Abbreviation | Meaning |
---|---|
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) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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] |
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) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |