 1974 | South Norfolk | |
Seaton Valley UD | Northumberland | 1935 | 1974 | Blyth Valley, North Tyneside |
Beeston and Stapleford UD | Nottinghamshire | 1935 | 1974 | Broxtowe |
Lakes UD | Westmorland | 1935 | 1974 | Eden, South Lakeland |
Haltemprice UD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1935 | 1974 | Beverley |
Derbyshire | 1936 | 1974 | High Peak | |
County Durham | 1936 | 1974 | South Tyneside | |
Thurrock UD | Essex | 1936 | 1974 | Thurrock, Basildon |
Crook and Willington UD | County Durham | 1937 | 1974 | Wear Valley |
Aireborough UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Leeds |
Colne Valley UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Kirklees |
Dearne UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Barnsley |
Hebden Royd UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale |
Queensbury and Shelf UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale, Bradford |
Ripponden UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale |
Sowerby Bridge UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale |
Somerset | 1938 | 1974 | Wansdyke | |
Denby Dale UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1938 | 1974 | Kirklees |
Northamptonshire | 1939 | 1974 | Corby |
1940-74[]
From 1940 until their abolition in 1974, there were only six more urban districts formed and a further fifty-six abolished, a net decrease of 50, bringing the total number of urban districts to 522.
Urban District |
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Successor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Basildon UD | Essex | 1955 | 1974 | Basildon |
Harlow UD | Essex | 1955 | 1974 | Harlow |
West Sussex | 1956 | 1974 | Crawley | |
Kirkby UD | Lancashire | 1958 | 1974 | Knowsley |
Leighton-Linslade UD | Bedfordshire | 1965 | 1974 | South Bedfordshire |
Aldridge-Brownhills UD | Staffordshire | 1966 | 1974 | Walsall |
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