Huyton with Roby Urban District

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Huyton with Roby
Area
  1894;130 years ago (1894)3,053
  19743,054
Population
  1901;123 years ago (1901)4,661
  197166,796
History
  Created1894;130 years ago (1894)
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded by Knowsley
Status Urban district

Huyton with Roby Urban District was a local government district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. [1] It consisted of the civil parish of Huyton with Roby which comprised the settlements of Huyton and Roby. [2] It replaced the Huyton with Roby urban sanitary district.

In 1974 it was abolished and its former area was transferred to Merseyside, [3] to be combined with Kirkby Urban District, Prescot Urban District, parts of Whiston Rural District and parts of West Lancashire Rural District to form the present-day Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.

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References

  1. Vision of Britain Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine - Huyton with Roby UD unit history
  2. Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Huyton with Roby parish boundaries
  3. Arnold-Baker, C., Local Government Act 1972, (1973)

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