Swinton and Pendlebury was a local government district of the
administrative county
An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until either 1973 (in Northern Ireland) or 2002 (in the Republic of Ireland). They are now abolished, although mos ...
of
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, England. It was created in 1894 as an
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 ...
and enlarged in 1934, gaining the status of a
municipal borough
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.
Before the new town hall was built to accommodate the new municipal borough in the 1930s, the urban district was governed from
Pendlebury
Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069. It lies north-west of Manchester city centre, north-west of Salford and south-east of Bolton.
Historically in Lancash ...
Town Hall on
Bolton Road at the junction with Carrington Street. This building eventually became the town's main public library and was used as such until a new library was opened within the newly built Lancastrian Hall on
Chorley Road, Swinton at the junction with Station Road (B5231).
Constituent civil parishes
It was created as an
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 ...
in 1894 by 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 ...
, consisting of the civil parishes of
Swinton and
Pendlebury
Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069. It lies north-west of Manchester city centre, north-west of Salford and south-east of Bolton.
Historically in Lancash ...
. When
Barton-upon-Irwell Rural District was abolished in 1933 Swinton and Pendlebury gained part of the
Clifton
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People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
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*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
parish (an area of ). In 1934 Swinton parish and Pendlebury parish were abolished and their former area was merged with that of the former Clifton parish to form a combined ''Swinton and Pendlebury parish'' which was coterminous with the urban district boundaries.
The municipal borough was abolished in 1974 by the
Local Government Act 1972
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. Its former area was used to form part of the present-day
City of Salford
The City of Salford () is a metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, England. The borough is named after its main settlement, Salford. The borough covers the towns of Eccles, Swinton,
Walkden and Pendlebury, as well as the villages ...
metropolitan borough
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in the
Greater Manchester
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metropolitan county
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. Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall is currently used by Salford City Council as the ''
Salford Civic Centre
Salford Civic Centre, formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall, is a municipal building at Chorley Road, in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the administrative headquarters of Salford City Council.
History
The Swinton and Pendlebur ...
''.
Salford City Council
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References
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Local government in Salford
History of Salford
History of Lancashire
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Municipal boroughs of England
Municipal Borough
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