Forty-five boroughs were incorporated in this period. Of this number, more than half (twenty-five) were unreformed boroughs listed in the schedule to the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. This act abolished all such boroughs unless they obtained a new charter by 1886. Among the remaining 21 boroughs most were industrial centres or resorts. Also incorporated were two county towns: Chelmsford and Taunton, and two areas of suburban London, Croydon and West Ham.
There were only seven incorporations in this period. In fact, the number of boroughs only increased by one, as six boroughs were abolished. Stoke-on-Trent was an amalgam of four boroughs: Burslem, Hanley, Longton and Stoke upon Trent (and two urban districts); Aston Manor was absorbed by Birmingham in 1911; and Devonport by Plymouth in 1914.
Eleven boroughs were incorporated in the 1920s. This only represented a net increase of ten, however as Port Talbot was formed from the merger of the borough of Aberavon and the urban district of Margam.
The incorporations of Farnworth and Prestwich in 1939 were to be the last for fifteen years.
Initially a halt was put to the creation of new boroughs for the duration of the 1939–1945 war. The Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939, a piece of emergency war time legislation, provided that no changes could be made to the status or boundaries of local government areas. The legislation was renewed on an annual basis until 1945.
With the ending of hostilities a Local Government Boundary Commission was appointed in October 1945 to review the entire structure of local administration. While the review was being held, no petitions for incorporation were made.
The commission was abolished without completing its work in 1949, and following a change of government in 1951, new applications for incorporation were again accepted.
1954–55
Nine towns were incorporated in the years 1954 and 1955.
The only new municipal boroughs were created by amalgamation of existing corporations in this period. In fact there was a decrease in the number of municipalities as various local government changes were made.
In 1965 forty-two boroughs (including three county boroughs) were abolished when they were constituted part of Greater London. These were: Acton, Barking, Barnes, Beckenham, Beddington and Wallington, Bexley, Brentford and Chiswick, Bromley, Chingford, Croydon CB, Dagenham, Ealing, East Ham CB, Edmonton, Enfield, Erith, Finchley, Harrow, Hendon, Heston and Isleworth, Hornsey, Ilford, Kingston upon Thames, Leyton, Malden and Coombe, Mitcham, Richmond (Surrey), Romford, Southall, Southgate, Surbiton, Sutton and Cheam, Tottenham, Twickenham, Uxbridge, Walthamstow, Wanstead and Woodford, Wembley, West Ham CB, Willesden, Wimbledon and Wood Green.
In order for a town to be incorporated as a borough, a petition was submitted to the privy council for consideration. Although the majority of petitions were successful, a number of applications were not. Petitions seeking incorporation were recorded in The London Gazette, and the following is a list of petitions listed in the Gazette in the period 1882 to 1955 that did not lead to the grant of a charter:[6]
Scheme area (urban district unless stated otherwise)
County
Gazette Date
Notes
Castleford
Yorkshire, West Riding
31 January 1893
Gained incorporation in 1955
Brentford
Middlesex
17 March 1893
Gained incorporation as Brentford and Chiswick in 1932
The 1955 petition by Woking was the last application before reorganisation of local government in 1965 and 1974.
References
^"Timeline History of Taunton". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
^"District News". Bristol Mercury. 27 July 1885. p. 7. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^"The Incorporation of Loughborough". Nottingham Evening Post. 15 August 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^In 1909 Edward VII allowed the prefix "Royal" in recognition of the town's connections with the royal family since the Stuart dynasty. "Royal Tunbridge Wells". The Times. 3 May 1926. p. 11.
^"Charter Day at Tunbridge Wells". London Daily News. 28 February 1889. p. 10. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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The following is a list of towns in England and Wales which were granted charters of incorporation conferring borough status under the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 or the Local Government Act 1933 Contents 1 1882 89 2 1890 99 3 1900 09 4 1910 19 5 1920 29 6 1930 39 7 1939 54 a halt to incorporations 8 1954 55 9 1956 74 10 Unsuccessful petitions for incorporation 11 References1882 89 EditForty five boroughs were incorporated in this period Of this number more than half twenty five were unreformed boroughs listed in the schedule to the Municipal Corporations Act 1883 This act abolished all such boroughs unless they obtained a new charter by 1886 Among the remaining 21 boroughs most were industrial centres or resorts Also incorporated were two county towns Chelmsford and Taunton and two areas of suburban London Croydon and West Ham Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Bacup MB Lancashire 1882 1974 RossendaleKeighley MB Yorkshire 1882 89 West Riding of Yorkshire 1889 1974 1882 1974 BradfordWest Bromwich MB Staffordshire 1882 1889 West Bromwich CBBangor MB Caernarfonshire 1883 1974 ArfonCroydon MB Surrey 1883 1889 Croydon CBEastbourne MB Sussex 1883 89 East Sussex 1889 1911 1883 1911 Eastbourne CBHenley on Thames MB Oxfordshire 1883 1974 South OxfordshireWorkington MB Cumberland 1883 1974 AllerdaleHarrogate MB Yorkshire 1884 89 West Riding of Yorkshire 1889 1974 1884 1974 HarrogateLampeter MB Cardiganshire 1884 1974 CeredigionRamsgate MB Kent 1884 1974 ThanetAldeburgh MB Suffolk 1884 89 East Suffolk 1889 1974 1884 1974 Suffolk CoastalAppleby MB Westmorland 1885 1974 EdenBishop s Castle MB Shropshire 1885 1967 absorbed by Clun RD Rural Borough Kidwelly MB Carmarthenshire 1885 1974 LlanelliLlanfyllin MB Montgomeryshire 1885 1974 MontgomeryLostwithiel MB Cornwall 1885 1967 absorbed by St Austell RD Rural Borough Lowestoft MB Suffolk 1885 89 East Suffolk 1889 1974 1885 1974 WaveneyLydd MB Kent 1885 1974 ShepwayMontgomery MB Montgomeryshire 1885 1974 MontgomeryMorley MB Yorkshire 1885 89 West Riding of Yorkshire 1889 1974 1885 1974 LeedsMossley MB Lancashire Cheshire and Yorkshire 1885 89 Lancashire 1889 1974 1885 1974 TamesideNew Romney MB Kent 1885 1974 ShepwayOkehampton MB Devon 1885 1974 West DevonQueenborough MB Kent 1885 1968 Queenborough in Sheppey MBSaltash MB Cornwall 1885 1974 CaradonSutton Coldfield MB Royal Town Warwickshire 1885 1974 BirminghamTaunton MB Somerset 1885 1 1974 Taunton DeaneWilton MB Wiltshire 1885 2 1974 SalisburyWokingham MB Berkshire 1885 1974 WokinghamBrackley MB Northamptonshire 1886 1974 South NorthamptonshireChristchurch MB Hampshire 1886 1974 ChristchurchHigham Ferrers MB Northamptonshire 1886 1974 East NorthamptonshireMalmesbury MB Wiltshire 1886 1974 North WiltshireMiddleton MB Lancashire 1886 1974 RochdaleWareham MB Dorset 1886 1974 PurbeckWednesbury MB Staffordshire 1886 1966 absorbed by Walsall CB and West Bromwich CBWest Ham MB Essex 1886 1889 West Ham CBWoodstock MB Oxfordshire 1886 1974 West OxfordshireCowbridge MB Glamorganshire 1887 1974 Vale of GlamorganIlkeston MB Derbyshire 1887 1974 ErewashWest Hartlepool MB County Durham 1887 1902 West Hartlepool CBChelmsford MB Essex 1888 1974 ChelmsfordLoughborough MB Leicestershire 1888 3 1974 CharnwoodTunbridge Wells MB 1889 1909 Royal Tunbridge Wells MB 1909 1974 4 Kent 1889 5 1974 Tunbridge Wells Listed in the schedule of the Municipal Corporations Act 1883 1890 99 EditTwenty five boroughs were incorporated in 1890s Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Bournemouth MB Hampshire 1890 1900 Bournemouth CBChatham MB Kent 1890 1974 Rochester upon MedwayNelson MB Lancashire 1890 1974 PendleOssett MB West Riding of Yorkshire 1890 1974 WakefieldRichmond MB Surrey 1890 1965 Richmond upon ThamesWorthing MB West Sussex 1890 1974 WorthingHaslingden MB Lancashire 1891 1974 RossendaleMansfield MB Nottinghamshire 1891 1974 MansfieldRawtenstall MB Lancashire 1891 1974 RossendaleEccles MB Lancashire 1892 1974 SalfordSouthend on Sea MB Essex 1892 1914 Southend on Sea CBThornaby on Tees MB North Riding of Yorkshire 1892 1968 Teesside CBTorquay MB Devon 1892 1967 Torbay CBWidnes MB Lancashire 1892 1974 HaltonBrighouse MB West Riding of Yorkshire 1893 1974 CalderdaleWhitehaven MB Cumberland 1894 1974 CopelandColne MB Lancashire 1895 1974 PendleTodmorden MB West Riding of Yorkshire 1896 1974 CalderdaleHemel Hempstead MB Hertfordshire 1898 1974 DacorumHove MB East Sussex 1898 1974 HoveAbergavenny MB Monmouthshire 1899 1974 MonmouthBridlington MB East Riding of Yorkshire 1899 1974 North WoldsDukinfield MB Cheshire 1899 1974 TamesideLeigh MB Lancashire 1899 1974 WiganSmethwick MB Staffordshire 1899 1907 Smethwick CB1900 09 EditThere were 14 incorporations in the years 1900 1909 1900 also saw the creation of 28 Metropolitan Boroughs in the County of London by the London Government Act 1899 Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Pudsey MB West Riding of Yorkshire 1900 1974 LeedsSwindon MB Wiltshire 1900 1974 ThamesdownEaling MB Middlesex 1901 1965 EalingWallsend MB Northumberland 1901 1974 North TynesideBexhill MB East Sussex 1902 1974 RotherMorecambe MB 1902 28 Morecambe and Heysham MB 1928 74 Lancashire 1902 1974 LancasterAston Manor MB Warwickshire 1903 1911 absorbed by Birmingham CBBromley MB Kent 1903 1965 BromleyGillingham MB Kent 1903 1974 GillinghamHornsey MB Middlesex 1903 1965 HaringeyEast Ham MB Essex 1904 1915 East Ham CBMerthyr Tydfil MB Glamorganshire 1905 1908 Merthyr Tydfil CBWimbledon MB Surrey 1905 1965 MertonNuneaton MB Warwickshire 1907 1974 Nuneaton1910 19 EditThere were only seven incorporations in this period In fact the number of boroughs only increased by one as six boroughs were abolished Stoke on Trent was an amalgam of four boroughs Burslem Hanley Longton and Stoke upon Trent and two urban districts Aston Manor was absorbed by Birmingham in 1911 and Devonport by Plymouth in 1914 Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Wallasey MB Cheshire 1910 1913 Wallasey CBFowey MB Cornwall 1913 1968 St Austell with Fowey MBLlanelly MB 1913 66 Llanelli MB 1966 74 Carmarthenshire 1913 1974 LlanelliStourbridge MB Worcestershire 1914 1974 DudleyAylesbury MB Buckinghamshire 1917 1974 Aylesbury ValeBuxton MB Derbyshire 1917 1974 High Peak1920 29 EditEleven boroughs were incorporated in the 1920s This only represented a net increase of ten however as Port Talbot was formed from the merger of the borough of Aberavon and the urban district of Margam Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Acton MB Middlesex 1921 1965 EalingPort Talbot MB Glamorganshire 1921 1974 AfanRedcar MB North Riding of Yorkshire 1921 1968 Teesside CBAldershot MB Hampshire 1922 1974 RushmoorBlyth MB Northumberland 1922 1974 Blyth ValleyGosport MB Hampshire 1922 1974 GosportLytham St Annes MB Lancashire 1922 1974 FyldeWatford MB Hertfordshire 1922 1974 WatfordIlford MB Essex 1926 1965 RedbridgeLeyton MB Essex 1926 1965 Waltham ForestTwickenham MB Middlesex 1926 1965 Richmond upon ThamesWalthamstow MB Essex 1929 1965 Waltham Forest1930 39 EditThere were fifty three incorporations of boroughs in this period Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Barking MB Essex 1931 1965 Barking NewhamWorksop MB Nottinghamshire 1931 1974 BassetlawBarnes MB Surrey 1932 1965 Richmond upon ThamesBrentford and Chiswick MB Middlesex 1932 1965 HounslowHendon MB Middlesex 1932 1965 BarnetHeston and Isleworth MB Middlesex 1932 1965 HounslowRugby MB Warwickshire 1932 1974 RugbyBilston MB Staffordshire 1933 1966 absorbed by Walsall CB West Bromwich CB and Wolverhampton CBDartford MB Kent 1933 1974 DartfordFinchley MB Middlesex 1933 1965 BarnetFleetwood MB Lancashire 1933 1974 WyreGoole MB West Riding of Yorkshire 1933 1974 BoothferryRowley Regis MB Staffordshire 1933 1966 absorbed by Dudley CB Halesowen MB Warley CB and West Bromwich CBSouthgate MB Middlesex 1933 1965 EnfieldStretford MB Lancashire 1933 1974 TraffordWillesden MB Middlesex 1933 1965 BrentWood Green MB Middlesex 1933 1965 HaringeyColwyn Bay MB Denbighshire 1934 1974 ColwynMitcham MB Surrey 1934 1965 MertonSutton and Cheam MB Surrey 1934 1965 SuttonSwinton and Pendlebury MB Lancashire 1934 1974 SalfordTottenham MB Middlesex 1934 1965 HaringeyBeckenham MB Kent 1935 1965 BromleyOldbury MB Worcestershire 1935 1966 absorbed by Halesowen MB Warley CB and West Bromwich CBRadcliffe MB Lancashire 1935 1974 BurySale MB Cheshire 1935 1974 TraffordCleethorpes MB Lincolnshire Parts of Lindsey 1936 1974 CleethorpesEastleigh MB Hampshire 1936 1974 EastleighHalesowen MB Worcestershire 1936 1974 DudleyMalden and Coombe MB Surrey 1936 1965 Kingston upon ThamesScunthorpe MB Lincolnshire Parts of Lindsey 1936 1974 ScunthorpeSouthall MB Middlesex 1936 1965 EalingSurbiton MB Surrey 1936 1965 Kingston upon ThamesAltrincham MB Cheshire 1937 1974 TraffordBebington MB Cheshire 1937 1974 WirralBeddington and Wallington MB Surrey 1937 1965 SuttonBexley MB Kent 1937 1965 BexleyCrosby MB Lancashire 1937 1974 SeftonEdmonton MB Middlesex 1937 1965 EnfieldEpsom and Ewell MB Surrey 1937 1974 Epsom and EwellRomford MB Essex 1937 1965 HaveringWanstead and Woodford MB Essex 1937 1965 RedbridgeWembley MB Middlesex 1937 1965 BrentWeston super Mare MB Somerset 1937 1974 WoodspringChingford MB Essex 1938 1965 Waltham ForestDagenham MB Essex 1938 1965 Barking RedbridgeErith MB Kent 1938 1965 BexleyKettering MB Northamptonshire 1938 1974 KetteringSlough MB Buckinghamshire 1938 1974 SloughTipton MB Staffordshire 1938 1966 absorbed by Dudley CB Warley CB and West Bromwich CBBarry MB Glamorganshire 1938 1974 Vale of GlamorganFarnworth MB Lancashire 1939 1974 BoltonPrestwich MB Lancashire 1939 1974 Bury1939 54 a halt to incorporations EditThe incorporations of Farnworth and Prestwich in 1939 were to be the last for fifteen years Initially a halt was put to the creation of new boroughs for the duration of the 1939 1945 war The Local Elections and Register of Electors Temporary Provisions Act 1939 a piece of emergency war time legislation provided that no changes could be made to the status or boundaries of local government areas The legislation was renewed on an annual basis until 1945 With the ending of hostilities a Local Government Boundary Commission was appointed in October 1945 to review the entire structure of local administration While the review was being held no petitions for incorporation were made The commission was abolished without completing its work in 1949 and following a change of government in 1951 new applications for incorporation were again accepted 1954 55 EditNine towns were incorporated in the years 1954 and 1955 Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Harrow MB Middlesex 1954 1965 HarrowSolihull MB Warwickshire 1954 1964 Solihull CBWhitley Bay MB Northumberland 1954 1974 North Tyneside Blyth ValleyCastleford MB West Riding of Yorkshire 1955 1974 WakefieldEllesmere Port MB Cheshire 1955 1974 Ellesmere PortEnfield MB Middlesex 1955 1965 EnfieldRhondda MB Glamorganshire 1955 1974 RhonddaSpenborough MB West Riding of Yorkshire 1955 1974 KirkleesUxbridge MB Middlesex 1955 1965 Hillingdon1956 74 EditThe only new municipal boroughs were created by amalgamation of existing corporations in this period In fact there was a decrease in the number of municipalities as various local government changes were made In 1961 the boroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchester were merged In 1965 forty two boroughs including three county boroughs were abolished when they were constituted part of Greater London These were Acton Barking Barnes Beckenham Beddington and Wallington Bexley Brentford and Chiswick Bromley Chingford Croydon CB Dagenham Ealing East Ham CB Edmonton Enfield Erith Finchley Harrow Hendon Heston and Isleworth Hornsey Ilford Kingston upon Thames Leyton Malden and Coombe Mitcham Richmond Surrey Romford Southall Southgate Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tottenham Twickenham Uxbridge Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wembley West Ham CB Willesden Wimbledon and Wood Green In 1966 six boroughs in the Black Country were abolished Bilston Oldbury Rowley Regis Smethwick Tipton Wednesbury while the new county borough of Warley was created In 1967 the borough of Torquay was absorbed by the new county borough of Torbay while six boroughs were merged with rural districts to become rural boroughs The boroughs involved were Bishop s Castle Bridgnorth Lostwithiel Ludlow Much Wenlock and Oswestry The county borough of West Hartlepool merged with the non county borough of Hartlepool to form a new county borough of Hartlepool In 1968 Queenborough became part of the larger borough of Queenborough in Sheppey and Fowey part of the borough of St Austell with Fowey The new county borough of Teesside absorbed the four boroughs of Middlesbrough Redcar Stockton on Tees and Thornaby on Tees The borough of South Molton was also absorbed into the rural district of the same name Municipal Borough County Created Abolished Successor s Huntingdon and Godmanchester MB Huntingdonshire 1961 65 Huntingdon and Peterborough 1965 74 1961 1974 HuntingdonSt Austell with Fowey MB Cornwall 1968 1974 RestormelQueenborough in Sheppey MB Kent 1968 1974 SwaleUnsuccessful petitions for incorporation EditIn order for a town to be incorporated as a borough a petition was submitted to the privy council for consideration Although the majority of petitions were successful a number of applications were not Petitions seeking incorporation were recorded in The London Gazette and the following is a list of petitions listed in the Gazette in the period 1882 to 1955 that did not lead to the grant of a charter 6 Scheme area urban district unless stated otherwise County Gazette Date NotesCastleford Yorkshire West Riding 31 January 1893 Gained incorporation in 1955Brentford Middlesex 17 March 1893 Gained incorporation as Brentford and Chiswick in 1932Ealing Middlesex 17 March 1893Aylesbury Buckinghamshire 19 May 1893 Gained incorporation in 1917Llandudno Caernarvonshire 27 June 1893Parish of St Margaret and St John Westminster County of London 19 January 1897 Became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster in 1900Merthyr Tydfil Glamorgan 21 May 1897 Gained incorporation in 1905Cleethorpes Lincolnshire Parts of Lindsey 9 July 1897 Gained incorporation in 1936Parish of Kensington County of London 9 July 1897 Became a metropolitan borough in 1900Cleckheaton Yorkshire West Riding 13 October 1897Heckmondwike Yorkshire West Riding 13 October 1897Liversedge Yorkshire West Riding 15 October 1897Shipley Yorkshire West Riding 20 May 1898Ealing Middlesex 12 August 1898 Second petition Gained incorporation in 1901Leyton Essex 21 October 1898 Gained incorporation in 1926Chiswick Middlesex 15 May 1900 Gained incorporation as Brentford and Chiswick in 1932Stretford Lancashire 25 March 1902 Gained incorporation in 1933Wood Green Middlesex 20 October 1908 Gained incorporation in 1933UDs of Eston South Bank in Normanby and the parish of Normanby Yorkshire North Riding 21 February 1912Hebburn Durham 17 January 1912Hebburn Durham 18 December 1925 Second petitionEston Yorkshire North Riding 18 December 1925 Second petitionPontypridd Glamorgan 18 December 1925Hoylake and West Kirby Cheshire 18 December 1925Cannock Staffordshire 16 November 1934Penge Kent 27 February 1934Newton in Makerfield Lancashire 10 October 1933Harrow Middlesex 19 November 1935 Gained incorporation in 1954Woking Surrey 10 April 1936Coseley Staffordshire 20 August 1937Carshalton Surrey 15 October 1937Coulsdon and Purley Surrey 1 February 1938Bingley Yorkshire West Riding 14 June 1938Huyton with Roby Lancashire 23 November 1951Brierley Hill Staffordshire 26 February 1952Staines Middlesex 21 April 1952Haltemprice Yorkshire East Riding 8 April 1952Bognor Regis West Sussex 27 May 1952Hinckley Leicestershire 22 August 1952Willenhall Staffordshire 26 September 1952Long Eaton Derbyshire 2 September 1952Beeston and Stapleford Nottinghamshire 6 January 1953Colne Valley Yorkshire West Riding 27 January 1953Ruislip Northwood Middlesex 24 February 1953Farnborough Hampshire 21 April 1953Leek Staffordshire 22 May 1953Malvern Worcestershire 23 June 1953Urmston Lancashire 30 June 1953Friern Barnet Middlesex 3 July 1953Carshalton Surrey 25 August 1953 Second petitionCannock Staffordshire 11 September 1953 Second petitionHayes and Harlington Middlesex 2 March 1954Sutton in Ashfield Nottinghamshire 9 March 1954Paignton Devon 21 May 1954Pontypridd Glamorgan 16 July 1954 Second petitionCheadle and Gatley Cheshire 15 February 1955Hornchurch Essex 20 May 1955Farnham Surrey 25 November 1955Woking Surrey 13 December 1955 Second petitionThe 1955 petition by Woking was the last application before reorganisation of local government in 1965 and 1974 References Edit Timeline History of Taunton Retrieved 27 October 2014 District News Bristol Mercury 27 July 1885 p 7 Retrieved 11 July 2014 The Incorporation of Loughborough Nottingham Evening Post 15 August 1888 p 3 Retrieved 11 July 2014 In 1909 Edward VII allowed the prefix Royal in recognition of the town s connections with the royal family since the Stuart dynasty Royal Tunbridge Wells The Times 3 May 1926 p 11 Charter Day at Tunbridge Wells London Daily News 28 February 1889 p 10 Retrieved 11 July 2014 London Gazette online archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1882 1974 amp oldid 1134513999, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
