Urban district (England and Wales)

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Urban district (England and Wales) - Wikipedia

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Urban district
Map of urban districts, administrative counties, county boroughs, municipal boroughs and rural districts in England in 1971. Urban districts are shown in normal (rather than bold or italic) type.
Category	Local government district
Location	England and Wales
Found in	Administrative county
Created by	Local Government Act 1894
Created	1894
Abolished by	Local Government Act 1972
Abolished	1974
Government	Urban district council

In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected urban district council (UDC), which shared local government responsibilities with a county council.

In England and Wales, urban districts and rural districts were created in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) as subdivisions of administrative counties.^[1] A similar model of urban and rural districts was also established in Ireland in 1899, which continued separately in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after 1921.

They replaced the earlier system of urban and rural sanitary districts (based on poor law unions) whose functions were taken over by the district councils. The district councils also had wider powers over local matters such as parks, cemeteries and local planning.^[2] An urban district usually contained a single parish, while a rural district might contain many. Urban districts were considered to have more problems with public health than rural areas, and so urban district councils had more funding and greater powers than comparable rural districts.^[1]

Urban districts normally covered smaller towns, usually with populations of fewer than 30,000. When the 1894 Act came into force on 31 December 1894 there had been 753 urban districts, of which 692 had previously been local government districts, 30 had been improvement commissioners districts and 31 were places newly given urban powers in 1894. The number of urban districts initially increased after 1894 as more places sought urban powers, but implementation of the recommendations of a series of county reviews as established by the Local Government Act 1929 saw a net decrease of 159 between 1932 and 1938. In many instances smaller urban districts were merged with their surrounding rural districts, with the result that new districts emerged covering rural as well as urban parishes.^[1] At the same time, a number of larger urban districts became municipal boroughs (as already created, in 1835 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835): these had a slightly higher status and the right to appoint a mayor.

Urban districts in the outer London area were absorbed into London Boroughs in 1965 as a consequence of the London Government Act 1963. All remaining urban districts in England and Wales were abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, and replaced with a uniform system of larger districts – see Districts of England and Districts of Wales – which often covered both urban and rural areas. Many parish councils in England were created for towns previously covered by urban districts and, as a result of subsequent legislation, all urban and rural areas in Wales are today covered by 870 communities as sub-entities of 22 unitary authorities (or principal areas).

References

v t e District status in the United Kingdom
Contemporary	Local Government Act 1972 - Districts of England Districts of Wales Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 - Districts of Scotland Districts of Northern Ireland Non-metropolitan district (shire district)
County districts	Local Government Act 1894 Urban district (1894–95) (1896–1974) Rural district (List)
Pre-1894 districts	Improvement Act District Public Health Act 1848 - Local board of health/Local government district (List) Public Health Act 1875 - Sanitary district (Rural)

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Area	Insular area Local government area Special area Unincorporated area Unorganized area
Borough	County borough Metropolitan borough
Canton	Half-canton
Capital	Federal capital Imperial capital
City	Autonomous city Charter city Independent city Incorporated city Imperial city Free imperial city Royal free city
Community	Autonomous community Residential community
County	Administrative county Autonomous county Consolidated city-county County seat County town Metropolitan county Non-metropolitan county Regional county municipality Viscounty
Country	Overseas country
Department	Overseas department
District	Capital district City district Congressional district Electoral district Federal district Indian government district Land district Local government district Metropolitan district Non-metropolitan district Military district Municipal district Police district Regional district Rural district Sanitary district Service district Educational service district Local service district School district Intermediate school district Special district in the US Urban district
Division	Census division Police division Subdivision of India
Indian reserve/reservation	Indian reservation (United States) Indian reserve (Canada)
Municipality	City municipality County municipality Direct-controlled municipality District municipality Neutral municipality Regional municipality Resort municipality Mountain resort municipality Rural municipality Specialized municipality
Prefecture	Autonomous prefecture Subprefecture Super-prefecture Praetorian prefecture
Province	Autonomous province Overseas province Roman province
Region	Administrative region Special administrative region Autonomous region Capital region National capital region Development region Mesoregion Microregion Overseas region Subregion
State	Proto-state City-state Federal state Free state Sovereign state
Territory	Capital territory Federal capital territory National capital territory Dependent territory Federal territory Incorporated territory Organized incorporated territory Overseas territory Union territory
Town	Census town Market town
Township	Charter township Civil township Paper township Survey township Urban township
Unit	Regional unit Territorial unit Autonomous territorial unit
Zone	Economic zone Exclusive economic zone Free economic zone Special economic zone Exclusion zone Military exclusion zone Free speech zone Neutral zone Self-administered zone Trade zone Free-trade zone

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Current

Amt
Apskritis
Bakhsh
Barangay
Bashki
Bezirk
Regierungsbezirk
Comarca
Comune
Frazione
Freguesia
Fu
Gemeinde
- Austria
- Germany
- South Tyrol
- Switzerland
Gemeente
Gmina
Hromada
Județ
Kampong
Kommun/Kunta
- Finland
- Sweden
Län (Sweden)
Landskap
- Finland
Località
Maakunta
Megye
Muban
Mukim
Njësi administrative
Obec
Oblast
- Autonomous
Okrug
Ostān
Poblacion
Purok
Qark
Raion
Savivaldybė
Selsoviet
Sitio
Seniūnija
Shahrestān
Sum
- China
Sýsla
Tehsil
Townlet
Vingtaine

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Used by ten or more countries or having derived terms. Historical derivations in italics.

See also: Autonomous administration; Census division; Electoral district; List of administrative divisions by country; Slavic administrative divisions

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