Wolstanton United Urban District was 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 the
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of
Staffordshire. It was formed in 1904 with the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
es of
Chesterton,
Silverdale and
Wolstanton. It was abolished in 1932, when it was absorbed into the
Newcastle-under-Lyme Municipal Borough.
References
A Vision of Britain - Wolstanton United Urban District
Newcastle-under-Lyme
History of Staffordshire
Local government in Staffordshire
Urban districts of England
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