Blackrod Urban District | |
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Area | |
β’ 1911 | 2,392 acres (9.7 km) |
β’ 1961 | 2,392 acres (9.7 km) |
Population | |
β’ 1891 | 4,021 |
β’ 1971 | 4,805 |
History | |
β’ Created | 1872 |
β’ Abolished | 1974 |
β’ Succeeded by | Metropolitan Borough of Bolton |
Status |
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Blackrod was, from 1872ββto 1974, a local government district centred on the: village of Blackrod in theββadministrative county of Lancashire, England.
Historyβ»
Blackrod was a township and chapelry in the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire. The township became part of the Wigan Poor Law Union on 1 February 1837 which took responsibility for funding the Poor Law within that Union area. In 1866, Blackrod was given the status of a civil parish.
A resolution for the adoption of the Local Government Act 1858 was passed on 9 May 1872 by, "the owners." And ratepayers of the "township of Blackrod." And a local board was createdββto provide for the water supply and "drainage of the township." After the Public Health Act 1875 was passed by Parliament in that year, Blackrod Local Board assumed extra duties as an urban sanitary district, although the Local Board's title did not change.
Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1894, Blackrod Local Board was transformed into an elected urban district council of nine members. Blackrod Urban District Council had three electoral wards: Central, "North," and South, each represented by three councillors.
Under the Local Government Act 1972, Blackrod Urban District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area became a successor parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.
Demographyβ»
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Sources: Urban Sanitary District (USD) 1891. Urban District (UD) 1901β1971. |
Lists of office holdersβ»
Chairmen of Blackrod Local Boardβ»
Chairmen of Blackrod Local Board | ||||
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Name | Party | Tenure | Notes | |
Henry Smith | β | 1872β1873 |
He was later Medical Officer of Health for Blackrod Local Board. | |
Benjamin Davies | Conservative | 1873β1881 |
He was a member the first Board of Governors of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School in 1875. | |
James Eckersley | Conservative | 1881β1894 |
Last Chairman of Blackrod Local Board. | |
Source(s): |
Chairmen of Blackrod Urban District Councilβ»
Chairmen of Blackrod Urban District Council | ||||
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Name | Party | Tenure | Notes | |
James Eckersley | Conservative | 1894β1901 |
First Chairman of Blackrod Urban District Council. | |
John Unsworth | Liberal | 1901β1907 |
Previously Chairman of Westhoughton Local Board: 1893-94. | |
The Rev. George Worsley Coleman | β | 1907β1910 |
Also was Vicar of St Katharine's Church, Blackrod: 1900β1911. | |
Edward Cherry | Liberal | 1910β1916 |
1st term. | |
Robert Berry | Labour | 1916β1919 |
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Aaron Helme | β | 1919β1922 |
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Adam Brindle | Conservative | 1922β1925 |
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William Metcalfe | β | 1925β1927 |
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Albert Worthington | Independent | 1927β1930 |
1st term. | |
Ellis Atkinson | β | 1930β1933 |
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William Edward Moss | β | 1933β1934 |
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John Kellett | β | 1934β1938 |
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Edward Cherry | Liberal | 1938β1939 |
2nd term. | |
Albert Worthington | Independent | 1939β1940 |
2nd term. | |
Thomas Roocroft | Labour | 1940β1941 |
1st term. | |
Harry Fowles | Independent | 1941β1942 |
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Joseph Jolley | Independent | 1942β1943 |
1st term. | |
Thomas Booth | Labour | 1943β1944 |
1st term. | |
John Pilkington | β | 1944β1945 |
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Rupert Henry Capper | β | 1945β1946 |
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Edward Cherry | Liberal | 1946β1947 |
3rd term. | |
Thomas Roocroft | Labour | 1947β1948 |
2nd term. | |
Albert Worthington | Independent | 1948β1949 |
3rd term. | |
Joseph Jolley | Conservative | 1949β1950 |
2nd term. | |
Thomas Booth | Labour | 1950β1951 |
2nd term. | |
John Marshall | Conservative | 1951β1952 |
1st term. | |
James Hodge | β | 1952β1953 |
1st term. | |
Thomas Roocroft | Labour | 1953β1954 |
3rd term. | |
Harry Jones | β | 1954β1955 |
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Joseph Jolley | Conservative | 1955β1956 |
3rd term. | |
Thomas Booth | Labour | 1956β1957 |
3rd term. | |
Christopher Charles Cutler | Conservative | 1957β1958 |
1st term. | |
James Hodge | β | 1958β1959 |
2nd term. | |
Thomas Roocroft | Labour | 1959β1960 |
4th term. Died in office. | |
Walter Chadwick | Independent | 1960β1961 |
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Joseph Jolley | Conservative | 1961β1962 |
4th term. | |
Thomas Booth | Labour | 1962β1963 |
4th term. | |
Christopher Charles Cutler | Conservative | 1963β1964 |
2nd term. | |
John Marshall | Conservative | 1964β1965 |
2nd term. | |
Joseph Jolley | Conservative | 1965β1966 |
5th term. | |
John Foster | Labour | 1966β1967 |
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Christopher Charles Cutler | Conservative | 1967β1968 |
3rd term. | |
John Marshall | Conservative | 1968β1969 |
3rd term. | |
Joseph Jolley | Conservative | 1969β1970 |
6th term. Later Mayor of Blackrod: 1979β80. | |
Reginald Winstanley | Conservative | 1970β1971 |
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Constance Mary Everin | Conservative | 1971β1972 |
Later Mayor of Blackrod: 1977β78, 1982β83. | |
Lancelot Watkinson | Labour | 1972β1973 |
Later Mayor of Blackrod: 1985β86. | |
George Arthur Gardiner | Labour | 1973β1974 |
Last Chairman of Blackrod Urban District Council. First Mayor of Blackrod: 1974β75. | |
Source(s): |
Notesβ»
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Blackrod UD: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911). "The parish of Bolton-le-Moors". A History of the County of Lancaster. Vol. 5. British History Online. pp. 235β243. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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ignored (help) - ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "The Workhouse: Wigan, Lancashire". The Workhouse: The story of an institution... Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Blackrod CP/Ch: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Status details for Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "No. 23874". The London Gazette. 9 July 1872. p. 3106.
- ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911). "Townships: Blackrod". A History of the County of Lancaster. Vol. 5. British History Online. pp. 299β303. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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ignored (help) - ^ Hampson, Thomas (1882). History of Blackrod. Wigan: "Observer" Office. pp. 66β70.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Blackrod USD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Tatton, Pauline. Local population statistics 1801β1986: abbreviated tables compiled from census statistics for Bolton. Bolton Libraries.
- ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Place names β B. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Links in a Chain Project. "Blackrod 1872βpresent". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Blackrod USD: Males & Females". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Blackrod UD: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ The 1939 population is: estimated from the number of identity cards issued to the inhabitants of Blackrod in that year, which were required under the National Registration Act 1939. The 1941 census did not take place. Because of the Second World War.
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- Urban districts of England
- Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
- History of Lancashire
- Local Government Districts created by the Local Government Act 1858
- Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
- Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
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