List of urban districts formed in England and Wales 1894–95

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Urban districts were a form of local government in England and Wales between 1894 and 1974, typically used for smaller and medium sized towns. They were created on 31 December 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73). The vast majority of urban districts formed at that time were created by renaming the pre-existing urban sanitary districts, such as local board districts or improvement commissioners districts. Only a minority of the urban districts created in 1894 were for places that had not previously had urban forms of local government.

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Other, usually larger, towns and cities were governed as municipal boroughs.
Note for table: 'UD' stands for Urban District, 'RD' stands for Rural District, 'MB' stands for Municipal Borough, 'Met. B' stands for Metropolitan Borough and 'CB' stands for County Borough.

1894

Initially 753 urban districts were created under the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73). Of these, 692 had previously been local board districts or local government districts, and 30 had been improvement commissioners districts. [1] [a] [2] When the 1894 Act came into force on 31 December 1894 an additional 31 urban districts were created for areas which had not previously been urban sanitary districts, whilst four urban sanitary districts were abolished at the same time (two absorbed into larger urban neighbours, two downgraded to rural areas) and so did not become urban districts. [3] [b]

Abolished before 1974

Urban DistrictCountyAbolishedSuccessor(s)
Leighton Buzzard UD Bedfordshire 1965 Leighton-Linslade UD
Aylesbury UD Buckinghamshire 1917 Aylesbury MB
Slough UD Buckinghamshire 1938 Slough MB
Chesterton UD Cambridgeshire 1912absorbed by Cambridge MB
Llanelly UD Carmarthenshire 1913 Llanelly MB
Altrincham UD Cheshire 1937 Altrincham MB
Bromborough UD Cheshire 1922 Bebington and Bromborough UD
Buglawton UD Cheshire 1936absorbed by Congleton MB and Macclesfield RD
Dukinfield UD Cheshire 1899 Dukinfield MB
Higher Bebington UD Cheshire 1922 Bebington and Bromborough UD
Hollingworth UD Cheshire 1936absorbed by Longdendale UD
Hoole UD Cheshire 1954absorbed by Chester CB and Chester RD
Lower Bebington UD Cheshire 1922 Bebington and Bromborough UD
Sale UD Cheshire 1935 Sale MB
Tarporley UD Cheshire 1936absorbed by Northwich RD
Wallasey UD Cheshire 1910 Wallasey MB
Yeardsley cum Whaley UD Cheshire 1936absorbed by Whaley Bridge UD, Derbyshire and Disley RD
Camborne UD Cornwall 1934 Camborne-Redruth UD
Hayle UD Cornwall 1934absorbed by West Penwith RD
Ludgvan UD Cornwall 1934absorbed by West Penwith RD
Madron UD Cornwall 1934absorbed by Penzance MB and West Penwith RD
Padstow UD Cornwall 1968 Wadebridge and Padstow RD
Paul UD Cornwall 1934absorbed by Penzance MB and West Penwith RD
Phillack UD Cornwall 1934absorbed by West Penwith RD
Redruth UD Cornwall 1934 Camborne-Redruth UD
St Austell UD Cornwall 1968 St Austell with Fowey MB
Benfieldside UD County Durham 1937absorbed by Consett UD
Leadgate UD County Durham 1937absorbed by Consett UD and Stanley UD
Southwick on Wear UD County Durham 1928absorbed by Sunderland CB
Stanhope UD County Durham 1937absorbed by Weardale RD
Willington UD County Durham 1937 Crook and Willington UD
Arlecdon and Frizington UD Cumberland 1934 Ennerdale RD
Aspatria UD Cumberland 1934absorbed by Cockermouth RD and Wigton RD
Cleator Moor UD Cumberland 1934 Ennerdale RD
Egremont UD Cumberland 1934 Ennerdale RD
Harrington UD Cumberland 1934absorbed by Ennerdale RD and Workington MB
Holme Cultram UD Cumberland 1934absorbed by Wigton RD
Millom UD Cumberland 1934 Millom RD
Wigton UD Cumberland 1934absorbed by Wigton RD
Colwyn Bay and Colwyn UD (1894-1926), [4]
Colwyn Bay UD (1926–34)
Denbighshire 1934 Colwyn Bay MB
Abergele and Pensarn UD Denbighshire 1935 Abergele UD
Alvaston and Boulton UD Derbyshire 1934absorbed by Shardlow RD
Baslow and Bubnell UD Derbyshire 1934absorbed by Bakewell RD
Bonsall UD Derbyshire 1935 Matlock UD
Brampton and Walton UD Derbyshire 1935absorbed by Chesterfield RD
Buxton UD Derbyshire 1917 Buxton MB
Fairfield UD Derbyshire 1917 Buxton MB
Heage UD Derbyshire 1934absorbed by Ripley UD
Matlock Bath and Scarthin Nick UD Derbyshire 1924 The Matlocks UD
Newbold and Dunston UD Derbyshire 1911 Whittington and Newbold UD
North Darley UD Derbyshire 1934absorbed by Matlock UD
South Darley UD Derbyshire 1934absorbed by Matlock UD
Whittington UD Derbyshire 1911 Whittington and Newbold UD
Bampton UD Devon 1935absorbed by Tiverton RD
Cockington UD Devon 1900absorbed by Newton Abbot RD
Compton Gifford UD Devon 1896absorbed by Plympton St Mary RD
East Stonehouse UD Devon 1914absorbed by Plymouth CB
Ivybridge UD Devon 1935absorbed by Plympton St Mary RD
Lower Brixham UD (1894–95), [5]
Brixham UD (1895-1968) [6]
Devon 1968 Torbay CB
Paignton UD Devon 1968 Torbay CB
St Mary Church UD Devon 1900absorbed by Torquay MB
St Thomas the Apostle UD Devon 1900absorbed by Exeter CB
Branksome UD Dorset 1905absorbed by Poole MB
Bridlington UD East Riding of Yorkshire 1899 Bridlington MB
Cottingham UD East Riding of Yorkshire 1935 Haltemprice UD, absorbed by Beverley RD and Kingston upon Hull CB
Pocklington UD East Riding of Yorkshire 1935absorbed by Pocklington RD
Battle UD East Sussex 1934absorbed by Battle RD
Bexhill UD East Sussex 1902 Bexhill MB
Haywards Heath UD East Sussex 1934absorbed by Cuckfield UD
Hove UD East Sussex 1898 Hove MB
Uckfield UD East Sussex 1934absorbed by Uckfield RD
Barking Town UD Essex 1931 Barking MB
Buckhurst Hill UD Essex 1933 Chigwell UD
Chingford UD Essex 1938 Chingford MB
East Ham UD Essex 1904 East Ham MB
Grays Thurrock UD Essex 1936 Thurrock UD
Ilford UD Essex 1926 Ilford MB
Leyton UD Essex 1926 Leyton MB
Romford UD Essex 1937 Romford MB
Shoeburyness UD, South Shoebury (1894–1895) Essex 1933absorbed by Southend on Sea CB
Walthamstow UD Essex 1929 Walthamstow MB
Walton on the Naze UD Essex 1934 Frinton and Walton UD
Wanstead UD Essex 1934 Wanstead and Woodford UD
Woodford UD Essex 1934 Wanstead and Woodford UD
Barry UD Glamorgan 1938 Barry MB
Briton Ferry UD Glamorgan 1922absorbed by Neath MB
Margam UD Glamorgan 1921 Port Talbot MB
Merthyr Tydfil UD Glamorgan 1905 Merthyr Tydfil MB
Oystermouth UD Glamorgan 1918 [7] absorbed by Swansea CB
Rhondda UD, Ystradyfodwg UD (1894–1897) Glamorgan 1955 Rhondda MB
Awre UD Gloucestershire 1935absorbed by East Dean RD and West Dean RD
Coleford UD Gloucestershire 1935absorbed by West Dean RD
Horfield UD Gloucestershire 1904absorbed by Bristol CB
Newnham UD Gloucestershire 1935absorbed by Gloucester RD
Stapleton UD Gloucestershire 1898absorbed by Bristol CB
Stow on the Wold UD Gloucestershire 1935 North Cotswold RD
St George UD Gloucestershire 1898absorbed by Bristol CB
Tetbury UD Gloucestershire 1935absorbed by Tetbury RD
Westbury on Severn UD Gloucestershire 1935absorbed by Gloucester RD
Aldershot UD Hampshire 1922 Aldershot MB
Eastleigh UD (1894–99), [8]
Eastleigh and Bishopstoke UD (1899-1932), [9]
Eastleigh UD (1932–36)
Hampshire 1936 Eastleigh MB
Gosport and Alverstoke UD Hampshire 1922 Gosport MB
Shirley and Freemantle UD Hampshire 1895absorbed by Southampton CB
Warblington UD Hampshire 1932absorbed by Havant and Waterloo UD and Petersfield RD
Bromyard UD Herefordshire 1968absorbed by Bromyard RD
Ledbury UD Herefordshire 1968absorbed by Ledbury RD
Barnet UD Hertfordshire 1965 Barnet
East Barnet Valley UD (1894-1935), [10]
East Barnet UD (1935–65)
Hertfordshire 1965 Barnet
Watford UD Hertfordshire 1922 Watford MB
East Cowes UD Isle of Wight 1933absorbed by Cowes UD
Sandown UD Isle of Wight 1933 Sandown-Shanklin UD
Shanklin UD Isle of Wight 1933 Sandown-Shanklin UD
St Helens UD Isle of Wight 1933absorbed by Ryde MB
Beckenham UD Kent 1935 Beckenham MB
Bexley UD Kent 1937 Bexley MB
Bromley UD Kent 1903 Bromley MB
Dartford UD Kent 1933 Dartford MB
Erith UD Kent 1938 Erith MB
Gillingham UD Kent 1903 Gillingham MB
Milton next Sittingbourne UD (1894-1907), [11]
Milton Regis UD (1907–30)
Kent 1930 Sittingbourne and Milton UD
Sandgate UD Kent 1934absorbed by Folkestone MB and Hythe MB
Sheerness UD Kent 1968absorbed by Queenborough-in-Sheppey MB
Sittingbourne UD Kent 1930 Sittingbourne and Milton UD
Walmer UD Kent 1935absorbed by Deal MB
Wrotham UD Kent 1934absorbed by Dartford RD and Malling RD
Allerton UD Lancashire 1913absorbed by Liverpool CB
Astley Bridge UD Lancashire 1898absorbed by Bolton CB
Birkdale UD Lancashire 1912absorbed by Southport CB
Castleton by Rochdale UD Lancashire 1900absorbed by Rochdale CB
Childwall UD Lancashire 1913absorbed by Liverpool CB
Colne UD Lancashire 1895 Colne MB
Croston UD Lancashire 1934absorbed by Chorley RD
Farnworth UD Lancashire 1939 Farnworth MB
Fleetwood UD Lancashire 1933 Fleetwood MB
Garston UD Lancashire 1902absorbed by Liverpool CB
Gorton UD Lancashire 1909absorbed by Manchester CB
Great Crosby UD Lancashire 1937 Crosby MB
Heaton Norris UD Lancashire 1913absorbed by Stockport CB
Hurst UD Lancashire 1927absorbed by Ashton under Lyne MB
Lathom and Burscough UD Lancashire 1931absorbed by Ormskirk UD
Leigh UD Lancashire 1899 Leigh MB
Levenshulme UD Lancashire 1909absorbed by Manchester CB
Little Crosby UD Lancashire 1932absorbed by Great Crosby UD
Little Hulton UD Lancashire 1933absorbed by Worsley UD
Little Woolton UD Lancashire 1913absorbed by Liverpool CB
Lytham UD Lancashire 1922 Lytham St Annes MB
Morecambe UD Lancashire 1902 Morecambe MB
Moss Side UD Lancashire 1904absorbed by Manchester CB
Much Woolton UD Lancashire 1913absorbed by Liverpool CB
Norden UD Lancashire 1933absorbed by Heywood MB and Rochdale CB
Pemberton UD Lancashire 1904absorbed by Wigan CB
Prestwich UD Lancashire 1939 Prestwich MB
Radcliffe UD Lancashire 1935 Radcliffe MB
Reddish UD Lancashire 1901absorbed by Stockport CB
Stretford UD Lancashire 1933 Stretford MB
St Annes on the Sea UD Lancashire 1922 Lytham St Annes MB
Swinton and Pendlebury UD Lancashire 1934 Swinton and Pendlebury MB
Toxteth Park UD Lancashire 1895absorbed by Liverpool CB
Upholland UD Lancashire 1968 Skelmersdale and Holland UD
Walton on the Hill UD Lancashire 1895absorbed by Liverpool CB
Waterloo with Seaforth UD Lancashire 1937 Crosby MB
Wavertree UD Lancashire 1895absorbed by Liverpool CB
West Derby UD Lancashire 1895absorbed by Liverpool CB
Withington UD Lancashire 1904absorbed by Manchester CB
Quorndon UD Leicestershire 1935absorbed by Loughborough MB
Thurmaston UD Leicestershire 1935absorbed by Leicester CB
Holbeach UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland 1932absorbed by East Elloe RD
Long Sutton UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland 1932absorbed by East Elloe RD
Sutton Bridge UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland 1932absorbed by East Elloe RD
Ruskington UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven 1931absorbed by East Kesteven RD
Broughton UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 1923absorbed by Glanford Brigg RD
Brumby and Frodingham UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 1919absorbed by Scunthorpe UD
Cleethorpe with Thrunscoe (1894-1916), [12]
Cleethorpes UD (1916–36)
Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 1936 Cleethorpes MB
Crowle UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 1936absorbed by Isle of Axholme RD
Roxby cum Risby UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 1936absorbed by Glanford Brigg RD
Scunthorpe UD (1894-1919), [13]
Scunthorpe and Frodingham UD (1919–36) [14]
Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 1936 Scunthorpe MB
Winterton UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 1936absorbed by Glanford Brigg RD
Acton UD Middlesex 1921 Acton MB
Brentford UD Middlesex 1927 Brentford and Chiswick UD
Chiswick UD Middlesex 1927 Brentford and Chiswick UD
Ealing UD Middlesex 1901 Ealing MB
Edmonton UD Middlesex 1937 Edmonton MB
Enfield UD Middlesex 1955 Enfield MB
Finchley UD Middlesex 1933 Finchley MB
Friern Barnet UD Middlesex 1965 Barnet
Greenford UD Middlesex 1926absorbed by Ealing MB
Hampton UD Middlesex 1937absorbed by Twickenham MB
Hampton Wick UD Middlesex 1937absorbed by Twickenham MB
Hanwell UD Middlesex 1926absorbed by Ealing MB
Harrow on the Hill UD (1894-1934), [15]
Harrow UD (1934–54) [16]
Middlesex 1954 Harrow MB
Hendon UD Middlesex 1932 Hendon MB
Heston and Isleworth UD Middlesex 1932 Heston and Isleworth MB
Hornsey UD Middlesex 1903 Hornsey MB
South Hornsey UD Middlesex 1900 Islington Met. B, Stoke Newington Met. B
Southall Norwood UD Middlesex 1936 Southall MB
Southgate UD Middlesex 1933 Southgate MB
Teddington UD Middlesex 1937absorbed by Twickenham MB
Tottenham UD Middlesex 1934 Tottenham MB
Twickenham UD Middlesex 1926 Twickenham MB
Uxbridge UD Middlesex 1955 Uxbridge MB
Wealdstone UD Middlesex 1934absorbed by Harrow UD
Wembley UD Middlesex 1937 Wembley MB
Willesden UD Middlesex 1933 Willesden MB
Wood Green UD Middlesex 1933 Wood Green MB
Abergavenny UD Monmouthshire 1899 Abergavenny MB
Abersychan UD Monmouthshire 1935 Abercarn UD, absorbed by Pontypool UD
Llanfrechfa Upper UD Monmouthshire 1935 Cwmbran UD
Llantarnam UD Monmouthshire 1935 Cwmbran UD, absorbed by Caerleon UD
Panteg UD Monmouthshire 1935absorbed by Pontypool UD
Walsoken UD Norfolk 1934absorbed by Wisbech RD and Wisbech MB
Eston UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1968 Teesside CB, absorbed by Guisborough UD
Hinderwell UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1932absorbed by Whitby RD
Kirkleatham UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1899absorbed by Redcar UD
Kirklington cum Upsland UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1934absorbed by Bedale RD
Masham UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1934 Masham RD
Ormesby UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1913absorbed by Middlesbrough CB and Middlesbrough RD
Redcar UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1921 Redcar MB
Saltburn by the Sea UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1932 Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea UD
South Bank in Normanby UD North Riding of Yorkshire 1915absorbed by Eston UD
Finedon UD Northamptonshire 1935absorbed by Wellingborough UD
Hardingstone UD Northamptonshire 1896 Far Cotton UD and St James UD
Kettering UD Northamptonshire 1938 Kettering MB
Kingsthorpe UD Northamptonshire 1900absorbed by Northampton CB
Benwell and Fenham UD Northumberland 1904absorbed by Newcastle upon Tyne CB
Cowpen UD Northumberland 1907absorbed by Blyth UD
Cramlington UD Northumberland 1935 Seaton Valley UD
Seghill UD Northumberland 1935 Seaton Valley UD
South Blyth UD (1894-1900),
Blyth UD (1900-1922)
Northumberland 1922 Blyth MB
Walker UD Northumberland 1904absorbed by Newcastle upon Tyne CB
Wallsend UD Northumberland 1901 Wallsend MB
Weetslade UD Northumberland 1935absorbed by Longbenton UD
Whitley and Monkseaton UD (1894-1944), [17]
Whitley Bay UD (1944–54)
Northumberland 1954 Whitley Bay MB
Willington Quay UD Northumberland 1910absorbed by Wallsend MB
Beeston UD Nottinghamshire 1935 Beeston and Stapleford UD
Hucknall under Huthwaite UD (1894-1907), [18]
Huthwaite UD (1907–35) [19]
Nottinghamshire 1935absorbed by Sutton in Ashfield UD
Worksop UD Nottinghamshire 1931 Worksop MB
Caversham UD Oxfordshire 1911absorbed by Reading CB
Wheatley UD Oxfordshire 1932 Bullingdon RD
Ellesmere UD Shropshire 1967 North Shropshire RD
Whitchurch and Dodington UD (1894–95), [20]
Whitchurch UD (1895-1967)
Shropshire 1967 North Shropshire RD
Midsomer Norton UD Somerset 1933 Norton-Radstock UD, absorbed by Clutton RD and Shepton Mallet RD
Radstock UD Somerset 1933 Norton-Radstock UD
Weston-super-Mare UD Somerset 1937 Weston-super-Mare MB
Wiveliscombe UD Somerset 1933absorbed by Wellington RD
Audley UD Staffordshire 1932absorbed by Newcastle-under-Lyme MB, Newcastle-under-Lyme RD and Kidsgrove UD
Bilston UD Staffordshire 1933 Bilston MB
Brierley Hill UD Staffordshire 1966absorbed by Dudley CB, Seisdon RD, Stourbridge MB and Warley CB
Brownhills UD Staffordshire 1966 Aldridge-Brownhills UD, absorbed by Cannock UD and Lichfield RD
Coseley UD Staffordshire 1966absorbed by Dudley CB, Walsall CB, West Bromwich CB and Wolverhampton CB
Darlaston UD Staffordshire 1966absorbed by Walsall CB and Wolverhampton CB
Fenton UD Staffordshire 1910absorbed by Stoke on Trent CB
Handsworth UD Staffordshire 1911absorbed by Birmingham CB
Perry Barr UD Staffordshire 1928absorbed by Birmingham CB, Sutton Coldfield MB and West Bromwich CB
Quarry Bank UD Staffordshire 1934absorbed by Brierley Hill UD
Rowley Regis UD Staffordshire 1933 Rowley Regis MB
Sedgley UD Staffordshire 1966absorbed by Dudley CB, Seisdon RD and Wolverhampton CB
Short Heath UD Staffordshire 1934absorbed by Willenhall UD
Smallthorne UD Staffordshire 1922absorbed by Stoke on Trent CB
Smethwick UD Staffordshire 1899 Smethwick MB
Tettenhall UD Staffordshire 1966absorbed by Seisdon RD and Wolverhampton CB
Tipton UD Staffordshire 1938 Tipton MB
Tunstall UD Staffordshire 1910absorbed by Stoke on Trent CB
Wednesfield UD Staffordshire 1966absorbed by Cannock RD, Walsall CB and Wolverhampton CB
Wednesfield Heath UD,
Heath Town UD [21]
Staffordshire 1927absorbed by Wolverhampton CB
Willenhall UD Staffordshire 1966absorbed by Cannock RD, Walsall CB and Wolverhampton CB
Barnes UD Surrey 1932 Barnes MB
Carshalton UD Surrey 1965 Sutton
East Molesey UD (1894–95), [22]
East and West Molesey UD (1895-1933) [23]
Surrey 1933absorbed by Esher UD
Epsom UD (1894-1934), [24]
Epsom and Ewell UD (1934–37)
Surrey 1937 Epsom and Ewell MB
Ham UD Surrey 1933absorbed by Kingston-upon-Thames MB and Richmond MB
New Malden UD (1894–95), [25]
The Maldens and Coombe UD (1895-1936), [26]
Malden and Coombe UD (1936)
Surrey 1936 Malden and Coombe MB
Surbiton UD Surrey 1936 Surbiton MB
Sutton UD (1894-1928), [27]
Sutton and Cheam UD (1928–74)
Surrey 1934 Sutton and Cheam MB
Walton upon Thames UD Surrey 1933 Walton and Weybridge UD
Weybridge UD Surrey 1933 Walton and Weybridge UD
Wimbledon UD Surrey 1905 Wimbledon MB
Aston Manor UD Warwickshire 1903 Aston Manor MB
Bulkington UD Warwickshire 1932absorbed by Rugby RD
Erdington UD Warwickshire 1911absorbed by Birmingham CB
Nuneaton and Chilvers Cotton UD Warwickshire 1907 Nuneaton MB
Rugby UD Warwickshire 1932 Rugby MB
Altofts UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Normanton UD
Ardsley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1921absorbed by Barnsley CB
Barkisland UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Ripponden UD
Bingley Outer UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1898absorbed by Bingley UD
Birkenshaw UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Spenborough UD
Birstall UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Batley MB
Burley in Wharfedale UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Ilkley UD
Calverley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Pudsey MB
Castleford UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1955 Castleford MB
Clayton UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1930absorbed by Bradford CB
Clayton West UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938 Denby Dale UD
Cleckheaton UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1915 Spenborough UD
Denby and Cumberworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938 Denby Dale UD
Drighlington UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Morley MB
Eccleshill UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1899absorbed by Bradford CB
Emley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938 Denby Dale UD
Farnley Tyas UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1925 Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas UD
Farsley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Pudsey MB
Flockton UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Kirkburton UD
Fulstone UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1895 New Mill UD
Gildersome UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Morley MB
Golcar UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Colne Valley UD, absorbed by Huddersfield CB
Gomersal UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1915 Spenborough UD
Goole UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1933 Goole MB
Greasborough UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1936absorbed by Rawmarsh UD, Rotherham CB and Rotherham RD
Greetland UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Elland UD
Guiseley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Aireborough UD and Ilkley UD
Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Penistone RD
Handsworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1921absorbed by Sheffield CB
Haworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Keighley MB
Hebden Bridge UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Hebden Royd UD
Hepworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1895 New Mill UD
Hipperholme UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Brighouse MB
Holme UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Holmfirth UD and Penistone RD
Honley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Holmfirth UD
Hoyland Swaine UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Penistone UD
Hunsworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Spenborough UD
Idle UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1899absorbed by Bradford CB
Kirkheaton UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Huddersfield CB and Kirkburton UD
Lepton UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Huddersfield CB and Kirkburton UD
Linthwaite UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Colne Valley UD, absorbed by Huddersfield CB
Liversedge UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1915 Spenborough UD
Luddenden Foot UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Sowerby Bridge UD
Marsden UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Colne Valley UD
Methley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Castleford UD and Rothwell UD
Midgley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1939 Sowerby Bridge UD and Hepton RD
Monk Bretton UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1921absorbed by Barnsley CB
Mytholmroyd UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Hebden Royd UD
Netherthong UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1912absorbed by Holmfirth UD
North Bierley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1899absorbed by Bradford CB
Northowram UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1900absorbed by Halifax CB
Oakworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Keighley MB
Oxenhope UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Keighley MB
Pudsey UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1900 Pudsey MB
Queensbury UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Queensbury and Shelf UD
Quickmere Middle Division UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1895 Springhead UD
Ravensthorpe UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1910absorbed by Dewsbury MB
Rawdon UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Aireborough UD, absorbed by Bradford CB and Horsforth UD
Rishworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Ripponden UD
Sandal Magna UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1909absorbed by Wakefield MB
Scammonden UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Colne Valley UD
Scholes UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1895 New Mill UD
Shelf UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Queensbury and Shelf UD
Shelley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Kirkburton UD
Shepley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Kirkburton UD
Skelmanthorpe UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938 Denby Dale UD
Slaithwaite UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Colne Valley UD
Soothill Nether UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1910absorbed by Dewsbury MB
Soothill Upper UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1910absorbed by Batley MB and Dewsbury MB
South Crosland UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Huddersfield CB, Holmfirth UD and Meltham UD
Southowram UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Brighouse MB and Elland UD
Sowerby Bridge UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1926absorbed by Sowerby UD
Sowerby UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Ripponden UD and Sowerby Bridge UD
Soyland UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Ripponden UD
Stainland UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Elland UD and Huddersfield CB
Thornhill UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1910absorbed by Dewsbury MB
Thornton UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1899absorbed by Bradford CB
Thurlstone UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Penistone UD and Penistone RD
Thurstonland UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1925 Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas UD
Todmorden UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1896 Todmorden MB
Tong UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1899absorbed by Bradford CB
Upper Mill UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1900 Saddleworth UD
Warley UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1900absorbed by Halifax CB
Whitley Upper UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Kirkburton UD
Whitwood UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Castleford UD and Rothwell UD
Wilsden UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1898absorbed by Bingley UD
Yeadon UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937 Aireborough UD, absorbed by Bradford CB
Ambleside UD Westmorland 1935 Lakes UD
Bowness on Windermere UD Westmorland 1905absorbed by Windermere UD
Grasmere UD Westmorland 1935 Lakes UD
Kirkby Lonsdale UD Westmorland 1935absorbed by South Westmorland RD
Old Swindon UD Wiltshire 1900 Swindon MB
Swindon New Town UD Wiltshire 1900 Swindon MB
Bromsgrove Country UD (1894–96), [28]
North Bromsgrove UD (1896-1933)
Worcestershire 1933absorbed by Bromsgrove UD and Bromsgrove RD
Great Malvern UD Worcestershire 1898 Malvern UD
Malvern Link UD Worcestershire 1898 Malvern UD
Oldbury UD Worcestershire 1935 Oldbury MB
Stourbridge UD Worcestershire 1914 Stourbridge MB

Abolished in 1974

Urban DistrictCountySuccessor(s)
Holyhead UD Anglesey Anglesey - Ynys Môn
Llangefni UD Anglesey Anglesey - Ynys Môn
Menai Bridge UD Anglesey Anglesey - Ynys Môn
Ampthill UD Bedfordshire Mid Bedfordshire
Biggleswade UD Bedfordshire Mid Bedfordshire
Wantage UD Berkshire Vale of White Horse
Brynmawr UD Brecknockshire Blaenau Gwent
Builth Wells UD Brecknockshire Brecknock
Hay UD Brecknockshire Brecknock
Beaconsfield UD Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield
Chesham UD Buckinghamshire Chiltern
Eton UD Buckinghamshire Windsor and Maidenhead
Bethesda UD Caernarfonshire Arfon
Criccieth UD Caernarfonshire Dwyfor
Llandudno UD,
Llandudno cum Eglwys Rhos UD [29]
Caernarfonshire Aberconwy
Llanfairfechan UD Caernarfonshire Aberconwy
Penmaenmawr UD Caernarfonshire Aberconwy
Ynyscynhaiarn UD (1894-1915), [30]
Porthmadog UD (1915–74) [31]
Caernarfonshire Dwyfor
Llandeilo UD Carmarthenshire Dinefwr
Aberayron UD (1894-1966), [32]
Aberaeron UD (1966–74)
Cardiganshire Ceredigion
New Quay UD Cardiganshire Ceredigion
Alderley Edge UD Cheshire Macclesfield
Alsager UD Cheshire Congleton
Bollington UD Cheshire Macclesfield
Bowdon UD Cheshire Trafford
Bredbury and Romiley UD Cheshire Stockport
Cheadle and Gatley UD Cheshire Stockport
West Kirby and Hoylake UD (1894–97),
Hoylake and West Kirby UD (1897-1933), [33]
Hoylake UD (1933–74) [34]
Cheshire Wirral
Lymm UD Cheshire Warrington
Marple UD Cheshire Stockport
Middlewich UD Cheshire Congleton
Mottram in Longdendale UD (1894-1936), [35]
Longdendale UD (1936–74) [36]
Cheshire Tameside
Nantwich UD Cheshire Crewe and Nantwich
Neston and Parkgate UD (1894-1933), [37]
Neston UD (1933–74) [38]
Cheshire Ellesmere Port
Northwich UD Cheshire Vale Royal
Runcorn UD Cheshire Halton
Sandbach UD Cheshire Congleton
Wilmslow UD Cheshire Macclesfield
Winsford UD Cheshire Vale Royal
Newquay UD Cornwall Restormel
Barnard Castle UD County Durham Teesdale
Bishop Auckland UD County Durham Wear Valley
Blaydon UD County Durham Gateshead
Brandon and Byshottles UD County Durham Durham
Consett UD County Durham Derwentside
Felling UD County Durham Gateshead
Hebburn UD County Durham South Tyneside
Houghton-le-Spring UD County Durham Sunderland
Ryton UD County Durham Gateshead
Seaham Harbour UD (1894-1937), [39]
Seaham UD (1937–74) [40]
County Durham Easington
Shildon UD County Durham Sedgefield
Spennymoor UD County Durham Sedgefield
Stanley UD County Durham Derwentside
Tow Law UD County Durham Wear Valley
Whickham UD County Durham Gateshead
Cockermouth UD Cumberland Allerdale
Keswick UD Cumberland Allerdale
Maryport UD Cumberland Allerdale
Penrith UD Cumberland Eden
Llangollen UD Denbighshire Glyndŵr
Alfreton UD Derbyshire Amber Valley
Ashbourne UD Derbyshire West Derbyshire
Bakewell UD Derbyshire West Derbyshire
Belper UD Derbyshire Amber Valley
Bolsover UD Derbyshire Bolsover
Clay Cross UD Derbyshire North East Derbyshire
Dronfield UD Derbyshire North East Derbyshire
Heanor UD Derbyshire Amber Valley
Long Eaton UD Derbyshire Erewash
Matlock UD (1894-1924), [41]
The Matlocks UD (1924–34), [42]
Matlock UD (1934–74) [43]
Derbyshire West Derbyshire
New Mills UD Derbyshire High Peak
Ripley UD Derbyshire Amber Valley
Swadlincote UD Derbyshire South Derbyshire
Wirksworth UD Derbyshire West Derbyshire
Buckfastleigh UD Devon Teignbridge
Budleigh Salterton UD Devon East Devon
Crediton UD Devon Tiverton
Dawlish UD Devon Teignbridge
Exmouth UD Devon East Devon
Ilfracombe UD Devon North Devon
Kingsbridge UD Devon South Hams
Lynton UD Devon North Devon
Newton Abbot UD Devon Teignbridge
Northam UD Devon Torridge
Ottery St Mary UD Devon East Devon
Salcombe UD Devon South Hams
Seaton UD Devon East Devon
Sidmouth UD Devon East Devon
Teignmouth UD Devon Teignbridge
Portland UD Dorset Weymouth and Portland
Sherborne UD Dorset West Dorset
Swanage UD Dorset Purbeck
Wimborne Minster UD Dorset Wimborne
Filey UD East Riding of Yorkshire Scarborough
Great Driffield UD (1894-1935), [44]
Driffield UD (1935–74) [45]
East Riding of Yorkshire North Wolds
Hornsea UD East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness
Norton UD East Riding of Yorkshire Ryedale
Felixstowe UD East Suffolk Suffolk Coastal
Stowmarket UD East Suffolk Mid Suffolk
Woodbridge UD East Suffolk Suffolk Coastal
Burgess Hill UD East Sussex Mid Sussex
Cuckfield UD East Sussex Mid Sussex
East Grinstead UD East Sussex Mid Sussex
Newhaven UD East Sussex Lewes
Seaford UD East Sussex Lewes
Braintree UD (1894-1934), [46]
Braintree and Bocking UD (1934–74)
Essex Braintree
Clacton UD Essex Tendring
Halstead UD Essex Braintree
Waltham Holy Cross UD Essex Epping Forest
Witham UD Essex Braintree
Holywell UD Flintshire Delyn
Mold UD Flintshire Delyn
Rhyl UD Flintshire Rhuddlan
Aberdare UD Glamorgan Cynon Valley
Bridgend UD Glamorgan Ogwr
Caerphilly UD Glamorgan Rhymney Valley, Taff-Ely
Glyncorwg UD (1894-1955), [47]
Glyncorrwg UD (1955–74)
Glamorgan Afan
Maesteg UD Glamorgan Ogwr
Mountain Ash UD Glamorgan Cynon Valley
Ogmore and Garw UD Glamorgan Ogwr
Penarth UD Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan
Pontypridd UD Glamorgan Taff-Ely
Porthcawl UD Glamorgan Ogwr
Charlton Kings UD Gloucestershire Cheltenham
Cirencester UD Gloucestershire Cotswold
Kingswood UD Gloucestershire Kingswood
Nailsworth UD Gloucestershire Stroud
Stroud UD Gloucestershire Stroud
Alton UD Hampshire East Hampshire
Fareham UD Hampshire Fareham
Havant UD (1894-1932), [48]
Havant and Waterloo UD (1932–74)
Hampshire Havant
Petersfield UD Hampshire East Hampshire
Kington UD Herefordshire Leominster
Ross UD (1894-1931), [49]
Ross-on-Wye UD (1931–74)
Herefordshire South Herefordshire
Baldock UD Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford UD Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire
Cheshunt UD Hertfordshire Broxbourne
Hitchin UD Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire
Hoddesdon UD Hertfordshire Broxbourne
Stevenage UD Hertfordshire Stevenage
Tring UD Hertfordshire Dacorum
Ware UD Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire
Ramsey UD Huntingdonshire (1894-1965),
Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)
Huntingdon
St Neots UD Huntingdonshire (1894-1965),
Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)
Huntingdon
Chatteris UD Isle of Ely (1894-1965),
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)
Fenland
Ely UD Isle of Ely (1894-1965),
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)
East Cambridgeshire
March UD Isle of Ely (1894-1965),
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)
Fenland
Whittlesey UD Isle of Ely (1894-1965),
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)
Fenland
Cowes UD Isle of Wight Medina
Ventnor UD Isle of Wight South Wight
Ashford UD Kent Ashford
Broadstairs and St Peter's UD Kent Thanet
Herne Bay UD Kent Canterbury
Northfleet UD Kent Gravesham
Sevenoaks UD Kent Sevenoaks
Southborough UD Kent Tunbridge Wells
Tonbridge UD Kent Tonbridge and Malling
Whitstable UD Kent Canterbury
Abram UD Lancashire Wigan
Adlington UD Lancashire Chorley
Ashton-in-Makerfield UD Lancashire Wigan, St Helens
Aspull UD Lancashire Wigan
Atherton UD Lancashire Wigan
Audenshaw UD Lancashire Tameside
Barrowford UD Lancashire Pendle
Billinge UD (1894-1927), [50]
Billinge and Winstanley UD (1927–74)
Lancashire Wigan, St Helens
Blackrod UD Lancashire Bolton
Brierfield UD Lancashire Pendle
Carnforth UD Lancashire Lancaster
Chadderton UD Lancashire Oldham
Church UD Lancashire Hyndburn
Clayton-le-Moors UD Lancashire Hyndburn
Crompton UD Lancashire Oldham
Dalton-in-Furness UD Lancashire Barrow-in-Furness
Denton UD Lancashire Tameside
Droylsden UD Lancashire Tameside
Failsworth UD Lancashire Oldham
Fulwood UD Lancashire Preston
Golborne UD Lancashire Warrington, Wigan
Grange UD Lancashire South Lakeland
Great Harwood UD Lancashire Hyndburn
Haydock UD Lancashire St Helens
Hindley UD Lancashire Wigan
Horwich UD Lancashire Bolton
Huyton-with-Roby UD Lancashire Knowsley
Ince-in-Makerfield UD Lancashire Wigan
Irlam UD Lancashire Salford
Kearsley UD Lancashire Bolton
Kirkham UD Lancashire Fylde
Lees UD Lancashire Oldham
Leyland UD Lancashire South Ribble
Litherland UD Lancashire Sefton
Little Lever UD Lancashire Bolton
Littleborough UD Lancashire Rochdale
Longridge UD Lancashire Ribble Valley
Milnrow UD Lancashire Rochdale
Newton in Makerfield (1894-1939), [51]
Newton-le-Willows UD (1939–74)
Lancashire St Helens
Ormskirk UD Lancashire West Lancashire
Orrell UD Lancashire Wigan
Oswaldtwistle UD Lancashire Hyndburn
Padiham and Hapton UD (1894–96), [52]
Padiham UD (1896-1974)
Lancashire Burnley
Prescot UD Lancashire Knowsley
Rainford UD Lancashire St Helens
Ramsbottom UD Lancashire Rossendale, Bury
Rishton UD Lancashire Hyndburn
Royton UD Lancashire Oldham
Skelmersdale UD (1894-1968), [53]
Skelmersdale and Holland UD (1968–74) [54]
Lancashire West Lancashire
Standish-with-Langtree UD Lancashire Wigan
Trawden UD Lancashire Pendle
Turton UD Lancashire Bolton, Blackburn
Tyldesley with Shakerley UD (1894-1933), [55]
Tyldesley UD (1933–74)
Lancashire Wigan
Ulverston UD Lancashire South Lakeland
Urmston UD Lancashire Trafford
Walton-le-Dale UD Lancashire South Ribble
Wardle UD Lancashire Rochdale
Westhoughton UD Lancashire Bolton
Whitefield UD Lancashire Bury
Whitworth UD Lancashire Rossendale
Withnell UD Lancashire Chorley
Worsley UD Lancashire Salford
Ashby de la Zouch UD Leicestershire North West Leicestershire
Ashby Woulds UD Leicestershire North West Leicestershire
Coalville UD Leicestershire North West Leicestershire
Hinckley UD Leicestershire Hinckley and Bosworth
Market Harborough UD Leicestershire Harborough
Melton Mowbray UD Leicestershire Melton
Shepshed UD Leicestershire Charnwood
Wigston Magna UD (1894-1930), [56]
Wigston UD (1930–74)
Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston
Spalding UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland South Holland
Sleaford UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven North Kesteven
Barton-upon-Humber UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey Glanford
Brigg UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey Glanford
Gainsborough UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey West Lindsey
Horncastle UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey East Lindsey
Market Rasen UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey West Lindsey
Skegness UD Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey East Lindsey
Bala UD Merionethshire Meirionnydd
Barmouth UD Merionethshire Meirionnydd
Dolgellau UD Merionethshire Meirionnydd
Ffestiniog UD Merionethshire Meirionnydd
Towyn UD (1894-1967), [57] Tywyn UD (1967–74) Merionethshire Meirionnydd
Staines UD Middlesex (1894-1965), Surrey (1965–74) Spelthorne
Sunbury-on-Thames UD Middlesex (1894-1965), Surrey (1965–74) Spelthorne
Abercarn UD Monmouthshire Islwyn
Abertillery UD Monmouthshire Blaenau Gwent
Bedwellty UD Monmouthshire Islwyn, Rhymney Valley
Blaenavon UD Monmouthshire Torfaen
Caerleon UD Monmouthshire Newport
Chepstow UD Monmouthshire Monmouth
Ebbw Vale UD Monmouthshire Blaenau Gwent
Nantyglo and Blaina UD Monmouthshire Blaenau Gwent
Pontypool UD Monmouthshire Torfaen
Rhymney UD Monmouthshire Rhymney Valley
Risca UD Monmouthshire Islwyn
Tredegar UD Monmouthshire Blaenau Gwent
Usk UD Monmouthshire Monmouth
Machynlleth UD Montgomeryshire Montgomery
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn UD Montgomeryshire Montgomery
Cromer UD Norfolk North Norfolk
Diss UD Norfolk South Norfolk
Downham Market UD Norfolk West Norfolk
East Dereham UD Norfolk Breckland
Hunstanton UD (1894–96),
New Hunstanton UD (1896-1954), [58]
Hunstanton UD (1954–74)
Norfolk West Norfolk
North Walsham UD Norfolk North Norfolk
Swaffham UD Norfolk Breckland
Wells UD (1894-1955), [59]
Wells-next-the-Sea UD (1955–74)
Norfolk North Norfolk
Guisborough UD North Riding of Yorkshire Langbaurgh
Loftus UD North Riding of Yorkshire Langbaurgh
Malton UD North Riding of Yorkshire Ryedale
Northallerton UD North Riding of Yorkshire Hambleton
Pickering UD North Riding of Yorkshire Ryedale
Skelton and Brotton UD North Riding of Yorkshire Langbaurgh
Whitby UD North Riding of Yorkshire Scarborough
Desborough UD Northamptonshire Kettering
Oundle UD Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire
Rothwell UD Northamptonshire Kettering
Rushden UD Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire
Wellingborough UD Northamptonshire Wellingborough
Alnwick and Canongate UD (1894–96), [60]
Alnwick UD (1896-1974)
Northumberland Alnwick
Amble UD Northumberland Alnwick
Bedlingtonshire UD Northumberland Wansbeck
Hexham UD Northumberland Tynedale
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea UD Northumberland Wansbeck
Newburn UD Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne
South Gosforth UD (1894–95), [61]
Gosforth UD (1895-1974) [62]
Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne
Arnold UD Nottinghamshire Gedling
Carlton UD Nottinghamshire Gedling
Hucknall Torkard UD (1894-1916), [63]
Hucknall UD (1916–74)
Nottinghamshire Ashfield
Mansfield Woodhouse UD Nottinghamshire Mansfield
Sutton in Ashfield UD Nottinghamshire Ashfield
Warsop UD Nottinghamshire Mansfield
West Bridgford UD Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe
Bicester UD Oxfordshire Cherwell
Thame UD Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire
Witney UD Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire
Milford Haven UD Pembrokeshire Preseli
Knighton UD Radnorshire Radnor
Llandrindod Wells UD Radnorshire Radnor
Presteigne UD Radnorshire Radnor
Dawley UD Shropshire The Wrekin
Newport UD Shropshire The Wrekin
Wellington UD Shropshire The Wrekin
Burnham UD (1894-1917), [64]
Burnham-on-Sea UD (1917–74) [65]
Somerset Sedgemoor
Clevedon UD Somerset Woodspring
Crewkerne UD Somerset Yeovil
Frome UD Somerset Mendip
Minehead UD Somerset West Somerset
Portishead UD Somerset Woodspring
Shepton Mallet UD Somerset Mendip
Street UD Somerset Mendip
Wellington UD Somerset Taunton Deane
Biddulph UD Staffordshire Staffordshire Moorlands
Cannock UD Staffordshire Cannock Chase
Kidsgrove UD Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme
Leek UD Staffordshire Staffordshire Moorlands
Rugeley UD Staffordshire Cannock Chase
Stone UD Staffordshire Stafford
Chertsey UD Surrey Runnymede
Dorking UD Surrey Mole Valley
Farnham UD Surrey Waverley
Frimley UD (1894-1929), [66]
Frimley and Camberley UD (1929–74)
Surrey Surrey Heath
Leatherhead UD Surrey Mole Valley
Woking UD Surrey Woking
Kenilworth UD Warwickshire Warwick
Baildon UD West Riding of Yorkshire Bradford
Barnoldswick UD West Riding of Yorkshire Pendle
Bingley UD West Riding of Yorkshire Bradford
Darton UD West Riding of Yorkshire Barnsley
Denholme UD West Riding of Yorkshire Bradford
Dodworth UD West Riding of Yorkshire Barnsley
Elland UD West Riding of Yorkshire Calderdale
Featherstone UD West Riding of Yorkshire Wakefield
Heckmondwike UD West Riding of Yorkshire Kirklees
Holmfirth UD West Riding of Yorkshire Kirklees
Horbury UD West Riding of Yorkshire Wakefield
Horsforth UD West Riding of Yorkshire Leeds
Hoyland Nether UD West Riding of Yorkshire Barnsley
Ilkley UD West Riding of Yorkshire Bradford
Kirkburton UD West Riding of Yorkshire Kirklees
Knaresborough and Tentergate UD (1894–95), [67]
Knaresborough UD (1895-1974)
West Riding of Yorkshire Harrogate
Knottingley UD West Riding of Yorkshire Wakefield
Meltham UD West Riding of Yorkshire Kirklees
Mexborough UD West Riding of Yorkshire Doncaster
Mirfield UD West Riding of Yorkshire Kirklees
Normanton UD West Riding of Yorkshire Wakefield
Otley UD West Riding of Yorkshire Leeds
Penistone UD West Riding of Yorkshire Barnsley
Rawmarsh UD West Riding of Yorkshire Rotherham
Rothwell UD West Riding of Yorkshire Leeds
Selby UD West Riding of Yorkshire Selby
Shipley UD West Riding of Yorkshire Bradford
Silsden UD West Riding of Yorkshire Bradford
Skipton UD West Riding of Yorkshire Craven
Stocksbridge UD West Riding of Yorkshire Sheffield
Swinton UD West Riding of Yorkshire Rotherham
Tickhill UD West Riding of Yorkshire Doncaster
Wath upon Dearne UD West Riding of Yorkshire Rotherham
Wombwell UD West Riding of Yorkshire Barnsley
Worsborough UD (1894-1956), [68]
Worsbrough UD (1956–74)
West Riding of Yorkshire Barnsley
Hadleigh UD West Suffolk Babergh
Haverhill UD West Suffolk St Edmundsbury
Newmarket UD West Suffolk Forest Heath
Bognor UD (1894-1929), [69]
Bognor Regis UD (1929–74)
West Sussex Arun
Horsham UD West Sussex Horsham
Littlehampton UD West Sussex Arun
New Shoreham UD (1894-1910), [70]
Shoreham-by-Sea UD (1910–74) [71]
West Sussex Adur
Windermere UD Westmorland South Lakeland
Bradford-on-Avon UD Wiltshire West Wiltshire
Melksham UD Wiltshire West Wiltshire
Trowbridge UD Wiltshire West Wiltshire
Warminster UD Wiltshire West Wiltshire
Bromsgrove Town UD (1894–96), [72]
Bromsgrove UD (1896-1974)
Worcestershire Bromsgrove
Redditch UD Worcestershire Redditch
Stourport UD (1894-1934), [73]
Stourport-on-Severn UD (1934–74)
Worcestershire Wyre Forest

1895

There were 13 urban districts formed in 1895, however 10 districts were abolished meaning there was only a net increase of three to 756.

Urban DistrictCountyAbolishedSuccessor(s)
Fenny Stratford UD (1895-1911), [74]
Bletchley UD (1911–74) [75]
Buckinghamshire 1974 Milton Keynes
Ashton upon Mersey UD Cheshire 1930absorbed by Sale UD
Knutsford UD Cheshire 1974 Macclesfield
Hetton UD County Durham 1974 Sunderland
Tanfield UD County Durham 1937absorbed by Chester-le-Street RD, Consett UD and Stanley UD
Leiston-cum-Sizewell UD East Suffolk 1974 Suffolk Coastal
Pokesdown UD Hampshire 1901absorbed by Bournemouth CB
Mallwyd UD Merionethshire 1934absorbed by Dolgellau RD
Esher and the Dittons UD (1895-1933), [76]
Esher UD (1933–74) [77]
Surrey 1974 Elmbridge
Ardsley East and West UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Stanley UD and Morley MB
Balby with Hexthorpe UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1914absorbed by Doncaster MB
New Mill UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1938absorbed by Holmfirth UD and Penistone RD
Springhead UD West Riding of Yorkshire 1937absorbed by Saddleworth UD

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