Records of Bowdon Local Board and Urban District Council
1864-1974
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Records of Bowdon Local Board and Urban District Council and includes Administration; Financial; Education; Land and Property; Library Services; Cemeteries; Highways and Sewage; Legal and Democratic; Public Health; Wartime; Public Services;Transport.
Title:
Records of Bowdon Local Board and Urban District Council
Date of work:
1864-1974
Reference number:
BOW
Level of description:
Collection
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Custodial history:
At the time that these records begin, Bowdon was a township and ecclesiastical parish in the county of Cheshire. It had belonged to the Altrincham Poor Law Union since 1836.Following the 1848 Public Health Act, the Bowdon Local Board of Health was established in 1864. The first meeting was held in February of that year. According to Alfred Ingham’s A History of Altrincham and Bowdon, published in 1879, ‘Its principal work has been the sewering of the township, which was executed under the superintendence of John Newton, Esq., C.E., at a cost of £2,493 16s. 3d. In December, 1865, the lighting by public gas lamps was carried out.’Following the 1894 Local Government Act, Bowdon Urban District Council was formed, replacing the Local Board of Health. The last meeting of the Local Board took place on 28 December 1894. The first meeting of the Urban District Council took place on Monday 31 December 1894. The Altrincham Poor Law Union was renamed the Bucklow Poor Law Union in 1895 and Bowdon remained within this until 1930, when it was dissolved.Following the Local Government Act of 1972, Bowdon was incorporated into the newly formed Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. The first meeting of the new Council took place on 1 April 1974.
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Language:
English
Record number:
6879227
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