Wilmslow Urban District is a former

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 ...

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 town of

Wilmslow Wilmslow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England, south of Manchester city centre. The population was 24,497 at the 2011 Census. History Toponymy Wilmslow derives its name from Old ...

. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1974 when it was incorporated into the Borough of

Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...

, which was itself abolished in 2009.

References

*http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F246984 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 Wilmslow {{Cheshire-geo-stub