List of rural and urban districts in England in 1973 explained

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 1 April 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.

Bedford

District Successor
Mid Bedfordshire
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough Bedford
Bedford
Mid Bedfordshire
Biggleswade Urban DistrictMid Bedfordshire
Dunstable BoroughSouth Bedfordshire
Kempston Urban DistrictBedford
South Bedfordshire
South Bedfordshire
Mid Bedfordshire

Luton was a county borough.

Berkshire

District Successor
Abingdon Borough Vale of White Horse (Oxfordshire)
Vale of White Horse
Newbury
Windsor and Maidenhead
Bracknell
Vale of White Horse
Newbury
Maidenhead Borough Windsor and Maidenhead
New Windsor Borough Windsor and Maidenhead
Newbury Borough Newbury
Newbury
Wallingford Borough South Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire)
South Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse, Newbury
Wantage Urban DistrictVale of White Horse
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham Borough Wokingham
Wokingham

Reading was a county borough.

Buckingham

District Successor
Chiltern
Aylesbury BoroughAylesbury Vale
Aylesbury Vale
Beaconsfield
Milton Keynes
Buckingham Borough Aylesbury Vale
Aylesbury Vale
Chiltern
Beaconsfield, Slough (Berkshire), Windsor and Maidenhead (Berkshire)
Windsor and Maidenhead
High Wycombe Borough Wycombe
Wycombe
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Slough Borough Slough
Aylesbury Vale
Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Wycombe

There were no county boroughs.

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

District Successor
Cambridge Borough Cambridge
Chatteris Urban District Fenland
South Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Urban DistrictEast Cambridgeshire
March Urban District Fenland
East Cambridgeshire
Fenland
South Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey Urban District Fenland
Wisbech Borough Fenland
Fenland

There were no county boroughs.

Cheshire

District Successor
Macclesfield
Congleton
Altrincham Borough Trafford (Greater Manchester)
Bebington Borough Wirral (Merseyside)
Macclesfield
Trafford
Bredbury and Romiley Urban District Stockport (Greater Manchester)
Trafford, Manchester (Greater Manchester), Macclesfield
Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Stockport
Chester
Congleton Borough Congleton
Congleton
Crewe Borough Crewe and Nantwich
Macclesfield
Dukinfield Borough Tameside (Greater Manchester)
Ellesmere Port Borough Ellesmere Port and Neston
Hale Urban District Trafford
Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District Stockport
Wirral
Hyde Borough Tameside
Knutsford Urban District Macclesfield
Longdendale Urban DistrictTameside
Warrington
Macclesfield Borough Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Stockport
Congleton
Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich
Neston Urban District Ellesmere Port and Neston
Vale Royal
Northwich Urban District Vale Royal
Vale Royal, Warrington, Halton
Runcorn Urban DistrictHalton
Sale Borough Trafford
Congleton
Stalybridge Borough Tameside
Chester
High Peak (Derbyshire)
Macclesfield
Vale Royal
Wirral Urban DistrictWirral

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

Cornwall

District Successor
Bodmin Borough North Cornwall
Bude-Stratton Urban District North Cornwall
Camborne-Redruth Urban District Kerrier
North Cornwall
Falmouth Borough Carrick
Helston Borough Kerrier
Kerrier
Launceston Borough North Cornwall
North Cornwall
Liskeard Borough Caradon
Caradon
Looe Urban District Caradon
Newquay Urban District Restormel
Penryn Borough Carrick
Penzance Borough Penwith
Saltash Borough Caradon
Restormel
St. Austell with Fowey Borough Restormel
Caradon
St. Ives Borough Penwith
St. Just Urban District Penwith
North Cornwall
Torpoint Urban District Caradon
Truro Borough Carrick
Carrick
North Cornwall
Penwith

There were no county boroughs.

Cumberland

District Successor
Eden (Cumbria)
Carlisle (Cumbria)
Allerdale (Cumbria)
Cockermouth Urban District Allerdale
Copeland (Cumbria)
Keswick Urban District Allerdale
Maryport Urban District Allerdale
Copeland
Eden
Eden
Whitehaven Borough Copeland
Allerdale
Workington Borough Allerdale

Carlisle was a county borough.

Derbyshire

District Successor
Amber Valley
West Derbyshire
West Derbyshire
West Derbyshire
West Derbyshire
Amber Valley
Amber Valley
Bolsover
Bolsover
Buxton Borough High Peak
High Peak
Chesterfield Borough Chesterfield
Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire
Bolsover
North East Derbyshire
Glossop Borough High Peak
Amber Valley
Ilkeston Borough Erewash
Erewash
West Derbyshire
High Peak
South Derbyshire
Amber Valley
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.

Devon

District Successor
Ashburton Urban District Teignbridge
East Devon
Barnstaple Borough North Devon
North Devon
Bideford Borough Torridge
Torridge
Buckfastleigh Urban District Teignbridge
Budleigh Salterton Urban District East Devon
Tiverton
Crediton Urban District Tiverton
Dartmouth Borough South Hams
Dawlish Urban District Teignbridge
Exmouth Urban District East Devon
Great Torrington Borough Torridge
Torridge
Honiton Borough East Devon
East Devon
Ilfracombe Urban District North Devon
South Hams
Kingsbridge Urban District South Hams
Lynton Urban District North Devon
Teignbridge
Newton Abbot Urban District Teignbridge
Northam Urban District Torridge
Okehampton Borough West Devon
West Devon
Ottery St. Mary Urban District East Devon
South Hams
Salcombe Urban District South Hams
Seaton Urban District East Devon
Sidmouth Urban District East Devon
North Devon
Teignbridge, East Devon
West Devon
Teignmouth Urban District Teignbridge
Tiverton Borough Tiverton
Tiverton
Torridge
Totnes Borough South Hams
South Hams

Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay were county boroughs.

Dorset

District Successor
West Dorset
North Dorset
Blandford Forum Borough North Dorset
Bridport Borough West Dorset
West Dorset
Dorchester Borough West Dorset
West Dorset
Lyme Regis Borough West Dorset
Poole Borough Poole
Portland Urban District Weymouth and Portland
Shaftesbury Borough North Dorset
North Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sherborne Urban DistrictWest Dorset
North Dorset
Swanage Urban District Purbeck
Wareham Borough Purbeck
Purbeck
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Borough Weymouth and Portland
East Dorset
Wimborne Minster Urban DistrictEast Dorset
District Successor
Teesdale
Barnard Castle Urban District Teesdale
Bishop Auckland Urban District Wear Valley
Blaydon Urban District Gateshead (Tyne and Wear)
Boldon Urban District South Tyneside (Tyne and Wear)
Brandon and Byshottles Urban District Durham
City of Sunderland (Tyne and Wear), Gateshead, Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street Urban District Chester-le-Street
Consett Urban District Derwentside
Crook and Willington Urban District Wear Valley
Darlington, Sedgefield
Durham Borough Durham
Durham
Easington, Sunderland
Felling Urban District Gateshead
Hebburn Urban District South Tyneside
Hetton Urban District Sunderland
Houghton-le-Spring Urban District Sunderland
Jarrow Borough South Tyneside
Derwentside
Ryton Urban District Gateshead
Seaham Urban District Easington
Sedgefield
Shildon Urban District Sedgefield
Spennymoor Urban District Sedgefield
Stanley Urban District Derwentside
Stockton-on-Tees (Cleveland), Hartlepool (Cleveland)
Tow Law Urban District Wear Valley
Washington Urban District Sunderland
Wear Valley
Whickham Urban District Gateshead

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

East Suffolk

District Successor
Aldeburgh Borough Suffolk Coastal (Suffolk)
Beccles Borough Waveney (Suffolk)
Suffolk Coastal
Bungay Urban District Waveney
Suffolk Coastal
Eye Borough Mid Suffolk (Suffolk)
Felixstowe Urban District Suffolk Coastal
Mid Suffolk
Halesworth Urban District Waveney
Mid Suffolk
Leiston-cum-Sizewell Urban District Suffolk Coastal
Great Yarmouth (Norfolk), Waveney
Lowestoft Borough Waveney
Babergh (Suffolk)
Saxmundham Urban District Suffolk Coastal
Southwold Borough Waveney
Stowmarket Urban District Mid Suffolk
Waveney
Woodbridge Urban District Suffolk Coastal

Ipswich was a county borough.

East Sussex

District Successor
Rother
Bexhill Borough Rother
Burgess Hill Urban District Mid Sussex (West Sussex)
Lewes
Mid Sussex, Crawley (West Sussex)
Cuckfield Urban District Mid Sussex
East Grinstead Urban District Mid Sussex
Wealden
Hove Borough Hove
Lewes Borough Lewes
Newhaven Urban District Lewes
Portslade-by-Sea Urban District Hove
Rye Borough Rother
Seaford Urban District Lewes
Wealden

Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings were county boroughs.

Essex

District Successor
Basildon
Castle Point
Braintree
Braintree and Bocking Urban DistrictBraintree
Brentwood
Brightlingsea Urban District Tendring
Burnham-on-Crouch Urban District Maldon
Castle Point
Chelmsford Borough Chelmsford
Chelmsford, Brentwood
Chigwell Urban District Epping Forest
Tendring
Colchester Borough Colchester
Uttlesford
Epping Urban District Epping Forest
Brentwood, Epping Forest
Frinton and Walton Urban District Tendring
Braintree
Halstead Urban District Braintree
Harlow Urban District Harlow
Harwich Borough Tendring
Colchester
Maldon Borough Maldon
Maldon
Rochford
Rochford
Saffron Walden Borough Uttlesford
Uttlesford
Tendring
Thurrock Urban DistrictThurrock, Basildon
Waltham Holy Cross Urban DistrictEpping Forest
West Mersea Urban District Colchester
Witham Urban District Braintree
Wivenhoe Urban District Colchester

Southend-on-Sea was a county borough.

Gloucestershire

District Successor
Charlton Kings Urban District Cheltenham
Cheltenham Borough Cheltenham
Tewkesbury
Cotswold
Cirencester Urban District Cotswold
Stroud
Forest of Dean
Stroud, Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury
Kingswood Urban District Kingswood (Avon)
Forest of Dean
Mangotsfield Urban District Kingswood
Nailsworth Urban District Stroud
Forest of Dean
Cotswold
Cotswold
Northavon (Avon), Stroud
Stroud
Stroud Urban District Stroud
Cotswold
Tewkesbury Borough Tewkesbury
Northavon, Stroud
Kingswood
Forest of Dean

Bristol and Gloucester were county boroughs.

Hampshire

District Successor
Aldershot Borough Rushmoor
East Hampshire
Alton Urban District East Hampshire
Andover Borough Test Valley
Test Valley
Basingstoke Borough Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane
Christchurch Borough Christchurch (Dorset)
Winchester
Eastleigh Borough Eastleigh
Fareham Urban DistrictFareham
Farnborough Urban District Rushmoor
Fleet Urban District Hart
Gosport Borough Gosport
Hart
Havant and Waterloo Urban District Havant
Basingstoke and Deane
Lymington Borough New Forest
New Forest
East Hampshire
Petersfield Urban District East Hampshire
New Forest, East Dorset (Dorset), Christchurch
Romsey Borough Test Valley
Test Valley
Test Valley
Winchester Borough Winchester
Eastleigh, Winchester

Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton were county boroughs.

Herefordshire

District Successor
Malvern Hills (Hereford and Worcester)
South Herefordshire (Hereford and Worcester)
Hereford Borough Hereford (Hereford and Worcester)
South Herefordshire
Kington Rural District Leominster (Hereford and Worcester)
Kington Urban District Leominster
Malvern Hills
Leominster Borough Leominster
Leominster
South Herefordshire
Ross-on-Wye Urban District South Herefordshire
Leominster

There were no county boroughs.

Hertfordshire

District Successor
Baldock Urban DistrictNorth Hertfordshire
Dacorum
Berkhamsted Urban DistrictDacorum
Bishop's Stortford Urban DistrictEast Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire
Bushey Urban DistrictHertsmere
Cheshunt Urban DistrictBroxbourne
Chorleywood Urban DistrictThree Rivers
Hertsmere
Harpenden Urban DistrictSt Albans
Welwyn Hatfield
Hemel Hempstead BoroughDacorum
Dacorum
Hertford BoroughEast Hertfordshire
Stevenage, East Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire
Hitchin Urban DistrictNorth Hertfordshire
Hoddesdon Urban DistrictBroxbourne
Letchworth Urban DistrictNorth Hertfordshire
Potters Bar Urban DistrictHertsmere
Rickmansworth Urban DistrictThree Rivers
Royston Urban DistrictNorth Hertfordshire
Sawbridgeworth Urban DistrictEast Hertfordshire
St Albans BoroughSt Albans
St Albans, Dacorum
Stevenage Urban DistrictStevenage
Tring Urban DistrictDacorum
Ware Rural DistrictEast Hertfordshire
Ware Urban DistrictEast Hertfordshire
Watford Borough Watford
Hertsmere, Dacorum, Three Rivers
Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Garden City Urban DistrictWelwyn Hatfield

There were no county boroughs.

Huntingdon and Peterborough

District Successor
Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)
Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire)
Huntingdon and Godmanchester Borough Huntingdon
Huntingdon, Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough Borough Peterborough
Peterborough
Ramsey Urban District Huntingdon
St. Ives Borough Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Huntingdon
St. Neots Urban District Huntingdon
Peterborough

There were no county boroughs.

Isle of Wight

District Successor
Cowes Urban District Medina
South Wight
Newport Borough Medina
Ryde Borough Medina
Sandown-Shanklin Urban District South Wight
Ventnor Urban District South Wight

There were no county boroughs.

Kent

District Successor
Ashford Urban District Ashford
Canterbury
Broadstairs and St Peter's Urban District Thanet
Chatham Borough Rochester-upon-Medway
Tunbridge Wells
Dartford Borough Dartford
Sevenoaks, Dartford
Deal Borough Dover
Dover Borough Dover
Dover
Ashford
Dover, Thanet
Shepway
Faversham Borough Swale
Folkestone Borough Shepway
Gillingham Borough Gillingham
Gravesend Borough Gravesham
Canterbury
Maidstone
Hythe Borough Shepway
Lydd Borough Shepway
Maidstone Borough Maidstone
Maidstone
Tonbridge and Malling
Margate Borough Thanet
New Romney Borough Shepway
Northfleet Urban District Gravesham
Queenborough-in-Sheppey Borough Swale
Ramsgate Borough Thanet
Rochester Borough Rochester-upon-Medway
Shepway
Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough Tunbridge Wells
Sandwich Borough Dover
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks Urban District Sevenoaks
Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District Swale
Southborough Urban District Tunbridge Wells
Rochester-upon-Medway, Gravesham
Swale Rural District Swale
Swanscombe Urban District Dartford
Tenterden Borough Ashford
Ashford
Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge Urban District Tonbridge and Malling
Ashford
Whitstable Urban District Canterbury

Canterbury was a county borough.

Lancashire

District Successor
Abram Urban District Wigan (Greater Manchester)
Accrington Borough Hyndburn
Adlington Urban District Chorley
Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens (Merseyside)
Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Tameside (Greater Manchester)
Aspull Urban District Wigan
Wigan
Audenshaw Urban District Tameside
Bacup Borough Rossendale
Barrowford Urban District Pendle
Billinge and Winstanley Urban DistrictWigan, St Helens
Hyndburn, Blackburn, Ribble Valley
Bolton (Greater Manchester)
Brierfield Urban District Pendle
Pendle, Ribble Valley, Burnley
Carnforth Urban District Lancaster
Chadderton Urban DistrictOldham (Greater Manchester)
Chorley
Chorley
Church Urban District Hyndburn
Clayton-le-Moors Urban District Hyndburn
Clitheroe Borough Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley
Colne Borough Pendle
Oldham
Crosby Borough Sefton (Merseyside)
Dalton-in-Furness Urban District Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria)
Darwen Borough Blackburn
Denton Urban District Tameside
Droylsden Urban District Tameside
Eccles Borough Salford (Greater Manchester)
Failsworth Urban District Oldham
Bolton
Fleetwood Borough Wyre
Formby Urban District Sefton
Preston
Fylde
Wyre
Golborne Urban District Warrington (Cheshire), Wigan
Grange Urban District South Lakeland (Cumbria)
Great Harwood Urban District Hyndburn
Haslingden Borough Rossendale
Haydock Urban District St Helens
Rochdale (Greater Manchester)
Hindley Urban District Wigan
Bolton
Huyton-with-Roby Urban District Knowsley (Merseyside)
Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District Wigan
Irlam Urban District Salford
Bolton
Kirkby Urban District Knowsley
Kirkham Urban District Fylde
Lancaster Borough Lancaster
Lancaster
Lees Urban DistrictOldham
Wigan
Leyland Urban District South Ribble
Litherland Urban District Sefton
Bolton
Littleborough Urban District Rochdale
Longridge Urban District Ribble Valley
Lancaster
Lytham St. Anne's Borough Fylde
Rochdale
Milnrow Urban DistrictRochdale
Morecambe and Heysham Borough Lancaster
Mossley Borough Tameside
Nelson Borough Pendle
Newton-le-Willows Urban District St Helens
South Lakeland
West Lancashire
Orrell Urban DistrictWigan
Oswaldtwistle Urban District Hyndburn
Padiham Urban District Burnley
Poulton-le-Fylde Urban District Wyre
Preesall Urban District Wyre
Knowsley
South Ribble, Preston, Ribble Valley
Prestwich Borough Bury (Greater Manchester)
Radcliffe Borough Bury
Rainford Urban District St Helens
Ramsbottom Urban District Rossendale, Bury
Rawtenstall Borough Rossendale
Rishton Urban District Hyndburn
Oldham
Skelmersdale and Holland Urban District West Lancashire
Standish-with-Langtree Urban District Wigan
Trafford
Swinton and Pendlebury Borough Salford
Thornton Cleveleys Urban District Wyre
Tottington Urban District Bury
Trawden Urban District Pendle
Bolton, Blackburn
Wigan
Ulverston Urban District South Lakeland
Trafford
Walton-le-Dale Urban District South Ribble
Wardle Urban District Rochdale
Warrington
Sefton, Knowsley, West Lancashire
Bolton
Warrington, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton
Whitefield Urban District Bury
Whitworth Urban District Rossendale
Widnes Urban District Halton (Cheshire)
Wigan, West Lancashire
Withnell Urban District Chorley
Worsley Urban District Salford

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

Leicestershire

District Successor
North West Leicestershire
Ashby de la Zouch Urban District North West Leicestershire
Ashby Woulds Urban District North West Leicestershire
Charnwood
Harborough
Blaby
North West Leicestershire
Coalville Urban District North West Leicestershire
Hinckley Urban District Hinckley and Bosworth
Loughborough Borough Charnwood
Harborough
North West Leicestershire, Hinckley and Bosworth
Harborough
Market Harborough Urban District Harborough
Melton
Melton Mowbray Urban District Melton
Oadby Urban District Oadby and Wigston
Shepshed Urban District Charnwood
Wigston Urban District Oadby and Wigston

Leicester was a county borough.

Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland

District Successor
Boston Borough Boston (Lincolnshire)
Boston
South Holland (Lincolnshire)
South Holland
Spalding Urban District South Holland

There were no county boroughs.

Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven

District Successor
Bourne Urban District South Kesteven (Lincolnshire)
North Kesteven (Lincolnshire)
Grantham Borough South Kesteven
North Kesteven
Sleaford Urban District North Kesteven
South Kesteven
Stamford Borough South Kesteven
South Kesteven

There were no county boroughs.

Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey

District Successor
Alford Urban DistrictEast Lindsey (Lincolnshire)
Barton upon Humber Urban DistrictGlanford (Humberside)
Brigg Urban DistrictGlanford
West Lindsey (Lincolnshire)
Cleethorpes BoroughCleethorpes (Humberside)
West Lindsey
Gainsborough Urban DistrictWest Lindsey
Glanford
Cleethorpes
East Lindsey
East Lindsey
Boothferry (Humberside)
Louth BoroughEast Lindsey
East Lindsey
Mablethorpe and Sutton Urban DistrictEast Lindsey
Market Rasen Urban DistrictWest Lindsey
Scunthorpe BoroughScunthorpe (Humberside)
Skegness Urban DistrictEast Lindsey
East Lindsey
West Lindsey
Woodhall Spa Urban DistrictEast Lindsey

Grimsby and Lincoln were county boroughs.

Norfolk

District Successor
Great Yarmouth, Broadland
Cromer Urban District North Norfolk
South Norfolk
Diss Urban District South Norfolk
West Norfolk
West Norfolk
Downham Market Urban District West Norfolk
East Dereham Urban District Breckland
North Norfolk
South Norfolk
West Norfolk
Hunstanton Urban District West Norfolk
King's Lynn Borough West Norfolk
South Norfolk
West Norfolk
Breckland
North Walsham Urban District North Norfolk
Sheringham Urban District North Norfolk
North Norfolk
Broadland
Breckland
Swaffham Urban District Breckland
Thetford Borough Breckland
North Norfolk
Breckland
Wells-next-the-Sea Urban District North Norfolk
Wymondham Urban District South Norfolk

Great Yarmouth and Norwich were county boroughs.

Northamptonshire

District Successor
Brackley Borough South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire
Northampton, Daventry
Burton Latimer Urban District Kettering
Corby Urban District Corby
Daventry Borough Daventry
Daventry
Desborough Urban District Kettering
Higham Ferrers Borough East Northamptonshire
Irthlingborough Urban District East Northamptonshire
Kettering BoroughKettering
Corby, Kettering
South Northamptonshire, Northampton
Oundle Urban District East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire
Raunds Urban District East Northamptonshire
Rothwell Urban District Kettering
Rushden Urban District East Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire
Northampton, East Northamptonshire, Wellingborough
Wellingborough Urban District Wellingborough

Northampton was a county borough.

Northumberland

District Successor
Alnwick
Alnwick Urban District Alnwick
Amble Urban District Alnwick
Ashington Urban District Wansbeck
Bedlingtonshire Urban District Wansbeck
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Tynedale
Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Berwick-upon-Tweed
Blyth Borough Blyth Valley
Castle Morpeth, Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tynedale
Tynedale
Hexham Urban District Tynedale
Longbenton Urban District North Tyneside (Tyne and Wear)
Morpeth Borough Castle Morpeth
Castle Morpeth
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Urban District Wansbeck
Newburn Urban District Newcastle upon Tyne
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Prudhoe Urban District Tynedale
Alnwick
Blyth Valley, North Tyneside
Wallsend Borough North Tyneside
Whitley Bay Borough North Tyneside, Blyth Valley

Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth were county boroughs.

Nottinghamshire

District Successor
Arnold Urban DistrictGedling
Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, Ashfield, Gedling
Broxtowe
Rushcliffe
Carlton Urban DistrictGedling
East Retford BoroughBassetlaw
Doncaster (South Yorkshire), Bassetlaw
Eastwood Urban DistrictBroxtowe
Ashfield
Kirkby in Ashfield Urban DistrictAshfield
Mansfield BoroughMansfield
Mansfield Woodhouse Urban DistrictMansfield
Newark BoroughNewark
Newark
Newark
Sutton in Ashfield Urban DistrictAshfield
Warsop Urban DistrictMansfield
West Bridgford Urban DistrictRushcliffe
Worksop BoroughBassetlaw
Doncaster, Bassetlaw

Nottingham was a county borough.

Oxford

District Successor
Banbury Borough Cherwell
Cherwell
Bicester Urban District Cherwell
South Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton Borough West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire
Henley-on-Thames Borough South Oxfordshire
Cherwell
Thame Urban District South Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire
Witney Urban District West Oxfordshire
Woodstock Borough West Oxfordshire

Oxford was a county borough.

Rutland

District Successor
Rutland (Leicestershire)
Rutland
Oakham Urban DistrictRutland
Rutland

There were no county boroughs.

Shropshire (Salop)

District Successor
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Bridgnorth
South Shropshire
Dawley Urban District The Wrekin
South Shropshire
North Shropshire
Newport Urban District The Wrekin
North Shropshire
Oakengates Urban District The Wrekin
Oswestry
The Wrekin, Bridgnorth
Shrewsbury Borough Shrewsbury and Atcham
The Wrekin
Wellington, Shropshire Urban District The Wrekin

There were no county boroughs.

Somerset

District Successor
Woodspring (Avon), Sedgemoor, Mendip
Wansdyke (Avon)
Bridgwater Borough Sedgemoor
Sedgemoor
Burnham-on-Sea Urban District Sedgemoor
Chard Borough Yeovil
Yeovil
Clevedon Urban District Woodspring
Wansdyke, Mendip
Crewkerne Urban District Yeovil
West Somerset
Mendip
Frome Urban District Mendip
Glastonbury Borough Mendip
Ilminster Urban District Yeovil
Keynsham Urban District Wansdyke
Yeovil
Woodspring
Minehead Urban District West Somerset
Norton-Radstock Urban District Wansdyke
Portishead Urban DistrictWoodspring
Mendip
Shepton Mallet Urban District Mendip
Street Urban District Mendip
Taunton Borough Taunton Deane
Taunton Deane
Watchet Urban District West Somerset
Taunton Deane
Wellington Urban District Taunton Deane
Wells Borough Mendip
Mendip
Weston-super-Mare Borough Woodspring
West Somerset
Yeovil
Yeovil Borough Yeovil
Yeovil

Bath (and Bristol) were county boroughs.

Staffordshire

District Successor
Walsall (West Midlands)
Biddulph Urban District Staffordshire Moorlands
South Staffordshire
Cannock Urban District Cannock Chase
Staffordshire Moorlands
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire Moorlands
Leek Urban District Staffordshire Moorlands
Lichfield Borough Lichfield
Cannock Chase, Lichfield
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Rugeley Urban District Cannock Chase
South Staffordshire
Stafford Borough Stafford
Stafford
Stafford
Stafford
Tamworth Borough Tamworth
East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire
Uttoxeter Urban District East Staffordshire

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

Surrey

District Successor
Surrey Heath
Banstead Urban District Reigate and Banstead
Caterham and Warlingham Urban District Tandridge
Chertsey Urban District Runnymede
Dorking Urban District Mole Valley
Crawley (West Sussex), Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead
Egham Urban District Runnymede
Epsom and Ewell Borough Epsom and Ewell
Elmbridge
Farnham Urban District Waverley
Frimley and Camberley Urban District Surrey Heath
Godalming Borough Waverley
Tandridge
Guildford Borough Guildford
Guildford
Waverley
Haslemere Urban District Waverley
Leatherhead Urban District Mole Valley
Reigate Borough Reigate and Banstead
Staines Urban District Spelthorne
Spelthorne
Elmbridge
Woking Urban District Woking

There were no county boroughs.

Warwickshire

District Successor
Stratford-on-Avon
North Warwickshire
Bedworth Urban District Nuneaton
Kenilworth Urban District Warwick
Solihull (West Midlands), North Warwickshire, Coventry (West Midlands)
Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton
Royal Leamington Spa Borough Warwick
Rugby Borough Rugby
Rugby
Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon
Solihull, Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon Borough Stratford-on-Avon
Sutton Coldfield Borough Birmingham (West Midlands)
Warwick Borough Warwick
Warwick

Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham were county boroughs.

West Suffolk

District Successor
Bury St. Edmunds Borough St Edmundsbury (Suffolk)
St Edmundsbury
Babergh (Suffolk)
Hadleigh Urban District Babergh
Haverhill Urban District St Edmundsbury
Babergh
Forest Heath (Suffolk)
Forest Heath
Sudbury Borough Babergh
Mid Suffolk (Suffolk)
St Edmundsbury

There were no county boroughs.

West Sussex

District Successor
Arundel Borough Arun
Bognor Regis Urban District Arun
Horsham
Chichester Borough Chichester
Arun, Chichester
Crawley Urban District Crawley
Horsham
Horsham Urban District Horsham
Littlehampton Urban District Arun
Chichester
Chichester
Shoreham-by-Sea Urban District Adur
Southwick Urban District Adur
Worthing Borough Worthing
Adur, Arun

There were no county boroughs.

Westmorland

District Successor
Appleby Borough Eden (Cumbria)
Kendal Borough South Lakeland (Cumbria)
Eden, South Lakeland
Eden
South Lakeland
Windermere Urban District South Lakeland

There were no county boroughs.

Wiltshire

District Successor
Salisbury
West Wiltshire
Bradford-on-Avon Urban District West Wiltshire
Calne Borough North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire
Chippenham Borough North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire
Devizes Borough Kennet
Kennet
Thamesdown
Malmesbury Borough North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire
Marlborough Borough Kennet
Kennet
Melksham Urban District West Wiltshire
Salisbury
New Sarum Borough Salisbury
Kennet
Salisbury
Swindon Borough Thamesdown
Trowbridge Urban District West Wiltshire
Warminster Urban District West Wiltshire
West Wiltshire
Westbury Urban District West Wiltshire
Wilton Borough Salisbury

There were no county boroughs.

Worcestershire

District Successor
Bewdley Borough Wyre Forest (Hereford and Worcester)
Bromsgrove (Hereford and Worcester)
Bromsgrove Urban District Bromsgrove
Droitwich Borough Wychavon (Hereford and Worcester)
Wychavon, Worcester (Hereford and Worcester)
Evesham Borough Wychavon
Wychavon
Halesowen Borough Dudley (West Midlands)
Kidderminster Borough Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest
Malvern Urban District Malvern Hills (Hereford and Worcester)
Malvern Hills
Worcester, Wychavon
Redditch Urban District Redditch (Hereford and Worcester)
Stourbridge Borough Dudley
Stourport-on-Severn Urban District Wyre Forest
Leominster (Hereford and Worcester)
Malvern Hills

Warley and Worcester were county boroughs.

Yorkshire, East Riding

District Successor
Beverley Borough Beverley (Humberside)
Beverley
Bridlington Borough North Wolds (Humberside)
North Wolds, Scarborough (North Yorkshire)
Selby (North Yorkshire)
North Wolds
Driffield Urban District North Wolds
Filey Urban District Scarborough
Haltemprice Urban District Beverley
Hedon Borough Holderness (Humberside)
Holderness
Hornsea Urban District Holderness
Boothferry (Humberside)
Ryedale (North Yorkshire)
Norton Urban District Ryedale
North Wolds
Withernsea Urban District Holderness

Kingston upon Hull and York were county boroughs.

Yorkshire, North Riding

District Successor
Richmondshire (North Yorkshire)
Hambleton (North Yorkshire)
Richmondshire, Hambleton
Hambleton
Ryedale (North Yorkshire)
Guisborough Urban District Langbaurgh (Cleveland)
Ryedale
Ryedale
Richmondshire
Loftus Urban District Langbaurgh
Ryedale
Malton Urban District Ryedale
Harrogate (North Yorkshire)
Hambleton
Northallerton Urban District Hambleton
Ryedale
Pickering Urban District Ryedale
Richmondshire
Richmond Borough Richmondshire
Richmondshire
Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea Urban District Langbaurgh
Scalby Urban District Scarborough (North Yorkshire)
Scarborough Borough Scarborough
Scarborough
Skelton and Brotton Urban District Langbaurgh
Teesdale (County Durham)
Stockton-on-Tees (Cleveland), Middlesbrough (Cleveland), Hambleton
Harrogate, Hambleton
Harrogate
Scarborough
Scarborough

York and Teesside were county boroughs.

Yorkshire, West Riding

District Successor
Adwick le Street Urban District Doncaster (South Yorkshire)
Aireborough Urban District Leeds (West Yorkshire)
Bradford (West Yorkshire)
Barnoldswick Urban District Pendle (Lancashire)
Batley Borough Kirklees (West Yorkshire)
Bentley with Arksey Urban District Doncaster
Bradford
Ribble Valley (Lancashire)
Brighouse BoroughCalderdale (West Yorkshire)
Castleford BoroughWakefield (West Yorkshire)
Colne Valley Urban DistrictKirklees
Doncaster
Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
Darfield Urban DistrictBarnsley
Barnsley
Barnsley
Kirklees
Bradford
Barnsley
Doncaster
Pendle
Calderdale
Wakefield
Garforth Urban District Leeds
Goole BoroughBoothferry (Humberside)
Boothferry
Harrogate (North Yorkshire)
Calderdale
Kirklees
Selby (North Yorkshire), Barnsley, Wakefield
Wakefield
Calderdale
Kirklees
Wakefield
Leeds
Barnsley
Bradford
Bradford
Kirklees
Rotherham (South Yorkshire)
Harrogate
Wakefield
Rotherham
Meltham Urban DistrictKirklees
Kirklees
Doncaster
Leeds
Harrogate
Wakefield
Selby, Wakefield
Wakefield
Leeds
Barnsley
Barnsley
Wakefield
Leeds
Calderdale, Bradford
Rotherham
Harrogate
Harrogate
Calderdale
Rotherham
Leeds
Barnsley
Oldham (Greater Manchester)
South Lakeland (Cumbria)
Selby
Selby
Craven (North Yorkshire)
Bradford
Bradford
Bradford, Craven, Pendle
Craven
Calderdale
Kirklees
Wakefield
Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
Rotherham
Leeds, Selby
Doncaster
Doncaster
Todmorden BoroughCalderdale
Wakefield
Rotherham
Harrogate, Leeds
Leeds, Harrogate
Barnsley
Worsbrough Urban District Barnsley
Barnsley, Sheffield

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

See also

References