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List of rural and urban districts in England

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This is a list of all the rural districts, urban districts and municipal boroughs in England as they existed prior to the entry into force of the Local Government Act 1972 on April 1, 1974. There were 1086 such districts and boroughs at this time, the result of a gradual consolidation since their formation in 1894. Apart from these, England also had 79 county boroughs.

See also: List of rural and urban districts in Wales, List of rural and urban districts in Northern Ireland.

District Successor
Ampthill Rural District

Mid Bedfordshire
Ampthill Urban District

Mid Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough

Bedford
Bedford Rural District

Bedford
Biggleswade Rural District

Mid Bedfordshire
Biggleswade Urban District

Mid Bedfordshire
Dunstable Borough

South Bedfordshire
Kempston Urban District

Bedford
Leighton-Linslade Urban District

South Bedfordshire
Luton Rural District

South Bedfordshire
Sandy Urban District

Mid Bedfordshire

Luton was a county borough.

District Successor
Abingdon Borough

Vale of White Horse
Abingdon Rural District

Vale of White Horse
Bradfield Rural District

Newbury
Cookham Rural District

Windsor and Maidenhead
Easthampstead Rural District

Bracknell
Faringdon Rural District

Vale of White Horse
Hungerford Rural District

Newbury
Maidenhead Borough

Windsor and Maidenhead
New Windsor Borough

Windsor and Maidenhead
Newbury Borough

Newbury
Newbury Rural District

Newbury
Wallingford Borough

South Oxfordshire
Wallingford Rural District

South Oxfordshire
Wantage Rural District

Vale of White Horse, Newbury
Wantage Urban District

Vale of White Horse
Windsor Rural District

Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham Borough

Wokingham
Wokingham Rural District

Wokingham

Reading was a county borough.

District Successor
Amersham Rural District

Chiltern
Aylesbury Borough

Aylesbury Vale
Aylesbury Rural District

Aylesbury Vale
Beaconsfield Urban District

Beaconsfield
Bletchley Urban District

Milton Keynes
Buckingham Borough

Aylesbury Vale
Buckingham Rural District

Aylesbury Vale
Chesham Urban District

Chiltern
Eton Rural District

Beaconsfield, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead
Eton Urban District

Windsor and Maidenhead
High Wycombe Borough

Wycombe
Marlow Urban District

Wycombe
Newport Pagnell Rural District

Milton Keynes
Newport Pagnell Urban District

Milton Keynes
Slough Borough

Slough
Wing Rural District

Aylesbury Vale
Winslow Rural District

Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes
Wolverton Urban District

Milton Keynes
Wycombe Rural District

Wycombe

There were no county boroughs.

District Successor
Cambridge Borough

Cambridge
Chatteris Urban District

Fenland
Chesterton Rural District

South Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District

East Cambridgeshire
Ely Urban District

East Cambridgeshire
March Urban District

Fenland
Newmarket Rural District

East Cambridgeshire
North Witchford Rural District

Fenland
South Cambridgeshire Rural District

South Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey Urban District

Fenland
Wisbech Borough

Fenland
Wisbech Rural District

Fenland

There were no county boroughs.

District Successor
Alderley Edge Urban District

Macclesfield
Alsager Urban District

Congleton
Altrincham Borough

Trafford
Bebington Borough

Wirral
Bollington Urban District

Macclesfield
Bowdon Urban District

Trafford
Bredbury and Romiley Urban District

Stockport
Bucklow Rural District

Trafford, Manchester, Macclesfield
Cheadle and Gatley Urban District

Stockport
Chester Rural District

Chester
Congleton Borough

Congleton
Congleton Rural District

Congleton
Crewe Borough

Crewe and Nantwich
Disley Rural District

Macclesfield
Dukinfield Borough

Tameside
Ellesmere Port Borough

Ellesmere Port and Neston
Hale Urban District

Trafford
Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District

Stockport
Hoylake Urban District

Wirral
Hyde Borough

Tameside
Knutsford Urban District

Macclesfield
Longdendale Urban District

Tameside
Lymm Urban District

Warrington
Macclesfield Borough

Macclesfield
Macclesfield Rural District

Macclesfield
Marple Urban District

Stockport
Middlewich Urban District

Congleton
Nantwich Rural District

Crewe and Nantwich
Nantwich Urban District

Crewe and Nantwich
Neston Urban District

Ellesmere Port and Neston
Northwich Rural District

Vale Royal
Northwich Urban District

Vale Royal
Runcorn Rural District

Vale Royal, Warrington, Halton
Runcorn Urban District

Halton
Sale Borough

Trafford
Sandbach Urban District

Congleton
Stalybridge Borough

Tameside
Tarvin Rural District

Chester
Tintwistle Rural District

High Peak
Wilmslow Urban District

Macclesfield
Winsford Urban District

Vale Royal
Wirral Urban District

Wirral

Birkenhead, Chester, Stockport, and Wallasey were county boroughs.

District Successor
Bodmin Borough

North Cornwall
Bude-Stratton Urban District

North Cornwall
Camborne-Redruth Urban District

Kerrier
Camelford Rural District

North Cornwall
Falmouth Borough

Carrick
Helston Borough

Kerrier
Kerrier Rural District

Kerrier
Launceston Borough

North Cornwall
Launceston Rural District

North Cornwall
Liskeard Borough

Caradon
Liskeard Rural District

Caradon
Looe Urban District

Caradon
Newquay Urban District

Restormel
Penryn Borough

Carrick
Penzance Borough

Penwith
Saltash Borough

Caradon
St. Austell Rural District

Restormel
St. Austell with Fowey Borough

Restormel
St. Germans Rural District

Caradon
St. Ives Borough

Penwith
St. Just Urban District

Penwith
Stratton Rural District

North Cornwall
Torpoint Urban District

Caradon
Truro Borough

Carrick
Truro Rural District

Carrick
Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District

North Cornwall
West Penwith Rural District

Penwith

There were no county boroughs.

District Successor
Alston with Garrigill Rural District

Eden
Border Rural District

Carlisle
Cockermouth Rural District

Allerdale
Cockermouth Urban District

Allerdale
Ennerdale Rural District

Copeland
Keswick Urban District

Allerdale
Maryport Urban District

Allerdale
Millom Rural District

Copeland
Penrith Rural District

Eden
Penrith Urban District

Eden
Whitehaven Borough

Copeland
Wigton Rural District

Allerdale
Workington Borough

Allerdale

Carlisle was a county borough.

District Successor
Alfreton Urban District

Amber Valley
Ashbourne Rural District

West Derbyshire
Ashbourne Urban District

West Derbyshire
Bakewell Rural District

West Derbyshire
Bakewell Urban District

West Derbyshire
Belper Rural District

Amber Valley
Belper Urban District

Amber Valley
Blackwell Rural District

Bolsover
Bolsover Urban District

Bolsover
Buxton Borough

High Peak
Chapel en le Frith Rural District

High Peak
Chesterfield Borough

Chesterfield
Chesterfield Rural District

Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire
Clay Cross Urban District

North East Derbyshire
Clowne Rural District

Bolsover
Dronfield Urban District

North East Derbyshire
Glossop Borough

High Peak
Heanor Urban District

Amber Valley
Ilkeston Borough

Erewash
Long Eaton Urban District

Erewash
Matlock Urban District

West Derbyshire
New Mills Urban District

High Peak
Repton Rural District

South Derbyshire
Ripley Urban District

Amber Valley
South East Derbyshire Rural District

Erewash, South Derbyshire
Staveley Urban District

Chesterfield
Swadlincote Urban District

South Derbyshire
Whaley Bridge Urban District

High Peak
Wirksworth Urban District

West Derbyshire

Derby was a county borough.

District Successor
Ashburton Urban District

Teignbridge
Axminster Rural District

East Devon
Barnstaple Borough

North Devon
Barnstaple Rural District

North Devon
Bideford Borough

Torridge
Bideford Rural District

Torridge
Buckfastleigh Urban District

Teignbridge
Budleigh Salterton Urban District

East Devon
Crediton Rural District

Tiverton
Crediton Urban District

Tiverton
Dartmouth Borough

South Hams
Dawlish Urban District

Teignbridge
Exmouth Urban District

East Devon
Great Torrington Borough

Torridge
Holsworthy Rural District

Torridge
Honiton Borough

East Devon
Honiton Rural District

East Devon
Ilfracombe Urban District

North Devon
Kingsbridge Rural District

South Hams
Kingsbridge Urban District

South Hams
Lynton Urban District

North Devon
Newton Abbot Rural District

Teignbridge
Newton Abbot Urban District

Teignbridge
Northam Urban District

Torridge
Okehampton Borough

West Devon
Okehampton Rural District

West Devon
Ottery St. Mary Urban District

East Devon
Plympton St. Mary Rural District

South Hams
Salcombe Urban District

South Hams
Seaton Urban District

East Devon
Sidmouth Urban District

East Devon
South Molton Rural District

North Devon
St. Thomas Rural District

Teignbridge, East Devon
Tavistock Rural District

West Devon
Teignmouth Urban District

Teignbridge
Tiverton Borough

Tiverton
Tiverton Rural District

Tiverton
Torrington Rural District

Torridge
Totnes Borough

South Hams
Totnes Rural District

South Hams

Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay were county boroughs.

District Successor
Beaminster Rural District

West Dorset
Blandford Rural District

North Dorset
Blandford Forum Borough

North Dorset
Bridport Borough

West Dorset
Bridport Rural District

West Dorset
Dorchester Borough

West Dorset
Dorchester Rural District

West Dorset
Lyme Regis Borough

West Dorset
Poole Borough

Poole
Portland Urban District

Weymouth and Portland
Shaftesbury Borough

North Dorset
Shaftesbury Rural District

North Dorset
Sherborne Rural District

West Dorset
Sherborne Borough

West Dorset
Sturminster Rural District

North Dorset
Swanage Urban District

Purbeck
Wareham Borough

Purbeck
Wareham and Purbeck Rural District

Purbeck
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Borough

Weymouth and Portland
Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District

East Dorset
Wimborne Minster Borough

East Dorset

Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, South Shields, Sunderland and Teesside were county boroughs.

Ipswich was a county borough.

Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings were county boroughs.

Southend was a county borough.

Bristol and Gloucester were county boroughs.

Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton were county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

Canterbury was a county borough.

Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bootle, Burnley, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, Southport, St Helens, Warrington and Wigan were county boroughs.

Leicester was a county borough.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

Grimsby and Lincoln were county boroughs.

Great Yarmouth and Norwich were county boroughs.

Northampton was a county borough.

Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth were county boroughs.

Nottingham was a county borough.

Oxford was a county borough.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

Bath (and Bristol) were county boroughs.

Burton upon Trent, Dudley, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton were county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham were county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

There were no county boroughs.

Warley and Worcester were county boroughs.

Kingston upon Hull and York were county boroughs.

York and Teesside were county boroughs.

Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York were county boroughs.

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