Map of municipal boroughs in 1931 (named in boldface text), alongside administrative counties, county boroughs, urban districts, rural districts
Category
Local government district
Location
England and Wales, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Found in
Administrative county
Created by
Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (England and Wales) Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 (Ireland)
Created
1835
Abolished by
Local Government Act 1972 (England and Wales)
Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (Northern Ireland)
Local Government Act 2001 (Republic of Ireland)
Abolished
1974 (England and Wales)
1973 (Northern Ireland)
2002 (Republic of Ireland)
Possible types
County borough
Non-county borough
Possible status
City
Royal borough
Government
Municipal corporation
Subdivisions
Wards
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 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in Scotland from 1833 to 1975 with the reform of royal burghs and creation of police burghs.
A municipalborough was a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1836 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to...
The MunicipalBorough of Farnworth was a local government district centred on the town of Farnworth in the administrative county of Lancashire, England...
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Rowley Regis (/ˈraʊli ˈriːdʒɪs/ ROW-lee REE-jis) is a town and former municipalborough in Sandwell in the county of the West Midlands, England. It forms...
following year the urban district was incorporated to become a municipalborough. The borough was abolished in 1965 when the area was transferred from Middlesex...
authorities. There were county boroughs, municipalboroughs, urban districts and metropolitan boroughs. The large county boroughs provided all local government...
MunicipalBorough of Ipswich was created in 1836 by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It was the form of local government for the ancient borough of...
Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the MunicipalBorough of Mitcham, the MunicipalBorough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District...
the ancient parish of Chepping Wycombe which was outside the former municipalborough of Wycombe. There has been a market held in the High Street since...
additional category of large burgh in the Scottish system (similar to a municipalborough in England and Wales), which were responsible for all services apart...
borough has taken the top spot. There had been a borough called Richmond since 1890 when the MunicipalBorough of Richmond was created. It was enlarged in...
reformed to become a municipalborough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country...
former MunicipalBorough of Hornsey, the MunicipalBorough of Wood Green and the MunicipalBorough of Tottenham. Unlike most other London boroughs, it was...
Borough of Harrow (/ˈhæroʊ/) is a London borough in northwest London, England; it forms part of Outer London. It borders four other London boroughs –...
town was granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipalborough in 1905. A borough council consisting of a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen...
London. The new districts replaced the previous system of county boroughs, municipalboroughs, and urban and rural districts. Metropolitan districts were originally...
north-easterly district of South West England. The first borough of Swindon was a municipalborough, created in 1900 as a merger of the two urban districts...
reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country...
be combined with that of the MunicipalBorough of Southgate and the MunicipalBorough of Enfield to form the London Borough of Enfield. Edmonton's old town...
Caernarfon. The status of royal borough was granted to then municipalborough of Caernarvon in August 1963. The borough was abolished in 1974 and replaced...
In 1934 the urban district was incorporated as a municipalborough. In 1965, the municipalborough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater...
charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally owned corporations. Municipal incorporation occurs when such...
1963, covering the combined area of the former MunicipalBorough of Barking and the MunicipalBorough of Dagenham, with the exceptions of a small area...
government district, urban district and municipalborough. Its area now forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester. On 15 November...
incorporation of new industrial towns. Municipalboroughs ceased to be used for the purposes of local government in 1974, with borough status retained as an honorific...
district under the Local Government Act 1894 and a municipalborough by grant of a charter in 1922. The borough, which had 102,246 inhabitants in the 2021 census...
a municipalborough. In 1965 the borough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater London and used to form part of the London Borough of...
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