Crompton Urban District
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- For people named Crompton, see Crompton (surname). For the modern day town which now covers this area, see Shaw and Crompton.
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Status: | Urban district |
| HQ: | Shaw Town Hall |
| History | |
| Created: | 1894 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Succeeded by: | Metropolitan Borough of Oldham |
| Area | |
| 1894: | 2,865 acres (11.6 km²) |
| 1974: | 2,865 acres (11.6 km²) |
| Population | |
| 1911: | 14,750 |
| 1971: | 17,026 |
Crompton Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England which covered the modern-day town and civil parish of Shaw and Crompton.
It covered a significant area to the north of the County Borough of Oldham, and formed part of the Oldham parliamentary constituency (abolished in 1950).
The Urban District was created by the Local Government Act 1894. In 1974 Crompton Urban District was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its former area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
[edit] References
A vision of Crompton UD, visionofbritain.org.uk. URL accessed December 18, 2006.
