# Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882

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 There were 62 such incorporations before the 1835 act was repealed and replaced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1882.

## 1836 – The 178 reformed boroughs

| 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) | 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 | 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 |

## 1837-82

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 | 1889 | Devonport CB |
| Bolton MB† | Lancashire | 1838 | 1889 | Bolton CB |
| Birmingham MB† | Warwickshire | 1838 | 1889 | Birmingham CB |
| Manchester MB† | Lancashire | 1838 | 1889 | Manchester CB |
| Sheffield MB† | Yorkshire | 1843 | 1889 | Sheffield CB |
| Salford MB† | Lancashire | 1844 | 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 | 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 | 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