Municipal Borough of Farnworth
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Template:Wikidata imageScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was a local government district centred on the town of Farnworth in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. A local board of health had been established for Farnworth in 1863, which was reconstituted as an urban district in 1899, before being granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1939. Following abolition of the local authority in 1974, Farnworth became an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.
History
Lying within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire since the early 12th century, Farnworth constituted a township in the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Deane.[1][2] In 1837, Farnworth became part of the Bolton Poor Law Union which took responsibility for funding the Poor Law in that Union area.[3]
Under the Local Government Act 1858, a local board of health was adopted for the township of Farnworth in 1863.[4] In 1866, Farnworth was also given the status of a civil parish.[5] After the Public Health Act 1875 was passed by Parliament in that year, Farnworth Local Board of Health assumed extra duties as an urban sanitary district, although the Local Board's title did not change.[6]
In 1899, following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1894, Farnworth Local Board was reconstituted as an elected urban district council of eighteen members.[7] Farnworth Urban District Council had six electoral wards, each denoted by points of the compass (North, North-East, North-West, South, South-East, and South-West wards), and each represented by three councillors.[7][8] In 1939, Farnworth was granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough.[9]
Under the Local Government Act 1972, the Municipal Borough of Farnworth was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area was transferred to Greater Manchester to become an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.[2]
Demography
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Lists of office holders
Chairmen of Farnworth Local Board
| Chairmen of Farnworth Local Board, 1863–1899 | ||||
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1863–1867 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1867–1868 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Conservative | 1868–1869 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1869–1870 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1st term |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | — | 1870–1872 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1st term | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | — | 1872–1875 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1875–1878 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2nd term. Afterwards was Chairman of Farnworth Urban District Council (1901–1904) |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1878–1880 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | — | 1880–1881 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1881–1885 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Chairmen of Farnworth Urban District Council
| Chairmen of Farnworth Urban District Council, 1899–1939 | ||||
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | — | 1899–1901 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1901–1904 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Previously Chairman of Farnworth Local Board (1869–1870, and 1875–1878) |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liberal | 1904–1906 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Conservative | 1906–1909 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Conservative | 1909–1912 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Conservative | 1912–1914 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Conservative | 1919–1921 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Labour | 1921–1923 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Labour | 1930–1932 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Afterwards was Mayor of Farnworth (1939–1940) |
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Afterwards was Member of Parliament for Farnworth (1938–1952) |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Labour | 1934–1936 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Afterwards was Mayor of Farnworth (1940–1941) |
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Afterwards was Mayor of Farnworth (1941–1942) |
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Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Farnworth
| Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Farnworth, 1939–1974 | ||||
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| Name | Party | Tenure | Notes | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Labour | 1939–1940 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Previously Chairman of Farnworth Urban District (1930–1932) |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Labour | 1941–1942 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Previously Chairman of Farnworth Urban District (1938–1939) |
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Neighbouring districts
The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was surrounded to the north and west by the County Borough of Bolton, to the northeast by Little Lever Urban District, to the southeast by Kearsley Urban District, and to the south by Little Hulton Urban District until 1933, then by Worsley Urban District.
Notes
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External links
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Categories:
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- Farnworth
- Municipal boroughs 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