List of urban districts formed in England and Wales 1896–1974

The following is a list of towns in England and Wales which formed urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 in the years following its introduction. For districts formed when the act came into force see: Urban districts formed in England and Wales 1894–95.Note for table: 'UD' stands for Urban District, 'RD' stands for Rural District, 'MB' stands for Municipal Borough and 'CB' stands for County Borough.

1896-99 In the period 1896-99 sixty urban districts were formed and twenty-two abolished, a net increase of 38, bringing the total number of urban districts to 813.

Urban DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)Kempston UDBedfordshire18961974BedfordGreat Marlow UD (1896–97), Marlow UD (1897-1974)Buckinghamshire18961974WycombeHeavitree UDDevon18961913absorbed by Exeter CBAnnfield Plain UDCounty Durham18961937absorbed by Consett UD and Stanley UDBrightlingsea UDEssex18961974TendringEpping UDEssex18961974Epping ForestConnah's Quay UDFlintshire18961974Alyn and DeesidePrestatyn UDFlintshire18961974RhuddlanFarnborough UDHampshire18961974RushmoorAlford UDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18961974East LindseyMablethorpe UD (1894-1925),Mablethorpe and Sutton UD (1925–74)Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18961974East LindseyFar Cotton UDNorthamptonshire18961900absorbed by Northampton CBSt James UDNorthamptonshire18961900absorbed by Northampton CBAshington UDNorthumberland 18961974WansbeckRothbury UDNorthumberland 18961935absorbed by Rothbury RDEastwood UDNottinghamshire18961974BroxtoweKirkby in Ashfield UDNottinghamshire18961974AshfieldHighbridge UDSomerset18961933absorbed by Burnham-on-Sea UDUttoxeter UDStaffordshire18961974East StaffordshireGlemsford UDWest Suffolk18961935absorbed by Melford RDDarfield UDWest Riding of Yorkshire18961974BarnsleyRoyston UDWest Riding of Yorkshire18961974BarnsleyLinslade UDBuckinghamshire18971965Leighton-Linslade UD, BedfordshireNewport Pagnell UDBuckinghamshire18971974Milton KeynesNewcastle Emlyn UDCarmarthenshire18971974CarmarthenSt Just UDCornwall18971974PenwithLlanrwst UDDenbighshire18971974AberconwyLeigh on Sea UDEssex18971913absorbed by Southend on Sea MBBuckley UDFlintshire18971974Alyn and DeesideRoyston UDHertfordshire18971974North HertfordshireRaunds UDNorthamptonshire18971974East NorthamptonshireEarsdon UDNorthumberland18971935Seaton Valley UD, Tynemouth CB and Whitley Bay UDLye and Wollescote UDWorcestershire18971933absorbed by Stourbridge MBBetws-y-Coed UDCaernarfonshire18981974AberconwyLooe UDCornwall18981974CaradonWadebridge UDCornwall18981934Wadebridge RDAshburton UDDevon18981974TeignbridgeTavistock UDDevon18981966absorbed by Tavistock RDCrook UDCounty Durham18981937Crook and Willington UDPortslade-by-Sea UDEast Sussex18981974HoveBurnham-on-Crouch UDEssex18981974MaldonWivenhoe UDEssex18981974ColchesterItchen UDHampshire18981920absorbed by Southampton CBBerkhamsted UD, Great Berkhampstead (1898–1937)Hertfordshire18981974DacorumHarpenden UDHertfordshire18981974St AlbansRickmansworth UDHertfordshire18981974Three RiversCheriton UDKent18981934absorbed by Folkestone MB and Hythe MBBracebridge UDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18981920absorbed by Lincoln CBWoodhall Spa UDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18981974East LindseyOakengates UDShropshire18981974The WrekinAmblecote UDStaffordshire18981966absorbed by Dudley CB and Stourbridge MBKing's Norton and Northfield UDWorcestershire18981912absorbed by Birmingham CB and Bromsgrove RDMalvern UDWorcestershire18981974Malvern HillsWithernsea UDEast Riding of Yorkshire18981974HoldernessBrentwood UDEssex18991974BrentwoodPenge UDKent18991965BromleyHeysham UDLancashire18991928absorbed by Morecambe and Heysham MBTottington UDLancashire18991974BuryBourne UDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18991974South KestevenChurch Stretton UDShropshire18991966absorbed by Ludlow RDIlminster UDSomerset18991974YeovilCaterham UD (1899-1929),Caterham and Warlingham UD (1929–74)Surrey18991974TandridgeWestbury UDWiltshire18991974West WiltshireSouthwick UDWest Sussex18991974AdurHessle UDEast Riding of Yorkshire18991935Haltemprice UDBolton upon Dearne UDWest Riding of Yorkshire18991937Dearne UDStanley UDWest Riding of Yorkshire18991974Wakefield

1900-09 In the 1900s forty-six urban districts were formed and forty-one abolished, a net increase of 5, bringing the total number of urban districts to an all-time high of 818.

Urban DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)Hale UDCheshire19001974TraffordHazel Grove and Bramhall UDCheshire19001974StockportStratton and Bude UD (1900–34),Bude-Stratton UD (1934–74)Cornwall19001974North CornwallHolsworthy UDDevon19001964absorbed by Holsworthy RDHalesworth UDEast Suffolk19001974WaveneySaxmundham UDEast Suffolk19001974Suffolk CoastalLoughton UDEssex19001933Chigwell UDChislehurst UDKent19001934Chislehurst and Sidcup UDPoulton-le-Fylde UDLancashire19001974WyrePreesall with Hackensall UD (1900–10),Preesall UD (1910–74)Lancashire19001974WyreThornton Cleveleys UDLancashire19001974WyreKingsbury UDMiddlesex19001934Wembley UDNeyland UDPembrokeshire19001974PreseliWem UDShropshire19001967North Shropshire RDCudworth UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19001974BarnsleySaddleworth UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19001974OldhamWheatley UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19001914absorbed by Doncaster MBAmlwch UDAnglesey1901Anglesey - Ynys MônCallington UDCornwall19011934absorbed by St Germans RDFrinton-on-Sea UDEssex19011934Frinton and Walton UDSawbridgeworth UDHertfordshire19011974East HertfordshireSheringham UDNorfolk19011974North NorfolkIrthlingborough UDNorthamptonshire19011974East NorthamptonshireCompstall UDCheshire19021936absorbed by Bredbury and Romiley UD and Hyde MBEllesmere Port and Whitby UD (1902–33),Ellesmere Port UD (1933–55)Cheshire19021955Ellesmere Port MBFoots Cray UD (1902–21),Sidcup UD (1921–34)Kent19021934Chislehurst and Sidcup UDNarberth UDPembrokeshire19021974South PembrokeshireWatchet UDSomerset19021974West SomersetScalby UDNorth Riding of Yorkshire19021974ScarboroughAmmanford UDCarmarthenshire19031974DinefwrBurry Port UDCarmarthenshire19031974LlanelliBispham with Norbreck UDLancashire19031918absorbed by Blackpool CBMynyddislwyn UDMonmouthshire19031974IslwynHandforth UDCheshire19041936absorbed by Cheadle and Gatley UD and Wilmslow UDTorpoint UDCornwall19041974CaradonOulton Broad UDEast Suffolk19041919absorbed by Lowestoft MBFleet UDHampshire19041974HartFeltham UDMiddlesex19041965HounslowHayes UD (1904–30),Hayes and Harlington UD (1930–65)Middlesex19041965HillingdonRuislip-Northwood UDMiddlesex19041965HillingdonWolstanton United UDStaffordshire19041932absorbed by Newcastle-under-Lyme MBOld Fletton UDHuntingdonshire (1905–65),Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)19051974PeterboroughFormby UDLancashire19051974SeftonShap UDWestmorland19051935absorbed by North Westmorland RDBushey UDHertfordshire19061974HertsmereEgham UDSurrey19061974RunnymedeLlanwrtyd Wells UDBrecknockshire19071974BrecknockFishguard UDPembrokeshire19071934Fishguard and Goodwick UDMerton UD (1907–13),Merton and Morden UD (1913–65)Surrey19071965MertonGarforth UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19081974LeedsGelligaer UDGlamorganshire19081974Rhymney Valley, Merthyr TydfilThurnscoe UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19081937Dearne UDChester-le-Street UDCounty Durham19091974Chester-le-StreetWindlesham UDSurrey19091933Bagshot RDEarby UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19091974Pendle

1910-19 In the 1910s twenty-one urban districts were formed and forty-one abolished, a net decrease of 20, bringing the total number of urban districts to 798.

Urban DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)Bungay UDEast Suffolk19101974WaveneyPrudhoe UDNorthumberland 19101974TynedaleWhittington and Newbold UDDerbyshire19111920absorbed by Chesterfield MBYiewsley UD (1911–29),Yiewsley and West Drayton UD (1929–65)Middlesex19111965HillingdonOakham UDRutland19111974RutlandBentley with Arksey UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19111974DoncasterCwmamman UDCarmarthenshire19121974DinefwrTilbury UDEssex19121936Thurrock UDBedwas and Machen UDMonmouthshire19121974Rhymney ValleyLongbenton UDNorthumberland 19121974North TynesideSeaton Delaval UDNorthumberland 19121935Seaton Valley UD, absorbed by Blyth MB and Whitley Bay UDChorleywood UDHertfordshire19131974Three RiversOadby UDLeicestershire19131974Oadby and WigstonHaslemere UDSurrey19131974WaverleyMarket Drayton UDShropshire19141966Market Drayton RDAxminster UDDevon19151953absorbed by Axminster RDBeddington and Wallington UDSurrey19151937Beddington and Wallington MBCoulsdon and Purley UDSurrey19151965CroydonMitcham UDSurrey19151934Mitcham MBAdwick le Street UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19151974DoncasterSpenborough UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19151955Spenborough MBStratford and Wolverton UD (1919–20),Wolverton UD (1920–74)Buckinghamshire19191974Milton KeynesLetchworth UDHertfordshire19191974North Hertfordshire

1920-29 In the 1920s twenty-five urban districts were formed and thirty-nine abolished, a net decrease of 14, bringing the total number of urban districts to 784.

Urban DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)Crayford UDKent19201965BexleyConisbrough UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19211974DoncasterHemsworth UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19211974WakefieldBebington and Bromborough UD (1922–33),Bebington UD (1933–37)Cheshire19221937Bebington MBWashington UDCounty Durham19221974SunderlandBillingham UDCounty Durham19231968absorbed by Stockton RD and Teesside CBBurton Latimer UDNorthamptonshire19231974KetteringGoodwick UDPembrokeshire19231934Fishguard and Goodwick UDMaltby UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19241974RotherhamHalesowen UDWorcestershire19251936Halesowen MBThurstonland and Farnley Tyas UDWest Riding of Yorkshire19251938absorbed by Holmfirth UD and Kirkburton UDCanvey Island UDEssex19261974Castle PointDagenham UDEssex19261938Dagenham MBHornchurch UDEssex19261965HaveringWest Mersea UDEssex19261974ColchesterMilton UDHampshire19261932absorbed by Lymington MBSwanscombe UDKent19261974DartfordSandy UDBedfordshire19271974Mid BedfordshireMangotsfield UDGloucestershire19271974KingswoodWelwyn Garden City UDHertfordshire19271974Welwyn HatfieldBrentford and Chiswick UDMiddlesex19271932Brentford and Chiswick MBHeadington UDOxfordshire19271929absorbed by Oxford CBBedworth UDWarwickshire19281974NuneatonBenfleet UDEssex19291974Castle PointPurfleet UDEssex19291936Thurrock UDRayleigh UDEssex19291974Rochford

1930-39 In the 1930s forty-one urban districts were formed and two hundred fifty-three abolished, a net decrease of 212, bringing the total number of urban districts to 572. This was largely due to the County review orders instigated by the Local Government Act 1929.