Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes

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Cleethorpes
Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes, Lindsey (1970).svg
Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes shown within Parts of Lindsey in 1970.
Area
  19111,185 acres (4.80 km2)
  19612,268 acres (9.18 km2)
Population
  191121,417
  196132,700
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded by Cleethorpes borough
Status Urban District: 18941936
Municipal borough: 19361974
GovernmentCleethorpes Borough Council
   HQ Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes was an urban district and municipal borough in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974. [1] [2]

It was created as an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 and subsequently elevated to the status of municipal borough in 1936.

The borough was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with the Grimsby Rural District to form the new Cleethorpes borough in Humberside. The post-1974 Cleethorpes borough was subsequently abolished in 1996 and replaced with the North East Lincolnshire unitary authority.

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References

  1. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cleethorpes UD/MB . Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  2. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991