The following is a list of towns in England and Wales which became urban districts when the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...

came into force from December 1894 – January 1895. For urban districts formed after this see: Urban districts formed in England and Wales 1896–1974.
Note for table: 'UD' stands for

Urban District Urban district may refer to: * District * Urban area * Quarter (urban subdivision) * Neighbourhood Specific subdivisions in some countries: * Urban districts of Denmark * Urban districts of Germany * Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...

, 'RD' stands for Rural District, 'MB' stands for

Municipal Borough Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in S ...

, 'Met. B' stands for Metropolitan Borough and 'CB' stands for

County Borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent te ...

1894

Initially 774 urban districts were created under the

Abolished before 1974

Abolished in 1974

1895

There were 11 urban districts formed in 1895, however 10 districts were abolished meaning there was only a net increase of one to 775.

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