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Hundreds
Ancient boroughs: Up to late 19th century
Ancient parishes: Up to late 19th century
Sanitary Districts
Poor Law Unions
Boroughs and districts: Late 19th century to 1974
Abbreviation | Meaning |
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CB | County Borough |
Dist | District or modern Borough |
MunB | Municipal Borough |
MetB | Metropolitan Borough |
RD | Rural District |
UD | Urban District |
Name | Type | Creation Date | Predecessor(s) |
Gains (G) and Losses (L) | Abolition Date | Successor(s) |
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Alderley Edge | Urban District | 1894[1] | 1974[2] | Macclesfield Dist[2] | ||
Alsager | Urban District | 1894[3] | 1974[2] | Congleton Dist[2] | ||
Altrincham | Municipal Borough | 1937[4] | Altrincham UD; Bucklow RD (part) |
1974[5] | Trafford MetB[6] | |
Altrincham | Urban District | 1894[7] | 1937[7] | Altrincham MunB | ||
Altrincham | Rural District | 1894[7] | 1895[7] | Bucklow RD | ||
Ashton upon Mersey | Urban District | 1895[7] | 1930[7] | Sale UD[8] | ||
Bebington | Urban District | 1933[7] | Bebington and Bromborough UD | 1937[7] | ||
Bebington and Bromborough | Urban District | 1922[7] | Higher Bebington UD; Lower Bebington UD[9] |
1933[7] | Bebington UD | |
Bebington | Municipal Borough | 1937[4] | Bromborough UD; Higher Bebington UD; Lower Bebington UD; Wirrall RD (part) |
1974[10] | Wirral MetB[11] | |
Bollington | Urban District | 1974[2] | Macclesfield Dist[2] | |||
Bowdon | Urban District | 1974[5] | Trafford MetB[6] | |||
Birkenhead | County Borough | 1888[4] | 1974[10] | Wirral MetB[11] | ||
Bredbury and Romiley | Urban District | 1894 | 1974[5] | Stockport MetB[12] | ||
Bromborough | Urban District | 1894[7] | 1933[7] | Bebington MunB | ||
Bucklow | Rural District | 1895[7] | 1974[13] | Trafford MetB;[14] Manchester MetB;[15] Macclesfield Dist[16] | ||
Buglawton | Urban District | 1894[7] | 1936[7] | |||
Cheadle and Gatley | Urban District | 1894[17] | 1974[5] | Stockport MetB[12] | ||
Chester[18] | County Borough | 1888[4] | 1974[2] | Chester Dist[2] | ||
Chester | Rural District | 1974[2] | Chester Dist[2] | |||
Compstall | Urban District | 1902[7] | 1936[7] | |||
Congleton | Municipal Borough | 1974[2] | Congleton Dist[2] | |||
Congleton | Rural District | 1974[2] | Congleton Dist[2] | |||
Crewe | Municipal Borough | 1877[4] | 1974[2] | Crewe and Nantwich Dist[2] | ||
Disley | Rural District | 1936 (G)[19] | 1974[2] | Macclesfield Dist[2] | ||
Dukinfield | Municipal Borough | 1899[4] | 1974[5] | Tameside MetB[20] | ||
Dukinfield | Urban District | 1894[21] | 1899[21] | Dukinfield MunB[4] | ||
Ellesmere Port | Urban District | 1933[21] | Ellesmere Port and Whitby UD | 1955[21] | Ellesmere Port MunB | |
Ellesmere Port | Municipal Borough | 1955[4] | 1974[2] | Ellesmere Port and Neston Dist[2] | ||
Ellesmere Port and Whitby | Urban District | 1902[21] | Chester RD (part), Wirral RD (part) | 1933[21] | Ellesmere Port UD | |
Hale | Urban District | 1900[21] | 1974[22] | Trafford MetB[6] | ||
Handforth | Urban District | 1904[21] | Stockport RD[23] | 1936[21] | Cheadle and Gatley UD;[24] Wilmslow UD[24] | |
Hazel Grove and Bramhall | Urban District | 1900[21] | Stockport RD[25] | 1974[22] | Stockport MetB[12] | |
Higher Bebington | Urban District | 1894[7] | 1922[7] | Bebington and Bromborough UD[9] | ||
Hollingworth | Urban District | 1894[21] | 1936[21] | |||
Hoole | Urban District | 1894[21] | 1954[21] | |||
Hoylake | Urban District | 1933[21] | Hoylake and West Kirby UD | 1974[26] | Wirral MetB[11] | |
Hoylake and West Kirby | Urban District | 1897[21] | West Kirby and Hoylake UD | 1933[21] | Hoylake UD | |
Hyde | Municipal Borough | 1881[4] | 1974[5] | Tameside MetB[20] | ||
Knutsford | Urban District | 1895[21] | 1974[21] | Macclesfield Dist[2] | ||
Longdendale | Urban District | 1936[21] | 1974[22] | Tameside MetB[20] | ||
Lower Bebington | Urban District | 1894[7] | 1922[7] | Bebington and Bromborough UD[9] | ||
Lymm | Urban District | 1974[2] | Warrington Dist[2] | |||
Macclesfield | Municipal Borough | 1974[2] | Macclesfield Dist[2] | |||
Macclesfield | Rural District | 1894[27] | 1974[2] | Macclesfield Dist[2] | ||
Malpas | Rural District | 1894[21] | 1936[21] | Tarvin RD (the larger part); Nantwich RD (the smaller part) | ||
Marple | Urban District | 1894[28] | 1974[5] | Stockport MetB[12] | ||
Middlewich | Urban District | 1974[2] | Congleton Dist[2] | |||
Mottram in Longdendale | Urban District | 1894[21] | 1936[21] | Longdendale UD | ||
Nantwich | Rural District | 1974[2] | Crewe and Nantwich Dist[2] | |||
Nantwich | Urban District | 1974[2] | Crewe and Nantwich Dist[2] | |||
Neston | Urban District | 1933[21] | Neston and Parkgate UD | 1974[21] | Ellesmere Port and Neston Dist[2] | |
Neston and Parkgate | Urban District | 1894[21] | 1933[21] | Neston UD | ||
Northwich | Rural District | 1974[2] | Vale Royal Dist[2] | |||
Northwich | Urban District | 1974[2] | Vale Royal Dist[2] | |||
Runcorn | Rural District | 1937 (L)[29] | 1974[2] | Vale Royal Dist;[2] Warrington Dist;[2] Halton Dist[2] | ||
Runcorn | Urban District | 1974[2] | Halton Dist[2] | |||
Sale | Municipal Borough | 1936[4] | 1974[5] | Trafford MetB[6] | ||
Sale | Urban District | 1894[30] | 1935[2] | Sale MunB | ||
Sandbach | Urban District | 1974[2] | Congleton Dist[2] | |||
Stalybridge | Municipal Borough | 1857[4] | 1974[5] | Tameside MetB[20] | ||
Stockport[31] | County Borough | 1888[4] | 1974[5] | Stockport MetB[12] | ||
Stockport | Rural District | 1894[2] | 1904[2] | Handforth UD[32] | ||
Tarporley | Urban District | 1894[2] | 1936[2] | |||
Tarvin | Rural District | pre 1937 (G)[33] | 1974[2] | Chester Dist[2] | ||
Tintwistle | Rural District | 1974[34] | High Peak Dist[35] | |||
Tittenley | Rural District | 1894[36] | none | 1895[36] | Drayton RD (Shropshire)[36] | |
Wallasey | County Borough | 1888[4] | 1974[10] | Wirral MetB[11] | ||
Wallasey | Urban District | 1894[2] | 1910[2] | Wallasey MunB | ||
Wilmslow | Urban District | 1974[2] | Macclesfield Dist[2] | |||
Winsford | Urban District | 1974[2] | Vale Royal Dist[2] | |||
Wirral | Rural District | 1894[2] | 1933[2] | |||
Wirral | Urban District | 1974[10] | Wirral MetB[11] | |||
Yeardsley cum Whaley | Urban District | 1894[2] | 1936[2] | Whaley Bridge UD Disley RD[37] |
Boroughs and districts: 1974 to 2009
Abbreviation | Meaning |
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NUA | Non-Unitary Authority |
UA | Unitary Authority |
Name | Type | Creation Date | Predecessor(s) |
Gains (G) and Losses (L) | Abolition or End Date | Successor(s) |
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Chester | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire West and Chester (UA) | |
Congleton | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire East (UA) | |
Crewe and Nantwich | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire East (UA) | |
Ellesmere Port | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 21 June 1976[39] | Ellesmere Port and Neston (UA)[39] | |
Ellesmere Port and Neston | NUA | 21June 1976[39] | Ellesmere Port (NUA)[39] | none | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire West and Chester (UA) |
Halton | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 1998[40] | Halton (UA)[40] | |
Halton | UA | 1998[40] | Halton (NUA)[40] | none | (continues) | (continues) |
Macclesfield | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire East (UA) | |
Vale Royal | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire West and Chester (UA) | |
Warrington | NUA | 1974[38] | none | 1998[41] | Warrington (UA)[41] | |
Warrington | UA | 1998[41] | Warrington (NUA)[41] | none | (continues) | (continues) |
Former civil parishes
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 5–6)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk Youngs (1991, p. 646)
- ^ Sutton (1999, p. 192)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Harris (1979, p. 189)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Youngs (1991, p. 668)
- ^ a b c d Youngs (1991, p. 668). Trafford Metropolitan Borough is in Greater Manchester, and not Cheshire.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Youngs (1991, p. 644)
- ^ The abolition in 1930 was effected by merging Ashton upon Mersey Urban District with Sale Urban District.
- ^ a b c Youngs (1991, p. 8)
- ^ a b c d Youngs (1991, p. 709)
- ^ a b c d e Youngs (1991, p. 709). Wirral Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitan County of Merseyside and not Cheshire
- ^ a b c d e Youngs (1991, p. 668). Stockport Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester and not Cheshire.
- ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 644, 646) Land was lost pre 1937 when it was transferred to Greater Manchester.
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 668). The civil parishes transferred from Bucklow Rural District to Trafford Metropolitan District were Carrington, Dunham Massey, Partington, and Warburton. Trafford Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester and not Cheshire.
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 668). The civil parish transferred from Bucklow Rural District to Manchester Metropolitan District was Ringway. Manchester Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester and not Cheshire.
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 646). Macclesfield District had 24 out of the 29 civil parishes of Bucklow Rural District transferred to it.
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Cheadle and Gatley UD". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ The ancient borough of Chester, which had a different function, had been in existence since the early 16th century.
- ^ Disley Rural District was also expanded 1936 by the small remainder of Yeardsley cum Whaley Urban District that remained in Cheshire.
- ^ a b c d Youngs (1991, p. 668). Tameside Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitian County of Greater Manchester and not Cheshire.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Youngs (1991, p. 645)
- ^ a b c Youngs (1991, pp. 645, 668)
- ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 20, 645, 646) Handforth civil parish was the sole civil parish of Stockport Rural District, and so this can be looked upon as a change of name.
- ^ a b Youngs (1991, pp. 20)
- ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 10, 29, 38, 645, 646). Hazel Grove and Bramhall UD was formed entirely from five civil parishes (Bosden, Bramhall, Norbury, Offerton, and Torkington) which up to that point had been in Stockport RD, with these civil parishes simultaneously being abolished to form the single civil parish of Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
- ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 645, 709)
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Macclesfield RD". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Marple UD". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ Land was lost to Lancashire pre 1937, when the northern boundary between Cheshire and Lancashire became the Manchester Ship canal, rather than the River Mersey.
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 646) In 1930, the adjoining urban district of Ashton upon Mersey was merged with this urban district.
- ^ The ancient borough of Stockport, which had a different function, predated 1888.
- ^ Although Handforth Urban District was final successor, Stockport RD had undergone successive loss of area and civil parishes to expanding and newly created districts adjacent to it throughout its life: FINISH THIS
- ^ Expanded by absorbing the larger part of Malpas RD pre 1937
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 660)
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 660). High Peak District is in Derbyshire and not Cheshire.
- ^ a b c Youngs (1991, pp. 38, 395, 396, 637, 642, 736, 737). This was an anomalous single-parish rural district established as a stop-gap measure prior to the entire civil parish being transferred from Cheshire to Shropshire.
- ^ Whaley Bridge UD was entreily in Derbyshire. Almost all of Yeardsley cum Whaley UD was transferred to it, with the small remainder being added to Disley RD: "A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Yeardsley cum Whaley UD". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Youngs (1991, p. 646)
- ^ a b c d Miscellaneous public notices: Ellesmere Port and Neston borough council: Local Government Act 1972, Section 74: "No. 46955". The London Gazette. 8 July 1976.; Retrieval Date: 19 January 2009. Also reported to Ellesmere Port Council in minutes: 29 June 1976 (minute 243 (Council)(29.6.76)). Retrieval Date: 18 January 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Unitary Authority". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Warrington: Celebrating our success". Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
Bibliography
- Harris, B. E., ed. (1979), The Victoria history of the county of Chester. (Volume II), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 019722749X
- Phillips, A. D. M.; Phillips, C. B. (2002), A new historical atlas of Cheshire, Chester, UK: Cheshire County Council and Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust, ISBN 0904532461
- Sutton, J. C., ed. (1999), Alsager: The place and its people, Alsager, Cheshire: The Alsager Local History Group, ISBN 0953636305
- Youngs, F. A. (1991), Guide to the local administrative units of England. Volume II: Northern England, London: Royal Historical Society, ISBN 0861931270