Preston Municipal Borough, also known as the County Borough of Preston from 1889, was a local government district coterminate with the town of
Preston in
Lancashire
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, northwest England from 1836 to 1974.
Preston was one of only a few industrial towns in Lancashire to have a functioning corporation in 1835, its charter dating to 1685, and was reformed as a municipal borough by the
Municipal Corporations Act 1835
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The
Local Government Act 1888
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created elected county councils throughout England and Wales. However, any municipal borough with a population of 50,000 or more at the census of 1881 was to be independent of the administration of the county council, with the new status of
county borough
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. Preston, with an 1881 population of 96,532
duly became a county borough on 1 April 1889, outside the jurisdiction of
Lancashire County Council
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Prior to the 2009 La ...
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The county borough's boundaries were widened on three occasions: in 1934, 1952 and 1956.
The county borough was abolished by the
Local Government Act 1972
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and its territory transferred to Lancashire to be combined with
Fulwood Urban District
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and part of
Preston Rural District
Preston was a rural district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. It surrounded Preston on the north, west and east sides.
The district was created under the Local Government Act 1894. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government ...
, becoming the new non-metropolitan district of the
Borough of Preston
The City of Preston () is a city and non-metropolitan district in Lancashire, England. On the north bank of the River Ribble, it was granted city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The Ci ...
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See also
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1949 Preston Municipal Borough Council election
Election
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References
Local government in Preston
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
County boroughs of England
1974 disestablishments in England
1836 establishments in England
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