Bowdon Urban District is a former
Urban District in
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, based in the village of
Bowdon. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1974 when it was incorporated into the
Metropolitan Borough of Trafford.
Established in 1894, the Bowdon
urban district became obsolete in 1974. Some district records are held at the Trafford Local Studies centre. Bowdon has formed part of two
Poor Law Unions: Altrincham (1837 to 1895); Bucklow (1895 to 1930).
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
History of Cheshire
Urban districts of England
Former districts of Cheshire
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