Historic unit of lower-tier local government in England and Wales
An early historical analysis of cities and boroughs by Robert Brady (1704)The burh wall at Wareham
An ancient borough was a historic unit of lower-tier local government in England and Wales. The ancient boroughs covered only important towns and were established by charters granted at different times by the monarchy. Their history is largely concerned with the origin of such towns and how they gained the right of self-government. Ancient boroughs were reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which introduced directly elected corporations and allowed the incorporation of new industrial towns. Municipal boroughs ceased to be used for the purposes of local government in 1974, with borough status retained as an honorific title granted to some post-1974 local government districts by the Crown.
An ancientborough was a historic unit of lower-tier local government in England and Wales. The ancientboroughs covered only important towns and were...
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incorporated as an ancientborough, and this historic status is reflected in the alternative name of the area, as Borough. The ancientborough of Southwark's...
both the town itself and a large surrounding area. The town was an ancientborough, having been formally incorporated in 1441, with a long history prior...
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972...
Ipswich (/ˈɪpswɪtʃ/ ) is a large port town and borough in the county of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk and is the largest settlement...
The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England;...
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Chessington, Malden Rushett...
including market towns and ancientboroughs. The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others...
Provinces in 1876. The ancientboroughs of England and Wales were typically incorporated by a royal charter, though some were boroughs by prescription. The...
Buckingham was an ancientborough in England centred on the town of Buckingham in the county of Buckinghamshire, and was first recorded in the 10th century...
includes western parts of Edgware. The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the three ancient parishes of Harrow on the Hill, Great Stanmore and...
by King Alfred in the 9th century. Southwark was an ancientborough, being described as a borough from at least the 12th century. The area historically...
A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great...
The London Borough of Haringey (/ˈhærɪŋɡeɪ/ HARR-ing-gay, same as Harringay) is a London borough in north London, classified by some definitions as part...
included in the reconstituted County Down in 1570. "Athboy was an ancientborough by prescription with a charter dated 1410, 9 Henry IV. There were further...
the Borough. The borough is also the location of the Wixams new town development, which received its first residents in 2009. The ancientborough of Bedford...
western section of the ancientborough of Southwark and the parish of Newington. In common with the rest of inner London, the borough experienced a steady...
parish represents that part of the ancient parish of Chepping Wycombe which was outside the former municipal borough of Wycombe. There has been a market...
a charter by Edward VI, incorporating it as a borough with a mayor. The borough consisted of the ancient parish of St Albans (also known as the Abbey parish)...
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council...
32 London boroughs, the result of amalgamation of earlier units of administration that can be traced back to ancient parishes. Each borough is made up...
Northamptonshire). The town existed as an ancientborough in the medieval period before being one of the 178 boroughs to be reformed under the Municipal Corporations...
A municipal borough was a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1836 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to...
and Wychavon. Prior to 1974 the borough of Tewkesbury only covered the town itself. The town was an ancientborough, having been granted a charter of...
Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf. The ancientborough of Laugharne Township (Welsh: Treflan Lacharn) with its Corporation...
of Guildford was an ancientborough, with its first known charter dating from 1257. It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal...
The London Borough of Hackney (/ˈhækni/ HAK-nee) is a London borough in Inner London, England. The historical and administrative heart of Hackney is Mare...
parish in the metropolitan area of London, England and part of the ancientBorough of Southwark. In 1855 the parish vestry became a local authority within...
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