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The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 reformed 178 existing boroughs. It also allowed for further towns to submit petitions for the grant of a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough . There were 62 such incorporations before the 1835 act was repealed and replaced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 .
Municipal borough
County
Created
Abolished
Successor(s)
Beaumaris MB
Anglesey
1836
1974
Anglesey - Ynys Môn
Bedford MB
Bedfordshire
1836
1974
Bedford
Abingdon MB
Berkshire
1836
1974
Vale of White Horse
Maidenhead MB
Berkshire
1836
1974
Windsor and Maidenhead
New Windsor MB
Berkshire
1836
1974
Windsor and Maidenhead
Newbury MB
Berkshire
1836
1974
Newbury
Reading MB
Berkshire
1836
1889
Reading CB
Wallingford MB
Berkshire
1836
1974
South Oxfordshire
Brecon MB
Brecknockshire
1836
1974
Brecknock
Buckingham MB
Buckinghamshire
1836
1974
Aylesbury Vale
Chepping Wycombe MB (1836-1946),High Wycombe MB (1946-74)[ 1]
Buckinghamshire
1836
1974
Wycombe
Carnarvon MB
Caernarfonshire
1836
1974
Arfon
Pwllheli MB
Caernarfonshire
1836
1974
Dwyfor
Cambridge MB
Cambridgeshire (1836-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74)
1836
1974
Cambridge
Wisbech MB
Cambridgeshire (1836-89), Isle of Ely (1889-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74)
1836
1974
Fenland
Aberystwyth MB
Cardiganshire
1836
1974
Ceredigion
Cardigan MB
Cardiganshire
1836
1974
Ceredigion
Carmarthen MB
Carmarthenshire
1836
1974
Carmarthen
Llandovery MB
Carmarthenshire
1836
1974
Dinefwr
Chester MB
Cheshire
1836
1889
Chester CB
Congleton MB
Cheshire
1836
1974
Congleton
Macclesfield MB
Cheshire
1836
1974
Macclesfield
Stockport MB
Cheshire and Lancashire
1836
1889
Stockport CB
Bodmin MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
North Cornwall
Falmouth MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
Carrick
Helston MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
Kerrier
Launceston MB , Launceston otherwise Dunheved MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
North Cornwall
Liskeard MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
Caradon
Penryn MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
Carrick
Penzance MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
Penwith
St Ives MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
Penwith
Truro MB
Cornwall
1836
1974
Carrick
Durham MB
County Durham
1836
1974
Durham
Gateshead MB
County Durham
1836
1889
Gateshead CB
Stockton-on-Tees MB
County Durham
1836
1968
Teesside CB
Sunderland MB
County Durham
1836
1889
Sunderland CB
Carlisle MB
Cumberland
1836
1915
Carlisle CB
Denbigh MB
Denbighshire
1836
1974
Glyndŵr
Ruthin MB
Denbighshire
1836
1974
Glyndŵr
Chesterfield MB
Derbyshire
1836
1974
Chesterfield
Derby MB
Derbyshire
1836
1889
Derby CB
Barnstaple MB
Devon
1836
1974
North Devon
Bideford MB
Devon
1836
1974
Torridge
Dartmouth MB , Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness MB
Devon
1836
1974
South Hams
Exeter MB
Devon
1836
1889
Exeter CB
Great Torrington MB
Devon
1836
1974
Torridge
Plymouth MB
Devon
1836
1889
Plymouth CB
South Molton MB
Devon
1836
1968
absorbed by South Molton RD (Rural Borough)
Tiverton MB
Devon
1836
1974
Tiverton
Totnes MB
Devon
1836
1974
South Hams
Blandford Forum MB
Dorset
1836
1974
North Dorset
Bridport MB
Dorset
1836
1974
West Dorset
Dorchester MB
Dorset
1836
1974
West Dorset
Lyme Regis MB
Dorset
1836
1974
West Dorset
Poole MB
Dorset
1836
1974
Poole
Shaftesbury MB
Dorset
1836
1974
North Dorset
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB
Dorset
1836
1974
Weymouth and Portland
Colchester MB
Essex
1836
1974
Colchester
Harwich MB
Essex
1836
1974
Tendring
Maldon MB
Essex
1836
1974
Maldon
Saffron Walden MB
Essex
1836
1974
Uttlesford
Flint MB
Flintshire
1836
1974
Delyn
Cardiff MB
Glamorganshire
1836
1889
Cardiff CB
Neath MB
Glamorganshire
1836
1974
Neath
Swansea MB
Glamorganshire
1836
1889
Swansea CB
Gloucester MB
Gloucestershire
1836
1889
Gloucester CB
Tewkesbury MB
Gloucestershire
1836
1974
Tewkesbury
Bristol MB
Gloucestershire and Somerset
1836
1889
Bristol CB
Andover MB
Hampshire
1836
1974
Test Valley
Basingstoke MB
Hampshire
1836
1974
Basingstoke
Lymington MB
Hampshire
1836
1974
New Forest
Portsmouth MB
Hampshire
1836
1889
Portsmouth CB
Romsey MB
Hampshire
1836
1974
Test Valley
Southampton MB
Hampshire
1836
1889
Southampton CB
Winchester MB
Hampshire
1836
1974
Winchester
Newport MB
Hampshire (1836-89), Isle of Wight (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Medina
Hereford MB
Herefordshire
1836
1974
Hereford
Leominster MB
Herefordshire
1836
1974
Leominster
Hertford MB
Hertfordshire
1836
1974
East Hertfordshire
St Albans MB
Hertfordshire
1836
1974
St Albans
Godmanchester MB
Huntingdonshire
1836
1961
Huntingdon and Godmanchester MB
Huntingdon MB
Huntingdonshire
1836
1961
Huntingdon and Godmanchester MB
Canterbury MB
Kent
1836
1889
Canterbury CB
Deal MB
Kent
1836
1974
Dover
Dover MB
Kent
1836
1974
Dover
Faversham MB
Kent
1836
1974
Swale
Folkestone MB
Kent
1836
1974
Shepway
Gravesend MB
Kent
1836
1974
Gravesham
Hythe MB
Kent
1836
1974
Shepway
Maidstone MB
Kent
1836
1974
Maidstone
Rochester MB
Kent
1836
1974
Rochester-upon-Medway
Sandwich MB
Kent
1836
1974
Dover
Tenterden MB
Kent
1836
1974
Ashford
Clitheroe MB
Lancashire
1836
1974
Ribble Valley
Lancaster MB
Lancashire
1836
1974
Lancaster
Liverpool MB
Lancashire
1836
1889
Liverpool CB
Preston MB
Lancashire
1836
1889
Preston CB
Wigan MB
Lancashire
1836
1889
Wigan CB
Leicester MB
Leicestershire
1836
1889
Leicester CB
Boston MB
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Boston
Grantham MB
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974)
1836
1974
South Kesteven
Stamford MB
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974)
1836
1974
South Kesteven
Great Grimsby MB
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-91)
1836
1891
Grimsby CB
Lincoln MB
Lincolnshire
1836
1889
Lincoln CB
Louth MB
Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-1974)
1836
1974
East Lindsey
Monmouth MB
Monmouthshire
1836
1974
Monmouth
Newport MB
Monmouthshire
1836
1891
Newport CB
Llanidloes MB
Montgomeryshire
1836
1974
Montgomery
Welshpool MB
Montgomeryshire
1836
1974
Montgomery
King's Lynn MB , Lynn Regis MB
Norfolk
1836
1974
West Norfolk
Norwich MB
Norfolk
1836
1889
Norwich CB
Great Yarmouth MB
Norfolk and Suffolk
1836
1889
Yarmouth CB
Thetford MB
Norfolk and Suffolk (1836-89), Norfolk (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Breckland
Daventry MB
Northamptonshire
1836
1974
Daventry
Northampton MB
Northamptonshire
1836
1889
Northampton CB
Berwick-upon-Tweed MB
Northumberland
1836
1974
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Morpeth MB
Northumberland
1836
1974
Castle Morpeth
Newcastle upon Tyne MB
Northumberland
1836
1889
Newcastle upon Tyne CB
East Retford MB
Nottinghamshire
1836
1974
Bassetlaw
Newark MB
Nottinghamshire
1836
1974
Newark
Nottingham MB
Nottinghamshire
1836
1889
Nottingham CB
Chipping Norton MB
Oxfordshire
1836
1974
West Oxfordshire
Oxford MB
Oxfordshire
1836
1889
Oxford CB
Banbury MB
Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire (1836-89), Oxfordshire (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Cherwell
Haverfordwest MB
Pembrokeshire
1836
1974
Preseli
Pembroke MB
Pembrokeshire
1836
1974
South Pembrokeshire
Tenby MB
Pembrokeshire
1836
1974
South Pembrokeshire
Bridgnorth MB
Shropshire
1836
1967
absorbed by Bridgnorth RD (Rural Borough)
Ludlow MB
Shropshire
1836
1967
absorbed by Ludlow RD (Rural Borough)
Oswestry MB
Shropshire
1836
1967
absorbed by Oswestry RD (Rural Borough)
Shrewsbury MB
Shropshire
1836
1974
Shrewsbury
Wenlock MB , Much Wenlock MB
Shropshire
1836
1967
absorbed by Bridgnorth RD (Rural Borough)
Bath MB
Somerset
1836
1889
Bath CB
Bridgwater MB
Somerset
1836
1974
Sedgemoor
Chard MB
Somerset
1836
1974
Yeovil
Glastonbury MB
Somerset
1836
1974
Mendip
Wells MB
Somerset
1836
1974
Mendip
Lichfield MB
Staffordshire
1836
1974
Lichfield
Newcastle-under-Lyme MB
Staffordshire
1836
1974
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Stafford MB
Staffordshire
1836
1974
Stafford
Walsall MB
Staffordshire
1836
1889
Walsall CB
Tamworth MB
Staffordshire and Warwickshire (1836-89), Staffordshire (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Tamworth
Ipswich MB
Suffolk
1836
1889
Ipswich CB
Sudbury MB
Suffolk and Essex (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Babergh
Beccles MB
Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Waveney
Eye MB
Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Mid Suffolk
Southwold MB
Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Waveney
Bury St Edmunds MB
Suffolk (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974)
1836
1974
St Edmundsbury
Godalming MB
Surrey
1836
1974
Waverley
Guildford MB
Surrey
1836
1974
Guildford
Kingston upon Thames MB
Surrey
1836
1965
Kingston upon Thames
Hastings MB
Sussex
1836
1889
Hastings CB
Rye MB
Sussex (1836-89), East Sussex (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Rother
Arundel MB
Sussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Arun
Chichester MB
Sussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Chichester
Coventry MB
Warwickshire
1836
1889
Coventry CB
Stratford-on-Avon MB
Warwickshire
1836
1974
Stratford-on-Avon
Warwick MB
Warwickshire
1836
1974
Warwick
Kendal MB
Westmorland
1836
1974
South Lakeland
Calne MB
Wiltshire
1836
1974
North Wiltshire
Chippenham MB
Wiltshire
1836
1974
North Wiltshire
Devizes MB
Wiltshire
1836
1974
Kennet
Marlborough MB
Wiltshire
1836
1974
Kennet
Salisbury MB , New Sarum MB
Wiltshire
1836
1974
Salisbury
Bewdley MB
Worcestershire
1836
1974
Wyre Forest
Droitwich MB
Worcestershire
1836
1974
Wychavon
Evesham MB
Worcestershire
1836
1974
Wychavon
Kidderminster MB
Worcestershire
1836
1974
Wyre Forest
Worcester MB
Worcestershire
1836
1889
Worcester CB
Beverley MB
Yorkshire (1836-89), East Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Beverley
Kingston upon Hull MB
Yorkshire
1836
1889
Kingston upon Hull CB
York MB
Yorkshire
1836
1889
York CB
Richmond MB
Yorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Richmondshire
Scarborough MB
Yorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Scarborough
Doncaster MB
Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1927)
1836
1927
Doncaster CB
Leeds MB
Yorkshire
1836
1889
Leeds CB
Pontefract MB
Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Wakefield
Ripon MB
Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)
1836
1974
Harrogate
Up to 1851, eighteen boroughs were incorporated: sixteen towns that had been enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832 and two of the boroughs unreformed in 1835 were brought under the act.
In the following years a further seven unreformed boroughs were incorporated and 38 other towns became municipalities. Most of the newly incorporated towns were rapidly growing industrial centres. A number of coastal resorts were created boroughs, reflecting the growth of seaside tourism, and in 1875 Leamington Spa became the first inland spa resort to gain incorporation.
Municipal Borough
County
Created
Abolished
Successor(s)
Devonport MB†
Devon
1837[ 2] [ 3]
1889
Devonport CB
Bolton MB†
Lancashire
1838[ 4]
1889
Bolton CB
Birmingham MB†
Warwickshire
1838[ 5]
1889
Birmingham CB
Manchester MB†
Lancashire
1838[ 6]
1889
Manchester CB
Sheffield MB†
Yorkshire
1843[ 7]
1889
Sheffield CB
Salford MB†
Lancashire
1844[ 8]
1889
Salford CB
Honiton MB‡
Devon
1846
1974
East Devon
Ashton-under-Lyne MB†
Lancashire
1847
1974
Tameside
Bradford MB†
Yorkshire
1847
1889
Bradford CB
Warrington MB†
Lancashire and Cheshire (1847-89), Lancashire (1889-1900)
1847
1900
Warrington CB
Halifax MB†
Yorkshire
1848
1889
Halifax CB
Wakefield MB†
Yorkshire (1848-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1915)
1848
1915
Wakefield CB
Wolverhampton MB†
Staffordshire
1848
1889
Wolverhampton CB
Oldham MB†
Lancashire
1849
1889
Oldham CB
Tynemouth MB†
Northumberland
1849
1904
Tynemouth CB
Hartlepool MB‡
County Durham
1850
1967
Hartlepool CB
South Shields MB†
County Durham
1850
1889
South Shields CB
Blackburn MB†
Lancashire
1851
1889
Blackburn CB
Middlesbrough MB
Yorkshire
1853
1889
Middlesbrough CB
Brighton MB†
Sussex
1854
1889
Brighton CB
Yeovil MB‡
Somerset
1854
1974
Yeovil
Rochdale MB†
Lancashire
1856
1889
Rochdale CB
Hanley MB
Staffordshire
1857
1889
Hanley CB
Margate MB
Kent
1857
1974
Thanet
Stalybridge MB
Cheshire and Lancashire (1857-89), Cheshire (1889-1974)
1857
1974
Tameside
Wrexham MB
Denbighshire
1857
1974
Wrexham Maelor
Hedon MB‡
Yorkshire (1861-89), East Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)
1861[ 9]
1974
Holderness
Aberavon MB‡
Glamorganshire
1861
1921
Port Talbot MB
Burnley MB
Lancashire
1861
1889
Burnley CB
Dewsbury MB
Yorkshire (1862-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1913)
1862
1913
Dewsbury CB
Reigate MB‡
Surrey
1863
1974
Reigate and Banstead
Dunstable MB‡
Bedfordshire
1864
1974
South Bedfordshire
Dudley MB†
Worcestershire
1865
1889
Dudley CB
Longton MB
Staffordshire
1865
1910
Stoke on Trent CB
Glossop MB
Derbyshire
1866
1974
High Peak
Southport MB
Lancashire
1866
1905
Southport CB
Barrow-in-Furness MB
Lancashire
1867
1889
Barrow-in-Furness CB
Darlington MB
County Durham
1867
1915
Darlington CB
Batley MB
Yorkshire (1869-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)
1868
1974
Kirklees
Bootle cum Linacre MB
Lancashire
1868
1889
Bootle CB
Huddersfield MB†
Yorkshire
1868
1889
Huddersfield CB
Ryde MB
Hampshire (1868-89), Isle of Wight (1889-1974)
1868
1974
Medina
St Helens MB
Lancashire
1868
1889
St Helens CB
Barnsley MB
Yorkshire (1869-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1913)
1869
1913
Barnsley CB
Rotherham MB
Yorkshire (1871-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1902)
1871
1902
Rotherham CB
Peterborough MB
Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire (1874-89),Soke of Peterborough (1889-1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965-74)
1874
1974
Peterborough
St Ives MB
Huntingdonshire (1874-1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965-74)
1874
1974
Huntingdon
Stoke upon Trent MB†
Staffordshire
1874
1910
Stoke on Trent CB
Jarrow MB
County Durham
1875
1974
South Tyneside
Royal Leamington Spa MB
Warwickshire
1875
1974
Warwick
Blackpool MB
Lancashire
1876
1904
Blackpool CB
Bury MB†
Lancashire
1876
1889
Bury CB
Cheltenham MB†
Gloucestershire
1876
1974
Cheltenham
Luton MB
Bedfordshire
1876
1964
Luton CB
Birkenhead MB
Cheshire
1877
1889
Birkenhead CB
Conwy MB‡
Caernarfonshire
1877[ 10]
1974
District of Aberconwy
Crewe MB
Cheshire
1877
1974
Crewe and Nantwich
Accrington MB
Lancashire
1878
1974
Hyndburn
Burslem MB
Staffordshire
1878
1910
Stoke on Trent CB
Burton upon Trent MB
Staffordshire and Derbyshire (1878-89), Staffordshire (1889-1901)
1878
1901
Burton upon Trent CB
Darwen MB
Lancashire
1878
1974
Blackburn
Chorley MB
Lancashire
1881
1974
Chorley
Heywood MB
Lancashire
1881
1974
Rochdale
Hyde MB
Cheshire
1881
1974
Tameside
Lewes MB‡
Sussex (1881-89), East Sussex (1889-1974)
1881
1974
Lewes
† Boroughs enfranchised 1832
‡ Borough unreformed in 1835