List of rural and urban districts in England in 1973

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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 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.

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Bedford

DistrictSuccessor
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.

Berkshire

DistrictSuccessor
Abingdon Borough Vale of White Horse (Oxfordshire)
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 BoroughWindsor and Maidenhead
New Windsor BoroughWindsor and Maidenhead
Newbury BoroughNewbury
Newbury Rural District Newbury
Wallingford Borough South Oxfordshire (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.

Buckingham

DistrictSuccessor
Amersham Rural District Chiltern
Aylesbury Borough Aylesbury Vale
Aylesbury Rural District Aylesbury Vale
Beaconsfield Urban District Beaconsfield
Bletchley Urban District Milton Keynes
Buckingham BoroughAylesbury Vale
Buckingham Rural District Aylesbury Vale
Chesham Urban District Chiltern
Eton Rural District Beaconsfield, Slough (Berkshire), Windsor and Maidenhead (Berkshire)
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 BoroughSlough
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.

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

DistrictSuccessor
Cambridge Borough Cambridge
Chatteris Urban District Fenland
Chesterton Rural District South Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District East Cambridgeshire
Ely Urban District East Cambridgeshire
March Urban DistrictFenland
Newmarket Rural District East Cambridgeshire
North Witchford Rural District Fenland
South Cambridgeshire Rural District South Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey Urban DistrictFenland
Wisbech BoroughFenland
Wisbech Rural District Fenland

There were no county boroughs.

Cheshire

DistrictSuccessor
Alderley Edge Urban District Macclesfield
Alsager Urban District Congleton
Altrincham Borough Trafford (Greater Manchester)
Bebington Borough Wirral (Merseyside)
Bollington Urban District Macclesfield
Bowdon Urban District Trafford
Bredbury and Romiley Urban District Stockport (Greater Manchester)
Bucklow Rural District Trafford, Manchester (Greater Manchester), Macclesfield
Cheadle and Gatley Urban DistrictStockport
Chester Rural District Chester
Congleton Borough Congleton
Congleton Rural District Congleton
Crewe Borough Crewe and Nantwich
Disley Rural District Macclesfield
Dukinfield Borough Tameside (Greater Manchester)
Ellesmere Port Borough Ellesmere Port and Neston
Hale Urban DistrictTrafford
Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban DistrictStockport
Hoylake Urban District Wirral
Hyde BoroughTameside
Knutsford Urban DistrictMacclesfield
Longdendale Urban District Tameside
Lymm Urban District Warrington
Macclesfield BoroughMacclesfield
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 DistrictEllesmere Port and Neston
Northwich Rural District Vale Royal
Northwich Urban DistrictVale Royal
Runcorn Rural District Vale Royal, Warrington, Halton
Runcorn Urban District Halton
Sale BoroughTrafford
Sandbach Urban District Congleton
Stalybridge BoroughTameside
Tarvin Rural District Chester
Tintwistle Rural District High Peak (Derbyshire)
Wilmslow Urban District Macclesfield
Winsford Urban District Vale Royal
Wirral Urban District Wirral

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

Cornwall

DistrictSuccessor
Bodmin Borough North Cornwall
Bude-Stratton Urban DistrictNorth Cornwall
Camborne-Redruth Urban District Kerrier
Camelford Rural District North Cornwall
Falmouth Borough Carrick
Helston BoroughKerrier
Kerrier Rural District Kerrier
Launceston BoroughNorth Cornwall
Launceston Rural District North Cornwall
Liskeard Borough Caradon
Liskeard Rural District Caradon
Looe Urban DistrictCaradon
Newquay Urban District Restormel
Penryn BoroughCarrick
Penzance Borough Penwith
Saltash BoroughCaradon
St. Austell Rural District Restormel
St. Austell with Fowey BoroughRestormel
St. Germans Rural District Caradon
St. Ives BoroughPenwith
St. Just Urban DistrictPenwith
Stratton Rural District North Cornwall
Torpoint Urban DistrictCaradon
Truro BoroughCarrick
Truro Rural District Carrick
Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District North Cornwall
West Penwith Rural District Penwith

There were no county boroughs.

Cumberland

DistrictSuccessor
Alston with Garrigill Rural District Eden (Cumbria)
Border Rural District Carlisle (Cumbria)
Cockermouth Rural District Allerdale (Cumbria)
Cockermouth Urban DistrictAllerdale
Ennerdale Rural District Copeland (Cumbria)
Keswick Urban DistrictAllerdale
Maryport Urban DistrictAllerdale
Millom Rural District Copeland
Penrith Rural District Eden
Penrith Urban District Eden
Whitehaven BoroughCopeland
Wigton Rural District Allerdale
Workington BoroughAllerdale

Carlisle was a county borough.

Derbyshire

DistrictSuccessor
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 BoroughHigh 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 DistrictChesterfield
Swadlincote Urban DistrictSouth Derbyshire
Whaley Bridge Urban DistrictHigh Peak
Wirksworth Urban DistrictWest Derbyshire

Derby was a county borough.

Devon

DistrictSuccessor
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 DistrictTeignbridge
Budleigh Salterton Urban DistrictEast Devon
Crediton Rural District Tiverton
Crediton Urban DistrictTiverton
Dartmouth Borough South Hams
Dawlish Urban DistrictTeignbridge
Exmouth Urban DistrictEast Devon
Great Torrington BoroughTorridge
Holsworthy Rural District Torridge
Honiton BoroughEast Devon
Honiton Rural District East Devon
Ilfracombe Urban DistrictNorth Devon
Kingsbridge Rural District South Hams
Kingsbridge Urban DistrictSouth Hams
Lynton Urban DistrictNorth Devon
Newton Abbot Rural District Teignbridge
Newton Abbot Urban DistrictTeignbridge
Northam Urban DistrictTorridge
Okehampton BoroughWest Devon
Okehampton Rural District West Devon
Ottery St. Mary Urban DistrictEast Devon
Plympton St. Mary Rural District South Hams
Salcombe Urban DistrictSouth Hams
Seaton Urban DistrictEast Devon
Sidmouth Urban DistrictEast Devon
South Molton Rural District North Devon
St Thomas Rural District Teignbridge, East Devon
Tavistock Rural District West Devon
Teignmouth Urban DistrictTeignbridge
Tiverton BoroughTiverton
Tiverton Rural District Tiverton
Torrington Rural District Torridge
Totnes BoroughSouth Hams
Totnes Rural District South Hams

Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay were county boroughs.

Dorset

DistrictSuccessor
Beaminster Rural District West Dorset
Blandford Rural District North Dorset
Blandford Forum BoroughNorth Dorset
Bridport BoroughWest Dorset
Bridport Rural District West Dorset
Dorchester BoroughWest Dorset
Dorchester Rural District West Dorset
Lyme Regis BoroughWest Dorset
Poole Borough Poole
Portland Urban District Weymouth and Portland
Shaftesbury BoroughNorth Dorset
Shaftesbury Rural District North Dorset
Sherborne Rural District West Dorset
Sherborne Urban DistrictWest Dorset
Sturminster Rural District North Dorset
Swanage Urban District Purbeck
Wareham BoroughPurbeck
Wareham and Purbeck Rural District Purbeck
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis BoroughWeymouth and Portland
Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District East Dorset
Wimborne Minster Urban DistrictEast Dorset

Durham

DistrictSuccessor
Barnard Castle Rural District Teesdale
Barnard Castle Urban DistrictTeesdale
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
Chester-le-Street Rural District City of Sunderland (Tyne and Wear), Gateshead, Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street Urban DistrictChester-le-Street
Consett Urban District Derwentside
Crook and Willington Urban DistrictWear Valley
Darlington Rural District Darlington, Sedgefield
Durham BoroughDurham
Durham Rural District Durham
Easington Rural District Easington, Sunderland
Felling Urban DistrictGateshead
Hebburn Urban DistrictSouth Tyneside
Hetton Urban DistrictSunderland
Houghton-le-Spring Urban DistrictSunderland
Jarrow BoroughSouth Tyneside
Lanchester Rural District Derwentside
Ryton Urban DistrictGateshead
Seaham Urban DistrictEasington
Sedgefield Rural District Sedgefield
Shildon Urban DistrictSedgefield
Spennymoor Urban DistrictSedgefield
Stanley Urban DistrictDerwentside
Stockton Rural District Stockton-on-Tees (Cleveland), Hartlepool (Cleveland)
Tow Law Urban DistrictWear Valley
Washington Urban DistrictSunderland
Weardale Rural District Wear Valley
Whickham Urban DistrictGateshead

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

East Suffolk

DistrictSuccessor
Aldeburgh Borough Suffolk Coastal (Suffolk)
Beccles Borough Waveney (Suffolk)
Blyth Rural District Suffolk Coastal
Bungay Urban DistrictWaveney
Deben Rural District Suffolk Coastal
Eye Borough Mid Suffolk (Suffolk)
Felixstowe Urban DistrictSuffolk Coastal
Gipping Rural District Mid Suffolk
Halesworth Urban DistrictWaveney
Hartismere Rural District Mid Suffolk
Leiston-cum-Sizewell Urban DistrictSuffolk Coastal
Lothingland Rural District Great Yarmouth (Norfolk), Waveney
Lowestoft BoroughWaveney
Samford Rural District Babergh (Suffolk)
Saxmundham Urban DistrictSuffolk Coastal
Southwold BoroughWaveney
Stowmarket Urban DistrictMid Suffolk
Wainford Rural District Waveney
Woodbridge Urban DistrictSuffolk Coastal

Ipswich was a county borough.

East Sussex

DistrictSuccessor
Battle Rural District Rother
Bexhill BoroughRother
Burgess Hill Urban District Mid Sussex (West Sussex)
Chailey Rural District Lewes
Cuckfield Rural District Mid Sussex, Crawley (West Sussex)
Cuckfield Urban DistrictMid Sussex
East Grinstead Urban DistrictMid Sussex
Hailsham Rural District Wealden
Hove Borough Hove
Lewes BoroughLewes
Newhaven Urban DistrictLewes
Portslade-by-Sea Urban DistrictHove
Rye BoroughRother
Seaford Urban DistrictLewes
Uckfield Rural District Wealden

Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings were county boroughs.

Essex

DistrictSuccessor
Basildon Urban District Basildon
Benfleet Urban District Castle Point
Braintree Rural District Braintree
Braintree and Bocking Urban District Braintree
Brentwood Urban District Brentwood
Brightlingsea Urban District Tendring
Burnham-on-Crouch Urban District Maldon
Canvey Island Urban District Castle Point
Chelmsford Borough Chelmsford
Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford, Brentwood
Chigwell Urban District Epping Forest
Clacton Urban District Tendring
Colchester BoroughColchester
Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Epping Urban DistrictEpping Forest
Epping and Ongar Rural District Brentwood, Epping Forest
Frinton and Walton Urban DistrictTendring
Halstead Rural District Braintree
Halstead Urban DistrictBraintree
Harlow Urban District Harlow
Harwich BoroughTendring
Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Maldon BoroughMaldon
Maldon Rural District Maldon
Rayleigh Urban District Rochford
Rochford Rural District Rochford
Saffron Walden BoroughUttlesford
Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Tendring Rural District Tendring
Thurrock Urban District Thurrock, Basildon
Waltham Holy Cross Urban District Epping Forest
West Mersea Urban DistrictColchester
Witham Urban DistrictBraintree
Wivenhoe Urban DistrictColchester

Southend-on-Sea was a county borough.

Gloucestershire

DistrictSuccessor
Charlton Kings Urban District Cheltenham
Cheltenham BoroughCheltenham
Cheltenham Rural District Tewkesbury
Cirencester Rural District Cotswold
Cirencester Urban DistrictCotswold
Dursley Rural District Stroud
East Dean Rural District Forest of Dean
Gloucester Rural District Stroud, Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury
Kingswood Urban District Kingswood (Avon)
Lydney Rural District Forest of Dean
Mangotsfield Urban DistrictKingswood
Nailsworth Urban DistrictStroud
Newent Rural District Forest of Dean
North Cotswold Rural District Cotswold
Northleach Rural District Cotswold
Sodbury Rural District Northavon (Avon), Stroud
Stroud Rural District Stroud
Stroud Urban DistrictStroud
Tetbury Rural District Cotswold
Tewkesbury BoroughTewkesbury
Thornbury Rural District Northavon, Stroud
Warmley Rural District Kingswood
West Dean Rural District Forest of Dean

Bristol and Gloucester were county boroughs.

Hampshire

DistrictSuccessor
Aldershot Borough Rushmoor
Alton Rural District East Hampshire
Alton Urban DistrictEast Hampshire
Andover Borough Test Valley
Andover Rural District Test Valley
Basingstoke Borough Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke Rural District Basingstoke and Deane
Christchurch Borough Christchurch (Dorset)
Droxford Rural District Winchester
Eastleigh Borough Eastleigh
Fareham Urban District Fareham
Farnborough Urban DistrictRushmoor
Fleet Urban District Hart
Gosport Borough Gosport
Hartley Wintney Rural District Hart
Havant and Waterloo Urban District Havant
Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District Basingstoke and Deane
Lymington Borough New Forest
New Forest Rural District New Forest
Petersfield Rural District East Hampshire
Petersfield Urban DistrictEast Hampshire
Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District New Forest, East Dorset (Dorset), Christchurch
Romsey BoroughTest Valley
Romsey Rural District Test Valley
Stockbridge Rural District Test Valley
Winchester BoroughWinchester
Winchester Rural District Eastleigh, Winchester

Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton were county boroughs.

Herefordshire

DistrictSuccessor
Bromyard Rural District Malvern Hills (Hereford and Worcester)
Dore and Bredwardine Rural District South Herefordshire (Hereford and Worcester)
Hereford Borough Hereford (Hereford and Worcester)
Hereford Rural District South Herefordshire
Kington Rural District Leominster (Hereford and Worcester)
Kington Urban DistrictLeominster
Ledbury Rural District Malvern Hills
Leominster BoroughLeominster
Leominster and Wigmore Rural District Leominster
Ross and Whitchurch Rural District South Herefordshire
Ross-on-Wye Urban DistrictSouth Herefordshire
Weobley Rural District Leominster

There were no county boroughs.

Hertfordshire

DistrictSuccessor
Baldock Urban District North Hertfordshire
Berkhamsted Rural District Dacorum
Berkhamsted Urban District Dacorum
Bishop's Stortford Urban District East Hertfordshire
Braughing Rural District East Hertfordshire
Bushey Urban District Hertsmere
Cheshunt Urban District Broxbourne
Chorleywood Urban District Three Rivers
Elstree Rural District Hertsmere
Harpenden Urban District St Albans
Hatfield Rural District Welwyn Hatfield
Hemel Hempstead BoroughDacorum
Hemel Hempstead Rural District Dacorum
Hertford BoroughEast Hertfordshire
Hertford Rural District Stevenage, East Hertfordshire
Hitchin Rural District North Hertfordshire
Hitchin Urban District North Hertfordshire
Hoddesdon Urban District Broxbourne
Letchworth Urban District North Hertfordshire
Potters Bar Urban District Hertsmere
Rickmansworth Urban District Three Rivers
Royston Urban District North Hertfordshire
Sawbridgeworth Urban District East Hertfordshire
St Albans BoroughSt Albans
St Albans Rural District St Albans, Dacorum
Stevenage Urban District Stevenage
Tring Urban District Dacorum
Ware Rural District East Hertfordshire
Ware Urban District East Hertfordshire
Watford Borough Watford
Watford Rural District Hertsmere, Dacorum, Three Rivers
Welwyn Rural District Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Garden City Urban District Welwyn Hatfield

There were no county boroughs.

Huntingdon and Peterborough

DistrictSuccessor
Barnack Rural District Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)
Huntingdon Rural District Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire)
Huntingdon and Godmanchester BoroughHuntingdon
Norman Cross Rural District Huntingdon, Peterborough
Old Fletton Urban District Peterborough
Peterborough BoroughPeterborough
Peterborough Rural District Peterborough
Ramsey Urban DistrictHuntingdon
St. Ives BoroughHuntingdon
St. Ives Rural District Huntingdon
St. Neots Rural District Huntingdon
St. Neots Urban DistrictHuntingdon
Thorney Rural District Peterborough

There were no county boroughs.

Isle of Wight

DistrictSuccessor
Cowes Urban District Medina
Isle of Wight Rural District South Wight
Newport BoroughMedina
Ryde BoroughMedina
Sandown-Shanklin Urban DistrictSouth Wight
Ventnor Urban DistrictSouth Wight

There were no county boroughs.

Kent

DistrictSuccessor
Ashford Urban District Ashford
Bridge-Blean Rural District Canterbury
Broadstairs and St Peter's Urban District Thanet
Chatham Borough Rochester-upon-Medway
Cranbrook Rural District Tunbridge Wells
Dartford Borough Dartford
Dartford Rural District Sevenoaks, Dartford
Deal Borough Dover
Dover BoroughDover
Dover Rural District Dover
East Ashford Rural District Ashford
Eastry Rural District Dover, Thanet
Elham Rural District Shepway
Faversham Borough Swale
Folkestone BoroughShepway
Gillingham Borough Gillingham
Gravesend Borough Gravesham
Herne Bay Urban District Canterbury
Hollingbourne Rural District Maidstone
Hythe BoroughShepway
Lydd BoroughShepway
Maidstone BoroughMaidstone
Maidstone Rural District Maidstone
Malling Rural District Tonbridge and Malling
Margate BoroughThanet
New Romney BoroughShepway
Northfleet Urban DistrictGravesham
Queenborough-in-Sheppey BoroughSwale
Ramsgate BoroughThanet
Rochester BoroughRochester-upon-Medway
Romney Marsh Rural District Shepway
Royal Tunbridge Wells BoroughTunbridge Wells
Sandwich BoroughDover
Sevenoaks Rural District Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks Urban DistrictSevenoaks
Sittingbourne and Milton Urban DistrictSwale
Southborough Urban DistrictTunbridge Wells
Strood Rural District Rochester-upon-Medway, Gravesham
Swale Rural DistrictSwale
Swanscombe Urban DistrictDartford
Tenterden BoroughAshford
Tenterden Rural District Ashford
Tonbridge Rural District Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge Urban DistrictTonbridge and Malling
West Ashford Rural District Ashford
Whitstable Urban DistrictCanterbury

Canterbury was a county borough.

Lancashire

DistrictSuccessor
Abram Urban District Wigan (Greater Manchester)
Accrington Borough Hyndburn
Adlington Urban District Chorley
Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban DistrictWigan, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens (Merseyside)
Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Tameside (Greater Manchester)
Aspull Urban DistrictWigan
Atherton Urban District Wigan
Audenshaw Urban DistrictTameside
Bacup Borough Rossendale
Barrowford Urban District Pendle
Billinge and Winstanley Urban District Wigan, St Helens
Blackburn Rural District Hyndburn, Blackburn, Ribble Valley
Blackrod Urban District Bolton (Greater Manchester)
Brierfield Urban DistrictPendle
Burnley Rural District Pendle, Ribble Valley, Burnley
Carnforth Urban District Lancaster
Chadderton Urban District Oldham (Greater Manchester)
Chorley Borough Chorley
Chorley Rural District Chorley
Church Urban DistrictHyndburn
Clayton-le-Moors Urban DistrictHyndburn
Clitheroe BoroughRibble Valley
Clitheroe Rural District Ribble Valley
Colne BoroughPendle
Crompton Urban District Oldham
Crosby Borough Sefton (Merseyside)
Dalton-in-Furness Urban District Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria)
Darwen BoroughBlackburn
Denton Urban DistrictTameside
Droylsden Urban DistrictTameside
Eccles Borough Salford (Greater Manchester)
Failsworth Urban DistrictOldham
Farnworth Borough Bolton
Fleetwood Borough Wyre
Formby Urban DistrictSefton
Fulwood Urban District Preston
Fylde Rural District Fylde
Garstang Rural District Wyre
Golborne Urban District Warrington (Cheshire), Wigan
Grange Urban District South Lakeland (Cumbria)
Great Harwood Urban DistrictHyndburn
Haslingden BoroughRossendale
Haydock Urban DistrictSt Helens
Heywood Borough Rochdale (Greater Manchester)
Hindley Urban DistrictWigan
Horwich Urban District Bolton
Huyton-with-Roby Urban District Knowsley (Merseyside)
Ince-in-Makerfield Urban DistrictWigan
Irlam Urban DistrictSalford
Kearsley Urban District Bolton
Kirkby Urban DistrictKnowsley
Kirkham Urban DistrictFylde
Lancaster BoroughLancaster
Lancaster Rural District Lancaster
Lees Urban District Oldham
Leigh Borough Wigan
Leyland Urban District South Ribble
Litherland Urban DistrictSefton
Little Lever Urban District Bolton
Littleborough Urban DistrictRochdale
Longridge Urban DistrictRibble Valley
Lunesdale Rural District Lancaster
Lytham St. Anne's BoroughFylde
Middleton Borough Rochdale
Milnrow Urban District Rochdale
Morecambe and Heysham BoroughLancaster
Mossley BoroughTameside
Nelson BoroughPendle
Newton-le-Willows Urban DistrictSt Helens
North Lonsdale Rural District South Lakeland
Ormskirk Urban District West Lancashire
Orrell Urban District Wigan
Oswaldtwistle Urban DistrictHyndburn
Padiham Urban DistrictBurnley
Poulton-le-Fylde Urban DistrictWyre
Preesall Urban DistrictWyre
Prescot Urban District Knowsley
Preston Rural District South Ribble, Preston, Ribble Valley
Prestwich Borough Bury (Greater Manchester)
Radcliffe BoroughBury
Rainford Urban DistrictSt Helens
Ramsbottom Urban DistrictRossendale, Bury
Rawtenstall BoroughRossendale
Rishton Urban DistrictHyndburn
Royton Urban District Oldham
Skelmersdale and Holland Urban DistrictWest Lancashire
Standish-with-Langtree Urban DistrictWigan
Stretford Borough Trafford
Swinton and Pendlebury BoroughSalford
Thornton Cleveleys Urban DistrictWyre
Tottington Urban DistrictBury
Trawden Urban DistrictPendle
Turton Urban District Bolton, Blackburn
Tyldesley Urban District Wigan
Ulverston Urban DistrictSouth Lakeland
Urmston Urban District Trafford
Walton-le-Dale Urban DistrictSouth Ribble
Wardle Urban DistrictRochdale
Warrington Rural District Warrington
West Lancashire Rural District Sefton, Knowsley, West Lancashire
Westhoughton Urban District Bolton
Whiston Rural District Warrington, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton
Whitefield Urban DistrictBury
Whitworth Urban DistrictRossendale
Widnes Urban District Halton (Cheshire)
Wigan Rural District Wigan, West Lancashire
Withnell Urban DistrictChorley
Worsley Urban DistrictSalford

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

DistrictSuccessor
Ashby de la Zouch Rural District North West Leicestershire
Ashby de la Zouch Urban DistrictNorth West Leicestershire
Ashby Woulds Urban DistrictNorth West Leicestershire
Barrow upon Soar Rural District Charnwood
Billesdon Rural District Harborough
Blaby Rural District Blaby
Castle Donington Rural District North West Leicestershire
Coalville Urban DistrictNorth West Leicestershire
Hinckley Urban District Hinckley and Bosworth
Loughborough BoroughCharnwood
Lutterworth Rural District Harborough
Market Bosworth Rural District North West Leicestershire, Hinckley and Bosworth
Market Harborough Rural District Harborough
Market Harborough Urban DistrictHarborough
Melton and Belvoir Rural District Melton
Melton Mowbray Urban DistrictMelton
Oadby Urban District Oadby and Wigston
Shepshed Urban DistrictCharnwood
Wigston Urban DistrictOadby and Wigston

Leicester was a county borough.

Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland

DistrictSuccessor
Boston Borough Boston (Lincolnshire)
Boston Rural District Boston
East Elloe Rural District South Holland (Lincolnshire)
Spalding Rural District South Holland
Spalding Urban DistrictSouth Holland

There were no county boroughs.

Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven

DistrictSuccessor
Bourne Urban District South Kesteven (Lincolnshire)
East Kesteven Rural District North Kesteven (Lincolnshire)
Grantham BoroughSouth Kesteven
North Kesteven Rural District North Kesteven
Sleaford Urban DistrictNorth Kesteven
South Kesteven Rural District South Kesteven
Stamford BoroughSouth Kesteven
West Kesteven Rural District South Kesteven

There were no county boroughs.

Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey

DistrictSuccessor
Alford Urban District East Lindsey (Lincolnshire)
Barton upon Humber Urban District Glanford (Humberside)
Brigg Urban District Glanford
Caistor Rural District West Lindsey (Lincolnshire)
Cleethorpes Borough Cleethorpes (Humberside)
Gainsborough Rural District West Lindsey
Gainsborough Urban District West Lindsey
Glanford Brigg Rural District Glanford
Grimsby Rural District Cleethorpes
Horncastle Rural District East Lindsey
Horncastle Urban District East Lindsey
Isle of Axholme Rural District Boothferry (Humberside)
Louth Borough East Lindsey
Louth Rural District East Lindsey
Mablethorpe and Sutton Urban District East Lindsey
Market Rasen Urban District West Lindsey
Scunthorpe Borough Scunthorpe (Humberside)
Skegness Urban District East Lindsey
Spilsby Rural District East Lindsey
Welton Rural District West Lindsey
Woodhall Spa Urban District East Lindsey

Grimsby and Lincoln were county boroughs.

Norfolk

DistrictSuccessor
Blofield and Flegg Rural District Great Yarmouth, Broadland
Cromer Urban District North Norfolk
Depwade Rural District South Norfolk
Diss Urban DistrictSouth Norfolk
Docking Rural District West Norfolk
Downham Rural District West Norfolk
Downham Market Urban DistrictWest Norfolk
East Dereham Urban District Breckland
Erpingham Rural District North Norfolk
Forehoe and Henstead Rural District South Norfolk
Freebridge Lynn Rural District West Norfolk
Hunstanton Urban DistrictWest Norfolk
King's Lynn BoroughWest Norfolk
Loddon Rural District South Norfolk
Marshland Rural District West Norfolk
Mitford and Launditch Rural District Breckland
North Walsham Urban DistrictNorth Norfolk
Sheringham Urban DistrictNorth Norfolk
Smallburgh Rural District North Norfolk
St. Faith's and Aylsham Rural District Broadland
Swaffham Rural District Breckland
Swaffham Urban DistrictBreckland
Thetford BoroughBreckland
Walsingham Rural District North Norfolk
Wayland Rural District Breckland
Wells-next-the-Sea Urban DistrictNorth Norfolk
Wymondham Urban DistrictSouth Norfolk

Great Yarmouth and Norwich were county boroughs.

Northamptonshire

DistrictSuccessor
Brackley Borough South Northamptonshire
Brackley Rural District South Northamptonshire
Brixworth Rural District Northampton, Daventry
Burton Latimer Urban District Kettering
Corby Urban District Corby
Daventry BoroughDaventry
Daventry Rural District Daventry
Desborough Urban DistrictKettering
Higham Ferrers Borough East Northamptonshire
Irthlingborough Urban DistrictEast Northamptonshire
Kettering BoroughKettering
Kettering Rural District Corby, Kettering
Northampton Rural District South Northamptonshire, Northampton
Oundle Urban DistrictEast Northamptonshire
Oundle and Thrapston Rural District East Northamptonshire
Raunds Urban DistrictEast Northamptonshire
Rothwell Urban DistrictKettering
Rushden Urban DistrictEast Northamptonshire
Towcester Rural District South Northamptonshire
Wellingborough Rural District Northampton, East Northamptonshire, Wellingborough
Wellingborough Urban District Wellingborough

Northampton was a county borough.

Northumberland

DistrictSuccessor
Alnwick Rural District Alnwick
Alnwick Urban DistrictAlnwick
Amble Urban DistrictAlnwick
Ashington Urban District Wansbeck
Bedlingtonshire Urban DistrictWansbeck
Belford Rural District Berwick-upon-Tweed
Bellingham Rural District Tynedale
Berwick-upon-Tweed BoroughBerwick-upon-Tweed
Blyth Borough Blyth Valley
Castle Ward Rural District Castle Morpeth, Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
Glendale Rural District Berwick-upon-Tweed
Gosforth Urban District Newcastle upon Tyne
Haltwhistle Rural District Tynedale
Hexham Rural District Tynedale
Hexham Urban DistrictTynedale
Longbenton Urban District North Tyneside (Tyne and Wear)
Morpeth BoroughCastle Morpeth
Morpeth Rural District Castle Morpeth
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Urban DistrictWansbeck
Newburn Urban DistrictNewcastle upon Tyne
Norham and Islandshires Rural District Berwick-upon-Tweed
Prudhoe Urban DistrictTynedale
Rothbury Rural District Alnwick
Seaton Valley Urban District Blyth Valley, North Tyneside
Wallsend BoroughNorth Tyneside
Whitley Bay BoroughNorth Tyneside, Blyth Valley

Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth were county boroughs.

Nottinghamshire

DistrictSuccessor
Arnold Urban District Gedling
Basford Rural District Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, Ashfield, Gedling
Beeston and Stapleford Urban District Broxtowe
Bingham Rural District Rushcliffe
Carlton Urban District Gedling
East Retford Borough Bassetlaw
East Retford Rural District Doncaster (South Yorkshire), Bassetlaw
Eastwood Urban District Broxtowe
Hucknall Urban District Ashfield
Kirkby in Ashfield Urban District Ashfield
Mansfield Borough Mansfield
Mansfield Woodhouse Urban District Mansfield
Newark Borough Newark
Newark Rural District Newark
Southwell Rural District Newark
Sutton in Ashfield Urban District Ashfield
Warsop Urban District Mansfield
West Bridgford Urban District Rushcliffe
Worksop Borough Bassetlaw
Worksop Rural District Doncaster, Bassetlaw

Nottingham was a county borough.

Oxford

DistrictSuccessor
Banbury Borough Cherwell
Banbury Rural District Cherwell
Bicester Urban DistrictCherwell
Bullingdon Rural District South Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton Borough West Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton Rural District West Oxfordshire
Henley Rural District South Oxfordshire
Henley-on-Thames BoroughSouth Oxfordshire
Ploughley Rural District Cherwell
Thame Urban DistrictSouth Oxfordshire
Witney Rural District West Oxfordshire
Witney Urban DistrictWest Oxfordshire
Woodstock BoroughWest Oxfordshire

Oxford was a county borough.

Rutland

DistrictSuccessor
Ketton Rural District Rutland (Leicestershire)
Oakham Rural District Rutland
Oakham Urban District Rutland
Uppingham Rural District Rutland

There were no county boroughs.

Shropshire (Salop)

DistrictSuccessor
Atcham Rural District Shrewsbury and Atcham
Bridgnorth Rural District Bridgnorth
Clun and Bishop's Castle Rural District South Shropshire
Dawley Urban District The Wrekin
Ludlow Rural District South Shropshire
Market Drayton Rural District North Shropshire
Newport Urban DistrictThe Wrekin
North Shropshire Rural District North Shropshire
Oakengates Urban DistrictThe Wrekin
Oswestry Rural District Oswestry
Shifnal Rural District The Wrekin, Bridgnorth
Shrewsbury BoroughShrewsbury and Atcham
Wellington Rural District The Wrekin
Wellington, Shropshire Urban DistrictThe Wrekin

There were no county boroughs.

Somerset

DistrictSuccessor
Axbridge Rural District Woodspring (Avon), Sedgemoor, Mendip
Bathavon Rural District Wansdyke (Avon)
Bridgwater BoroughSedgemoor
Bridgwater Rural District Sedgemoor
Burnham-on-Sea Urban DistrictSedgemoor
Chard Borough Yeovil
Chard Rural District Yeovil
Clevedon Urban DistrictWoodspring
Clutton Rural District Wansdyke, Mendip
Crewkerne Urban DistrictYeovil
Dulverton Rural District West Somerset
Frome Rural District Mendip
Frome Urban DistrictMendip
Glastonbury BoroughMendip
Ilminster Urban DistrictYeovil
Keynsham Urban DistrictWansdyke
Langport Rural District Yeovil
Long Ashton Rural District Woodspring
Minehead Urban DistrictWest Somerset
Norton-Radstock Urban DistrictWansdyke
Portishead Urban DistrictWoodspring
Shepton Mallet Rural District Mendip
Shepton Mallet Urban DistrictMendip
Street Urban DistrictMendip
Taunton Borough Taunton Deane
Taunton Rural District Taunton Deane
Watchet Urban DistrictWest Somerset
Wellington Rural District Taunton Deane
Wellington Urban DistrictTaunton Deane
Wells BoroughMendip
Wells Rural District Mendip
Weston-super-Mare BoroughWoodspring
Williton Rural District West Somerset
Wincanton Rural District Yeovil
Yeovil BoroughYeovil
Yeovil Rural District Yeovil

Bath (and Bristol) were county boroughs.

Staffordshire

DistrictSuccessor
Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District Walsall (West Midlands)
Biddulph Urban District Staffordshire Moorlands
Cannock Rural District South Staffordshire
Cannock Urban District Cannock Chase
Cheadle Rural District Staffordshire Moorlands
Kidsgrove Urban District Newcastle-under-Lyme
Leek Rural District Staffordshire Moorlands
Leek Urban DistrictStaffordshire Moorlands
Lichfield Borough Lichfield
Lichfield Rural District Cannock Chase, Lichfield
Newcastle-under-Lyme BoroughNewcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District Newcastle-under-Lyme
Rugeley Urban DistrictCannock Chase
Seisdon Rural District South Staffordshire
Stafford Borough Stafford
Stafford Rural District Stafford
Stone Rural District Stafford
Stone Urban District Stafford
Tamworth Borough Tamworth
Tutbury Rural District East Staffordshire
Uttoxeter Rural District East Staffordshire
Uttoxeter Urban DistrictEast Staffordshire

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

Surrey

DistrictSuccessor
Bagshot Rural District Surrey Heath
Banstead Urban District Reigate and Banstead
Caterham and Warlingham Urban District Tandridge
Chertsey Urban District Runnymede
Dorking Urban District Mole Valley
Dorking and Horley Rural District Crawley (West Sussex), Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead
Egham Urban DistrictRunnymede
Epsom and Ewell Borough Epsom and Ewell
Esher Urban District Elmbridge
Farnham Urban DistrictWaverley
Frimley and Camberley Urban DistrictSurrey Heath
Godalming Borough Waverley
Godstone Rural District Tandridge
Guildford Borough Guildford
Guildford Rural District Guildford
Hambledon Rural District Waverley
Haslemere Urban DistrictWaverley
Leatherhead Urban DistrictMole Valley
Reigate BoroughReigate and Banstead
Staines Urban District Spelthorne
Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District Spelthorne
Walton and Weybridge Urban District Elmbridge
Woking Urban District Woking

There were no county boroughs.

Warwickshire

DistrictSuccessor
Alcester Rural District Stratford-on-Avon
Atherstone Rural District North Warwickshire
Bedworth Urban District Nuneaton
Kenilworth Urban District Warwick
Meriden Rural District Solihull (West Midlands), North Warwickshire, Coventry (West Midlands)
Nuneaton BoroughNuneaton
Royal Leamington Spa BoroughWarwick
Rugby Borough Rugby
Rugby Rural District Rugby
Shipston on Stour Rural District Stratford-on-Avon
Southam Rural District Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon Rural District Solihull, Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon BoroughStratford-on-Avon
Sutton Coldfield Borough Birmingham (West Midlands)
Warwick BoroughWarwick
Warwick Rural District Warwick

Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham were county boroughs.

West Suffolk

DistrictSuccessor
Bury St. Edmunds Borough St Edmundsbury (Suffolk)
Clare Rural District St Edmundsbury
Cosford Rural District Babergh (Suffolk)
Hadleigh Urban DistrictBabergh
Haverhill Urban DistrictSt Edmundsbury
Melford Rural District Babergh
Mildenhall Rural District Forest Heath (Suffolk)
Newmarket Urban District Forest Heath
Sudbury BoroughBabergh
Thedwastre Rural District Mid Suffolk (Suffolk)
Thingoe Rural District St Edmundsbury

There were no county boroughs.

West Sussex

DistrictSuccessor
Arundel Borough Arun
Bognor Regis Urban DistrictArun
Chanctonbury Rural District Horsham
Chichester Borough Chichester
Chichester Rural District Arun, Chichester
Crawley Urban District Crawley
Horsham Rural District Horsham
Horsham Urban DistrictHorsham
Littlehampton Urban DistrictArun
Midhurst Rural District Chichester
Petworth Rural District Chichester
Shoreham-by-Sea Urban District Adur
Southwick Urban DistrictAdur
Worthing Borough Worthing
Worthing Rural District Adur, Arun

There were no county boroughs.

Westmorland

DistrictSuccessor
Appleby Borough Eden (Cumbria)
Kendal Borough South Lakeland (Cumbria)
Lakes Urban District Eden, South Lakeland
North Westmorland Rural District Eden
South Westmorland Rural District South Lakeland
Windermere Urban DistrictSouth Lakeland

There were no county boroughs.

Wiltshire

DistrictSuccessor
Amesbury Rural District Salisbury
Bradford and Melksham Rural District West Wiltshire
Bradford-on-Avon Urban DistrictWest Wiltshire
Calne Borough North Wiltshire
Calne and Chippenham Rural District North Wiltshire
Chippenham BoroughNorth Wiltshire
Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District North Wiltshire
Devizes Borough Kennet
Devizes Rural District Kennet
Highworth Rural District Thamesdown
Malmesbury BoroughNorth Wiltshire
Malmesbury Rural District North Wiltshire
Marlborough BoroughKennet
Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District Kennet
Melksham Urban DistrictWest Wiltshire
Mere and Tisbury Rural District Salisbury
New Sarum BoroughSalisbury
Pewsey Rural District Kennet
Salisbury and Wilton Rural District Salisbury
Swindon BoroughThamesdown
Trowbridge Urban DistrictWest Wiltshire
Warminster Urban DistrictWest Wiltshire
Warminster and Westbury Rural District West Wiltshire
Westbury Urban DistrictWest Wiltshire
Wilton BoroughSalisbury

There were no county boroughs.

Worcestershire

DistrictSuccessor
Bewdley Borough Wyre Forest (Hereford and Worcester)
Bromsgrove Rural District Bromsgrove (Hereford and Worcester)
Bromsgrove Urban DistrictBromsgrove
Droitwich Borough Wychavon (Hereford and Worcester)
Droitwich Rural District Wychavon, Worcester (Hereford and Worcester)
Evesham BoroughWychavon
Evesham Rural District Wychavon
Halesowen Borough Dudley (West Midlands)
Kidderminster BoroughWyre Forest
Kidderminster Rural District Wyre Forest
Malvern Urban District Malvern Hills (Hereford and Worcester)
Martley Rural District Malvern Hills
Pershore Rural District Worcester, Wychavon
Redditch Urban District Redditch (Hereford and Worcester)
Stourbridge BoroughDudley
Stourport-on-Severn Urban DistrictWyre Forest
Tenbury Rural District Leominster (Hereford and Worcester)
Upton upon Severn Rural District Malvern Hills

Warley and Worcester were county boroughs.

Yorkshire, East Riding

DistrictSuccessor
Beverley Borough Beverley (Humberside)
Beverley Rural District Beverley
Bridlington Borough North Wolds (Humberside)
Bridlington Rural District North Wolds, Scarborough (North Yorkshire)
Derwent Rural District Selby (North Yorkshire)
Driffield Rural District North Wolds
Driffield Urban DistrictNorth Wolds
Filey Urban DistrictScarborough
Haltemprice Urban DistrictBeverley
Hedon Borough Holderness (Humberside)
Holderness Rural District Holderness
Hornsea Urban DistrictHolderness
Howden Rural District Boothferry (Humberside)
Norton Rural District Ryedale (North Yorkshire)
Norton Urban DistrictRyedale
Pocklington Rural District North Wolds
Withernsea Urban DistrictHolderness

Kingston upon Hull and York were county boroughs.

Yorkshire, North Riding

DistrictSuccessor
Aysgarth Rural District Richmondshire (North Yorkshire)
Bedale Rural District Hambleton (North Yorkshire)
Croft Rural District Richmondshire, Hambleton
Easingwold Rural District Hambleton
Flaxton Rural District Ryedale (North Yorkshire)
Guisborough Urban District Langbaurgh (Cleveland)
Helmsley Rural District Ryedale
Kirkbymoorside Rural District Ryedale
Leyburn Rural District Richmondshire
Loftus Urban DistrictLangbaurgh
Malton Rural District Ryedale
Malton Urban DistrictRyedale
Masham Rural District Harrogate (North Yorkshire)
Northallerton Rural District Hambleton
Northallerton Urban DistrictHambleton
Pickering Rural District Ryedale
Pickering Urban DistrictRyedale
Reeth Rural District Richmondshire
Richmond BoroughRichmondshire
Richmond Rural District Richmondshire
Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea Urban DistrictLangbaurgh
Scalby Urban District Scarborough (North Yorkshire)
Scarborough BoroughScarborough
Scarborough Rural District Scarborough
Skelton and Brotton Urban DistrictLangbaurgh
Startforth Rural District Teesdale (County Durham)
Stokesley Rural District Stockton-on-Tees (Cleveland), Middlesbrough (Cleveland), Hambleton
Thirsk Rural District Harrogate, Hambleton
Wath Rural District Harrogate
Whitby Rural District Scarborough
Whitby Urban District Scarborough

York and Teesside were county boroughs.

Yorkshire, West Riding

DistrictSuccessor
Adwick le Street Urban District Doncaster (South Yorkshire)
Aireborough Urban District Leeds (West Yorkshire)
Baildon Urban District Bradford (West Yorkshire)
Barnoldswick Urban District Pendle (Lancashire)
Batley Borough Kirklees (West Yorkshire)
Bentley with Arksey Urban District Doncaster
Bingley Urban District Bradford
Bowland Rural District Ribble Valley (Lancashire)
Brighouse Borough Calderdale (West Yorkshire)
Castleford Borough Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
Colne Valley Urban District Kirklees
Conisbrough Urban District Doncaster
Cudworth Urban District Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
Darfield Urban District Barnsley
Darton Urban District Barnsley
Dearne Urban District Barnsley
Denby Dale Urban District Kirklees
Denholme Urban District Bradford
Dodworth Urban District Barnsley
Doncaster Rural District Doncaster
Earby Urban District Pendle
Elland Urban District Calderdale
Featherstone Urban District Wakefield
Garforth Urban District Leeds
Goole Borough Boothferry (Humberside)
Goole Rural District Boothferry
Harrogate Borough Harrogate (North Yorkshire)
Hebden Royd Urban District Calderdale
Heckmondwike Urban District Kirklees
Hemsworth Rural District Selby (North Yorkshire), Barnsley, Wakefield
Hemsworth Urban District Wakefield
Hepton Rural District Calderdale
Holmfirth Urban District Kirklees
Horbury Urban District Wakefield
Horsforth Urban District Leeds
Hoyland Nether Urban District Barnsley
Ilkley Urban District Bradford
Keighley Borough Bradford
Kirkburton Urban District Kirklees
Kiveton Park Rural District Rotherham (South Yorkshire)
Knaresborough Urban District Harrogate
Knottingley Urban District Wakefield
Maltby Urban District Rotherham
Meltham Urban District Kirklees
Mirfield Urban District Kirklees
Mexborough Urban District Doncaster
Morley Borough Leeds
Nidderdale Rural District Harrogate
Normanton Urban District Wakefield
Osgoldcross Rural District Selby, Wakefield
Ossett Borough Wakefield
Otley Urban District Leeds
Penistone Rural District Barnsley
Penistone Urban District Barnsley
Pontefract Borough Wakefield
Pudsey Borough Leeds
Queensbury and Shelf Urban District Calderdale, Bradford
Rawmarsh Urban District Rotherham
Ripon Borough Harrogate
Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District Harrogate
Ripponden Urban District Calderdale
Rotherham Rural District Rotherham
Rothwell Urban District Leeds
Royston Urban District Barnsley
Saddleworth Urban District Oldham (Greater Manchester)
Sedbergh Rural District South Lakeland (Cumbria)
Selby Rural District Selby
Selby Urban District Selby
Settle Rural District Craven (North Yorkshire)
Shipley Urban District Bradford
Silsden Urban District Bradford
Skipton Rural District Bradford, Craven, Pendle
Skipton Urban District Craven
Sowerby Bridge Urban District Calderdale
Spenborough Borough Kirklees
Stanley Urban District Wakefield
Stocksbridge Urban District Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
Swinton Urban District Rotherham
Tadcaster Rural District Leeds, Selby
Thorne Rural District Doncaster
Tickhill Urban District Doncaster
Todmorden Borough Calderdale
Wakefield Rural District Wakefield
Wath upon Dearne Urban District Rotherham
Wetherby Rural District Harrogate, Leeds
Wharfedale Rural District Leeds, Harrogate
Wombwell Urban District Barnsley
Worsbrough Urban District Barnsley
Wortley Rural District Barnsley, Sheffield

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

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