Brighouse - Governance

Governance

Brighouse was part of Hipperholme with Brighouse civil parish until 1893, when Brighouse Municipal Borough was created. This included Rastrick but not Hipperholme, which became an urban district. Other parts of Hipperholme with Brighouse, Norwood Green and Coley, became a civil parish in Halifax Rural District. The borough was expanded in 1937 when Clifton CP, Hipperholme UD, Norwood Green and Coley CP and part of Southowram UD were added. The Brighouse borough was abolished in 1974 when it became part of the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough. The mayor's mace was removed in 1974 to the Town Hall, Halifax, where it is displayed in the mayor's parlour to denote the authority of the Halifax mayor.