# 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 District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor(s) |
| Kempston UD | Bedfordshire | 1896 | 1974 | Bedford |
| Great Marlow UD (1896–97), Marlow UD (1897-1974) | Buckinghamshire | 1896 | 1974 | Wycombe |
| Heavitree UD | Devon | 1896 | 1913 | absorbed by Exeter CB |
| Annfield Plain UD | County Durham | 1896 | 1937 | absorbed by Consett UD and Stanley UD |
| Brightlingsea UD | Essex | 1896 | 1974 | Tendring |
| Epping UD | Essex | 1896 | 1974 | Epping Forest |
| Connah's Quay UD | Flintshire | 1896 | 1974 | Alyn and Deeside |
| Prestatyn UD | Flintshire | 1896 | 1974 | Rhuddlan |
| Farnborough UD | Hampshire | 1896 | 1974 | Rushmoor |
| Alford UD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1896 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
| Mablethorpe UD (1894-1925), Mablethorpe and Sutton UD (1925–74) | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1896 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
| Far Cotton UD | Northamptonshire | 1896 | 1900 | absorbed by Northampton CB |
| St James UD | Northamptonshire | 1896 | 1900 | absorbed by Northampton CB |
| Ashington UD | Northumberland | 1896 | 1974 | Wansbeck |
| Rothbury UD | Northumberland | 1896 | 1935 | absorbed by Rothbury RD |
| Eastwood UD | Nottinghamshire | 1896 | 1974 | Broxtowe |
| Kirkby in Ashfield UD | Nottinghamshire | 1896 | 1974 | Ashfield |
| Highbridge UD | Somerset | 1896 | 1933 | absorbed by Burnham-on-Sea UD |
| Uttoxeter UD | Staffordshire | 1896 | 1974 | East Staffordshire |
| Glemsford UD | West Suffolk | 1896 | 1935 | absorbed by Melford RD |
| Darfield UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1896 | 1974 | Barnsley |
| Royston UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1896 | 1974 | Barnsley |
| Linslade UD | Buckinghamshire | 1897 | 1965 | Leighton-Linslade UD, Bedfordshire |
| Newport Pagnell UD | Buckinghamshire | 1897 | 1974 | Milton Keynes |
| Newcastle Emlyn UD | Carmarthenshire | 1897 | 1974 | Carmarthen |
| St Just UD | Cornwall | 1897 | 1974 | Penwith |
| Llanrwst UD | Denbighshire | 1897 | 1974 | Aberconwy |
| Leigh on Sea UD | Essex | 1897 | 1913 | absorbed by Southend on Sea MB |
| Buckley UD | Flintshire | 1897 | 1974 | Alyn and Deeside |
| Royston UD | Hertfordshire | 1897 | 1974 | North Hertfordshire |
| Raunds UD | Northamptonshire | 1897 | 1974 | East Northamptonshire |
| Earsdon UD | Northumberland | 1897 | 1935 | Seaton Valley UD, Tynemouth CB and Whitley Bay UD |
| Lye and Wollescote UD | Worcestershire | 1897 | 1933 | absorbed by Stourbridge MB |
| Betws-y-Coed UD | Caernarfonshire | 1898 | 1974 | Aberconwy |
| Looe UD | Cornwall | 1898 | 1974 | Caradon |
| Wadebridge UD | Cornwall | 1898 | 1934 | Wadebridge RD |
| Ashburton UD | Devon | 1898 | 1974 | Teignbridge |
| Tavistock UD | Devon | 1898 | 1966 | absorbed by Tavistock RD |
| Crook UD | County Durham | 1898 | 1937 | Crook and Willington UD |
| Portslade-by-Sea UD | East Sussex | 1898 | 1974 | Hove |
| Burnham-on-Crouch UD | Essex | 1898 | 1974 | Maldon |
| Wivenhoe UD | Essex | 1898 | 1974 | Colchester |
| Itchen UD | Hampshire | 1898 | 1920 | absorbed by Southampton CB |
| Berkhamsted UD, Great Berkhampstead (1898–1937) | Hertfordshire | 1898 | 1974 | Dacorum |
| Harpenden UD | Hertfordshire | 1898 | 1974 | St Albans |
| Rickmansworth UD | Hertfordshire | 1898 | 1974 | Three Rivers |
| Cheriton UD | Kent | 1898 | 1934 | absorbed by Folkestone MB and Hythe MB |
| Bracebridge UD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1898 | 1920 | absorbed by Lincoln CB |
| Woodhall Spa UD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1898 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
| Oakengates UD | Shropshire | 1898 | 1974 | The Wrekin |
| Amblecote UD | Staffordshire | 1898 | 1966 | absorbed by Dudley CB and Stourbridge MB |
| King's Norton and Northfield UD | Worcestershire | 1898 | 1912 | absorbed by Birmingham CB and Bromsgrove RD |
| Malvern UD | Worcestershire | 1898 | 1974 | Malvern Hills |
| Withernsea UD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1898 | 1974 | Holderness |
| Brentwood UD | Essex | 1899 | 1974 | Brentwood |
| Penge UD | Kent | 1899 | 1965 | Bromley |
| Heysham UD | Lancashire | 1899 | 1928 | absorbed by Morecambe and Heysham MB |
| Tottington UD | Lancashire | 1899 | 1974 | Bury |
| Bourne UD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1899 | 1974 | South Kesteven |
| Church Stretton UD | Shropshire | 1899 | 1966 | absorbed by Ludlow RD |
| Ilminster UD | Somerset | 1899 | 1974 | Yeovil |
| Caterham UD (1899-1929), Caterham and Warlingham UD (1929–74) | Surrey | 1899 | 1974 | Tandridge |
| Westbury UD | Wiltshire | 1899 | 1974 | West Wiltshire |
| Southwick UD | West Sussex | 1899 | 1974 | Adur |
| Hessle UD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1899 | 1935 | Haltemprice UD |
| Bolton upon Dearne UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1899 | 1937 | Dearne UD |
| Stanley UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1899 | 1974 | Wakefield |

## 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 District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor(s) |
| Hale UD | Cheshire | 1900 | 1974 | Trafford |
| Hazel Grove and Bramhall UD | Cheshire | 1900 | 1974 | Stockport |
| Stratton and Bude UD (1900–34), Bude-Stratton UD (1934–74) | Cornwall | 1900 | 1974 | North Cornwall |
| Holsworthy UD | Devon | 1900 | 1964 | absorbed by Holsworthy RD |
| Halesworth UD | East Suffolk | 1900 | 1974 | Waveney |
| Saxmundham UD | East Suffolk | 1900 | 1974 | Suffolk Coastal |
| Loughton UD | Essex | 1900 | 1933 | Chigwell UD |
| Chislehurst UD | Kent | 1900 | 1934 | Chislehurst and Sidcup UD |
| Poulton-le-Fylde UD | Lancashire | 1900 | 1974 | Wyre |
| Preesall with Hackensall UD (1900–10), Preesall UD (1910–74) | Lancashire | 1900 | 1974 | Wyre |
| Thornton Cleveleys UD | Lancashire | 1900 | 1974 | Wyre |
| Kingsbury UD | Middlesex | 1900 | 1934 | Wembley UD |
| Neyland UD | Pembrokeshire | 1900 | 1974 | Preseli |
| Wem UD | Shropshire | 1900 | 1967 | North Shropshire RD |
| Cudworth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1900 | 1974 | Barnsley |
| Saddleworth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1900 | 1974 | Oldham |
| Wheatley UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1900 | 1914 | absorbed by Doncaster MB |
| Amlwch UD | Anglesey | 1901 | | Anglesey - Ynys Môn |
| Callington UD | Cornwall | 1901 | 1934 | absorbed by St Germans RD |
| Frinton on Sea UD | Essex | 1901 | 1934 | Frinton and Walton UD |
| Sawbridgeworth UD | Hertfordshire | 1901 | 1974 | East Hertfordshire |
| Sheringham UD | Norfolk | 1901 | 1974 | North Norfolk |
| Irthlingborough UD | Northamptonshire | 1901 | 1974 | East Northamptonshire |
| Compstall UD | Cheshire | 1902 | 1936 | absorbed by Bredbury and Romiley UD and Hyde MB |
| Ellesmere Port and Whitby UD (1902–33), Ellesmere Port UD (1933–55) | Cheshire | 1902 | 1955 | Ellesmere Port MB |
| Foots Cray UD (1902–21), Sidcup UD (1921–34) | Kent | 1902 | 1934 | Chislehurst and Sidcup UD |
| Narberth UD | Pembrokeshire | 1902 | 1974 | South Pembrokeshire |
| Watchet UD | Somerset | 1902 | 1974 | West Somerset |
| Scalby UD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1902 | 1974 | Scarborough |
| Ammanford UD | Carmarthenshire | 1903 | 1974 | Dinefwr |
| Burry Port UD | Carmarthenshire | 1903 | 1974 | Llanelli |
| Bispham with Norbreck UD | Lancashire | 1903 | 1918 | absorbed by Blackpool CB |
| Mynyddislwyn UD | Monmouthshire | 1903 | 1974 | Islwyn |
| Handforth UD | Cheshire | 1904 | 1936 | absorbed by Cheadle and Gatley UD and Wilmslow UD |
| Torpoint UD | Cornwall | 1904 | 1974 | Caradon |
| Oulton Broad UD | East Suffolk | 1904 | 1919 | absorbed by Lowestoft MB |
| Fleet UD | Hampshire | 1904 | 1974 | Hart |
| Feltham UD | Middlesex | 1904 | 1965 | Hounslow |
| Hayes UD (1904–30), Hayes and Harlington UD (1930–65) | Middlesex | 1904 | 1965 | Hillingdon |
| Ruislip-Northwood UD | Middlesex | 1904 | 1965 | Hillingdon |
| Wolstanton United UD | Staffordshire | 1904 | 1932 | absorbed by Newcastle-under-Lyme MB |
| Old Fletton UD | Huntingdonshire (1905–65), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1905 | 1974 | Peterborough |
| Formby UD | Lancashire | 1905 | 1974 | Sefton |
| Shap UD | Westmorland | 1905 | 1935 | absorbed by North Westmorland RD |
| Bushey UD | Hertfordshire | 1906 | 1974 | Hertsmere |
| Egham UD | Surrey | 1906 | 1974 | Runnymede |
| Llanwrtyd Wells UD | Brecknockshire | 1907 | 1974 | Brecknock |
| Fishguard UD | Pembrokeshire | 1907 | 1934 | Fishguard and Goodwick UD |
| Merton UD (1907–13), Merton and Morden UD (1913–65) | Surrey | 1907 | 1965 | Merton |
| Garforth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1908 | 1974 | Leeds |
| Gelligaer UD | Glamorganshire | 1908 | 1974 | Rhymney Valley, Merthyr Tydfil |
| Thurnscoe UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1908 | 1937 | Dearne UD |
| Chester-le-Street UD | County Durham | 1909 | 1974 | Chester-le-Street |
| Windlesham UD | Surrey | 1909 | 1933 | Bagshot RD |
| Earby UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1909 | 1974 | Pendle |

## 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 District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor(s) |
| Bungay UD | East Suffolk | 1910 | 1974 | Waveney |
| Prudhoe UD | Northumberland | 1910 | 1974 | Tynedale |
| Whittington and Newbold UD | Derbyshire | 1911 | 1920 | absorbed by Chesterfield MB |
| Yiewsley UD (1911–29), Yiewsley and West Drayton UD (1929–65) | Middlesex | 1911 | 1965 | Hillingdon |
| Oakham UD | Rutland | 1911 | 1974 | Rutland |
| Bentley with Arksey UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1911 | 1974 | Doncaster |
| Cwmamman UD | Carmarthenshire | 1912 | 1974 | Dinefwr |
| Tilbury UD | Essex | 1912 | 1936 | Thurrock UD |
| Bedwas and Machen UD | Monmouthshire | 1912 | 1974 | Rhymney Valley |
| Longbenton UD | Northumberland | 1912 | 1974 | North Tyneside |
| Seaton Delaval UD | Northumberland | 1912 | 1935 | Seaton Valley UD, absorbed by Blyth MB and Whitley Bay UD |
| Chorleywood UD | Hertfordshire | 1913 | 1974 | Three Rivers |
| Oadby UD | Leicestershire | 1913 | 1974 | Oadby and Wigston |
| Haslemere UD | Surrey | 1913 | 1974 | Waverley |
| Market Drayton UD | Shropshire | 1914 | 1966 | Market Drayton RD |
| Axminster UD | Devon | 1915 | 1953 | absorbed by Axminster RD |
| Beddington and Wallington UD | Surrey | 1915 | 1937 | Beddington and Wallington MB |
| Coulsdon and Purley UD | Surrey | 1915 | 1965 | Croydon |
| Mitcham UD | Surrey | 1915 | 1934 | Mitcham MB |
| Adwick le Street UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1915 | 1974 | Doncaster |
| Spenborough UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1915 | 1955 | Spenborough MB |
| Stratford and Wolverton UD (1919–20), Wolverton UD (1920–74) | Buckinghamshire | 1919 | 1974 | Milton Keynes |
| Letchworth UD | Hertfordshire | 1919 | 1974 | North 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 District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor(s) |
| Crayford UD | Kent | 1920 | 1965 | Bexley |
| Conisbrough UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1921 | 1974 | Doncaster |
| Hemsworth UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1921 | 1974 | Wakefield |
| Bebington and Bromborough UD (1922–33), Bebington UD (1933–37) | Cheshire | 1922 | 1937 | Bebington MB |
| Washington UD | County Durham | 1922 | 1974 | Sunderland |
| Billingham UD | County Durham | 1923 | 1968 | absorbed by Stockton RD and Teesside CB |
| Burton Latimer UD | Northamptonshire | 1923 | 1974 | Kettering |
| Goodwick UD | Pembrokeshire | 1923 | 1934 | Fishguard and Goodwick UD |
| Maltby UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1924 | 1974 | Rotherham |
| Halesowen UD | Worcestershire | 1925 | 1936 | Halesowen MB |
| Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1925 | 1938 | absorbed by Holmfirth UD and Kirkburton UD |
| Canvey Island UD | Essex | 1926 | 1974 | Castle Point |
| Dagenham UD | Essex | 1926 | 1938 | Dagenham MB |
| Hornchurch UD | Essex | 1926 | 1965 | Havering |
| West Mersea UD | Essex | 1926 | 1974 | Colchester |
| Milton UD | Hampshire | 1926 | 1932 | absorbed by Lymington MB |
| Swanscombe UD | Kent | 1926 | 1974 | Dartford |
| Sandy UD | Bedfordshire | 1927 | 1974 | Mid Bedfordshire |
| Mangotsfield UD | Gloucestershire | 1927 | 1974 | Kingswood |
| Welwyn Garden City UD | Hertfordshire | 1927 | 1974 | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Brentford and Chiswick UD | Middlesex | 1927 | 1932 | Brentford and Chiswick MB |
| Headington UD | Oxfordshire | 1927 | 1929 | absorbed by Oxford CB |
| Bedworth UD | Warwickshire | 1928 | 1974 | Nuneaton |
| Benfleet UD | Essex | 1929 | 1974 | Castle Point |
| Purfleet UD | Essex | 1929 | 1936 | Thurrock UD |
| Rayleigh UD | Essex | 1929 | 1974 | Rochford |

## 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.
| Urban District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor(s) |
| Llwchwr UD | Glamorganshire | 1930 | 1974 | Lliw Valley |
| Sittingbourne and Milton UD | Kent | 1930 | 1974 | Swale |
| Solihull UD | Warwickshire | 1932 | 1954 | Solihull MB |
| Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea UD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1932 | 1974 | Langbaurgh |
| Wirral UD | Cheshire | 1933 | 1974 | Wirral |
| Chigwell UD | Essex | 1933 | 1974 | Epping Forest |
| Sandown-Shanklin UD | Isle of Wight | 1933 | 1974 | South Wight |
| Norton-Radstock UD | Somerset | 1933 | 1974 | Wansdyke |
| Banstead UD | Surrey | 1933 | 1974 | Reigate and Banstead |
| Walton and Weybridge UD | Surrey | 1933 | 1974 | Elmbridge |
| Camborne-Redruth UD | Cornwall | 1934 | 1974 | Kerrier |
| Billericay UD | Essex | 1934 | 1955 | Basildon UD |
| Frinton and Walton UD | Essex | 1934 | 1974 | Tendring |
| Wanstead and Woodford UD | Essex | 1934 | 1937 | Wanstead and Woodford MB |
| Chislehurst and Sidcup UD | Kent | 1934 | 1965 | Bexley, Bromley |
| Orpington UD | Kent | 1934 | 1965 | Bromley |
| Potters Bar UD | Middlesex (1934–65), Hertfordshire (1965–74) | 1934 | 1974 | Hertsmere |
| Aldridge UD | Staffordshire | 1934 | 1966 | Aldridge-Brownhills UD |
| Fishguard and Goodwick UD | Pembrokeshire | 1934 | 1974 | Preseli |
| Abergele UD | Denbighshire | 1935 | 1974 | Colwyn |
| Cwmbran UD | Monmouthshire | 1935 | 1974 | Torfaen |
| Staveley UD | Derbyshire | 1935 | 1974 | Chesterfield |
| Wymondham UD | Norfolk | 1935 | 1974 | South Norfolk |
| Seaton Valley UD | Northumberland | 1935 | 1974 | Blyth Valley, North Tyneside |
| Beeston and Stapleford UD | Nottinghamshire | 1935 | 1974 | Broxtowe |
| Lakes UD | Westmorland | 1935 | 1974 | Eden, South Lakeland |
| Haltemprice UD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1935 | 1974 | Beverley |
| Whaley Bridge UD | Derbyshire | 1936 | 1974 | High Peak |
| Boldon UD | County Durham | 1936 | 1974 | South Tyneside |
| Thurrock UD | Essex | 1936 | 1974 | Thurrock, Basildon |
| Crook and Willington UD | County Durham | 1937 | 1974 | Wear Valley |
| Aireborough UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Leeds |
| Colne Valley UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Kirklees |
| Dearne UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Barnsley |
| Hebden Royd UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale |
| Queensbury and Shelf UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale, Bradford |
| Ripponden UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale |
| Sowerby Bridge UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1937 | 1974 | Calderdale |
| Keynsham UD | Somerset | 1938 | 1974 | Wansdyke |
| Denby Dale UD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1938 | 1974 | Kirklees |
| Corby UD | Northamptonshire | 1939 | 1974 | Corby |

## 1940-74

From 1940 until their abolition in 1974, there were only six more urban districts formed and a further fifty-six abolished, a net decrease of 50, bringing the total number of urban districts to 522.
| Urban District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor(s) |
| Basildon UD | Essex | 1955 | 1974 | Basildon |
| Harlow UD | Essex | 1955 | 1974 | Harlow |
| Crawley UD | West Sussex | 1956 | 1974 | Crawley |
| Kirkby UD | Lancashire | 1958 | 1974 | Knowsley |
| Leighton-Linslade UD | Bedfordshire | 1965 | 1974 | South Bedfordshire |
| Aldridge-Brownhills UD | Staffordshire | 1966 | 1974 | Walsall |

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