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Hundreds

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Ancient boroughs: Up to late 19th century

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Ancient parishes: Up to late 19th century

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Sanitary Districts

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Poor Law Unions

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Boroughs and districts: Late 19th century to 1974

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Key
Abbreviation Meaning
CB County Borough
Dist District or modern Borough
MunB Municipal Borough
MetB Metropolitan Borough
RD Rural District
UD Urban District
Former local authority boroughs and districts of Cheshire
Name Type Creation Date Predecessor(s)
Gains (G) and Losses (L) Abolition Date Successor(s)
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

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Key
Abbreviation Meaning
NUA Non-Unitary Authority
UA Unitary Authority
Local authority boroughs and districts of Cheshire: 1974 to 2009
Name Type Creation Date Predecessor(s)
Gains (G) and Losses (L) Abolition or End Date Successor(s)
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

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 5–6)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Sutton (1999, p. 192)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Harris (1979, p. 189)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Youngs (1991, p. 668)
  6. ^ a b c d Youngs (1991, p. 668). Trafford Metropolitan Borough is in Greater Manchester, and not Cheshire.
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ The abolition in 1930 was effected by merging Ashton upon Mersey Urban District with Sale Urban District.
  9. ^ a b c Youngs (1991, p. 8)
  10. ^ a b c d Youngs (1991, p. 709)
  11. ^ a b c d e Youngs (1991, p. 709). Wirral Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitan County of Merseyside and not Cheshire
  12. ^ a b c d e Youngs (1991, p. 668). Stockport Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester and not Cheshire.
  13. ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 644, 646) Land was lost pre 1937 when it was transferred to Greater Manchester.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Youngs (1991, p. 646). Macclesfield District had 24 out of the 29 civil parishes of Bucklow Rural District transferred to it.
  17. ^ "A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Cheadle and Gatley UD". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  18. ^ The ancient borough of Chester, which had a different function, had been in existence since the early 16th century.
  19. ^ Disley Rural District was also expanded 1936 by the small remainder of Yeardsley cum Whaley Urban District that remained in Cheshire.
  20. ^ a b c d Youngs (1991, p. 668). Tameside Metropolitan Borough is in the Metropolitian County of Greater Manchester and not Cheshire.
  21. ^ 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)
  22. ^ a b c Youngs (1991, pp. 645, 668)
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ a b Youngs (1991, pp. 20)
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 645, 709)
  27. ^ "A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Macclesfield RD". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  28. ^ "A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Marple UD". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  29. ^ 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.
  30. ^ Youngs (1991, p. 646) In 1930, the adjoining urban district of Ashton upon Mersey was merged with this urban district.
  31. ^ The ancient borough of Stockport, which had a different function, predated 1888.
  32. ^ 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
  33. ^ Expanded by absorbing the larger part of Malpas RD pre 1937
  34. ^ Youngs (1991, p. 660)
  35. ^ Youngs (1991, p. 660). High Peak District is in Derbyshire and not Cheshire.
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ 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.
  38. ^ a b c d e f g h Youngs (1991, p. 646)
  39. ^ 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.
  40. ^ a b c d "Unitary Authority". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  41. ^ a b c d "Warrington: Celebrating our success". Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved 19 January 2009.

Bibliography

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  • 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