Catalogue description ASTLEY BRIDGE LOCAL BOARD AND URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL

This record is held by Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service

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Title: ASTLEY BRIDGE LOCAL BOARD AND URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Description:

This Collection contains Minute Books, Financial Records and Miscellaneous Papers
Date: 1864-1898
Held by: Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Astley Bridge Local Board of Health, 1864 - 1895

Astley Bridge Urban District Council, 1895 - 1898
Physical description: 4 Series
Subjects:
  • Astley Bridge, Lancashire
  • Astley Bridge, Greater Manchester
Administrative / biographical background:

The Local Board of Health for the Astley Bridge District was constituted in 1864. The District comprised the higher (detached) portion of Little Bolton, and the lower portion of Sharples.

 

The Board became an Urban District Council in January 1895; in 1898, under the Bolton, Turton, and Westhoughton Extension Act, it was dissolved, and its powers vested in Bolton County Borough Council.
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