County Borough of Warrington

For the modern day town and borough which this district comprised, see Warrington.

County Borough of Warrington
Geography
Status	County borough
History
Created	1900
Abolished	1974
Succeeded by	Borough of Warrington

The County Borough of Warrington was, from 1900 to 1974, a local government district centred on Warrington in the northwest of England.^[1] It was alternatively known as Warrington County Borough and the County of Warrington.

The district was created in 1900 and was based upon the earlier Municipal Borough of Warrington, which had, in turn, been based on the older ancient borough of Warrington. This had received its charter in 1847.^[1] These earlier local government districts had crossed the county boundary line and contained small parts of parishes in Cheshire, namely, Latchford and Thelwall though these anomalies were rectified in 1894 and 1884, respectively.^[2]

As part of the terms of any county borough in England, it was decided that to let the then Lancashire County Council have authority over Warrington would be impractical due to its large size, population and industry, and so the district was independent from the administrative county of Lancashire of which it would otherwise have been part.

The County Borough of Warrington was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its territory, along with that of Warrington Rural District transferred to Cheshire to form part of the Borough of Warrington.

Notes and references

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Youngs (1991, pp. 681, 901)
2. ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 23, 24, 37, 681, 901)

Bibliography

• Youngs, F. A. (1991), Guide to the local administrative units of England. Volume II: Northern England, London: Royal Historical Society, ISBN 0861931270 

Coordinates: 53°23′N 2°35′W / 53.383°N 2.583°W / 53.383; -2.583