Darlaston Urban District was a local authority which existed within the
West Midlands conurbation
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,
England
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from 1894 until 1966. It was centred on the township of
Darlaston
Darlaston is an industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It is located near Wednesbury and Willenhall.
Topography
Darlaston is situated between Wednesbury and Walsall in the valley of the River T ...
in the
Black Country
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, and also incorporated the villages of
Bentley
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and
Moxley.
The authority ceased to exist in 1966 when, along with the majority of the neighbouring
Willenhall
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Urban District and parts of the
Wednesbury
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Urban District, it became part of
Walsall
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County Borough, later
Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
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.
Walsall
Urban districts of England
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
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