Municipal Borough of Farnworth

Municipal Borough of Farnworth

Farnworth Town Hall
Area
 - 1911 1,504 acres (6.1 km2)[1]
 - 1961 1,503 acres (6.1 km2)[1]
Population
 - 1901 25,925
 - 1971 28,862
History
 - Created 1894
 - Abolished 1974
 - Succeeded by Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Status Local board 1863–1894
Urban district 1894–1939
Municipal borough 1939–1974
 - HQ Farnworth Town Hall
 - Motto Juste Nec Timide (Latin: Be just and fear not) [2]

The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was a local government district centred on the town of Farnworth in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.

In 1863, a Local board of health was established for the township of Farnworth,[3] and in 1866, it also became a separate civil parish.[4] In 1899, under the Local Government Act 1894, Farnworth became an urban district, and in 1939 it was granted by a charter to become a municipal borough.[5]

In 1974, the Municipal Borough of Farnworth was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its former area was transferred to Greater Manchester to become an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.[6]

Demography

Census population of the Urban District / Municipal Borough of Farnworth
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1939 † 1951 1961 1971
Population
25,925
28,131
27,894
28,717
27,376
28,616
27,502
28,855
Source: Vision of Britain: Farnworth UD/MB: Total Population.[7]

† The 1939 population is estimated from the National Registration Act figures.[8] The 1941 census did not take place because of the Second World War.

Chairmen and Mayors of Farnworth

Chairmen of Farnworth Local Board, 1863–1898 [5][9]
  • 1863 – 67: Alfred Barnes (Lib)
  • 1867 – 68: David Crossley
  • 1868 – 69: John Hindley
  • 1869 – 70: Alfred Topp (Lib)
  • 1870 – 72: William Barton Whittam
  • 1872 – 75: John Greenhalgh
  • 1875 – 78: Alfred Topp (Lib)
  • 1878 – 80: Alfred Barnes (Lib)
  • 1880 – 81: William Barton Whittam
  • 1881 – 85: James Nuttall
  • 1885 – 86: Joseph Winter
  • 1886 – 87: George Foster
  • 1888 – 94: John Clelland Clarke
  • 1895 – 97: Nathaniel Nicholson
  • 1897 – 98: Thomas Ivers (Lib)
Chairmen of Farnworth Urban District Council, 1899–1939 [5][9]
  • 1899 – 1901: William Sumner
  • 1901 – 04: Alfred Topp (Lib)
  • 1904 – 06: Thomas Ivers (Lib)
  • 1906 – 09: Thomas Stanley (Con)
  • 1909 – 12: Frederick Whittaker
  • 1912 – 14: Charles Young
  • 1914 – 15: William Boyes Richardson
  • 1915 – 19: James Stones (Con)
  • 1919 – 21: John Chadwick (Lab)
  • 1921 – 23: Charles S. Jackson
  • 1923 – 25: Richard H. Cunliffe (Lib)
  • 1925 – 26: Thomas White
  • 1926 – 28: Walter Robert Winter (Lab)
  • 1928 – 30: Harry Barnes
  • 1930 – 32: Rev John Wilcockson (Lab)
  • 1932 – 33: George Tomlinson (Lab)
  • 1934 – 36: James Stevenson
  • 1936 – 37: Samuel Taylor (Lib)
  • 1938 – 39: Alfred Jones
Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Farnworth, 1939–1974 [5][9]
  • 1939 – 40: Rev John Wilcockson (Lab)
  • 1940 – 41: James Stevenson, JP
  • 1941 – 42: Alfred Jones, JP, OBE
  • 1942 – 43: William McManus
  • 1943 – 44: John Heathcoate
  • 1944 – 45: Jesse Seddon, JP, MC
  • 1945 – 46: Richard Ralphson
  • 1946 – 47: Harold Greenwood Holland
  • 1947 – 49: James A. Dean
  • 1949 – 50: William Welsby (Lab)
  • 1950 – 51: John Brooks (Lab)
  • 1951 – 52: George H Wilson (Lib)
  • 1952 – 53: Richard Matthews (Lab)
  • 1953 – 54: Harold Armitage (Lab)
  • 1954 – 55: Robert Neary, JP
  • 1955 – 56: James Melville White
  • 1956 – 57: James Wilfred Geere
  • 1957 – 58: John Glanville Seddon
  • 1958 – 59: George Benyon
  • 1959 – 60: John Higgins
  • 1960 – 61: Albert Samuel Royse (Con), JP, MBE
  • 1961 – 62: Herbert Brindle
  • 1962 – 63: Philip Smith
  • 1963 – 64: Phillip Norfield
  • 1964 – 65: Sydney Stout
  • 1965 – 66: George Kenyon Brown (Lab)
  • 1966 – 67: Norman Topping (Lab)
  • 1967 – 68: Charles Brendan Callaghan
  • 1968 – 69: Lawrence Francis Cunliffe (Lab)
  • 1969 – 70: Joseph Wild (Lab)
  • 1970 – 71: Leonard Haslam
  • 1971 – 72: William Hardman (Lab)
  • 1972 – 73: Elizabeth Brown (Lab)
  • 1973 – 74: Joseph Kenneth Flanagan

Neighbouring districts

The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was surrounded to the north and west by the County Borough of Bolton, to the northeast by Little Lever Urban District, to the southeast by Kearsley Urban District, and to the south by Little Hulton Urban District.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Farnworth UD/MB: Area (acres). URL accessed 12 May 2008.
  2. ↑ Farnworth Borough Council Arms. Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. URL accessed 12 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project (2004). "Farnworth USD through time. Census tables with data for the Sanitary District". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project (2004). "Farnworth CP/Ch through time. Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Links in a Chain - Farnworth. URL accessed 12 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - D to F. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  7. ↑ Vision of Britain - Farnworth UD/MB: Total Population. URL accessed 12 May 2008.
  8. ↑ National Registration Act, 1939. Rootsweb.com. URL accessed 12 May 2008.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Famous Boltonians. URL accessed 12 May 2008.

External links

Coordinates: 53°32′43″N 2°24′00″W / 53.5452°N 2.3999°W