Towns On County Boundaries
A number of urban sanitary districts lay in more than one county. In each case, county boundaries were altered so that each town lay entirely within the administrative county that contained the largest part of the district's population in the 1881 census.
| Counties until 1889 | Urban Sanitary District | Administrative county or county borough from 1889 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkshire and Oxfordshire | Oxford | County Borough of Oxford |
| Breconshire and Glamorgan | Merthyr Tydfil | Glamorgan |
| Breconshire and Monmouthshire | Ebbw Vale | Monmouthshire |
| Tredegar | Monmouthshire | |
| Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire | Cardigan | Cardiganshire |
| Cambridgeshire and Suffolk | Newmarket | West Suffolk |
| Cheshire and Derbyshire | New Mills | Derbyshire |
| Cheshire and Lancashire | Hyde | Cheshire |
| Stalybridge | Cheshire | |
| Stockport | County Borough of Stockport | |
| Warrington | Lancashire | |
| Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, West Riding | Mossley | Lancashire |
| Derbyshire and Staffordshire | Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire |
| Durham and Yorkshire, North Riding | Barnard Castle | Durham |
| South Stockton | Yorkshire, North Riding | |
| Stockton-on-Tees | Durham | |
| Essex and Suffolk | Sudbury | West Suffolk |
| Gloucestershire and Somerset | Bristol | County Borough of Bristol |
| Hertfordshire and Middlesex | East Barnet Valley | Hertfordshire |
| Barnet | Hertfordshire | |
| Kent and Sussex | Tunbridge Wells | Kent |
| Lancashire and Yorkshire, West Riding | Todmorden | Yorkshire, West Riding |
| Leicestershire and Northamptonshire | Market Harborough | Leicestershire |
| Leicestershire and Warwickshire | Hinckley | Leicestershire |
| Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire | Stamford | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven |
| Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, West Riding | Crowle | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey |
| Goole | Yorkshire, West Riding | |
| Norfolk and Suffolk | Great Yarmouth | County Borough of Great Yarmouth |
| Thetford | Norfolk | |
| Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire | Banbury | Oxfordshire |
| Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire | Peterborough | Soke of Peterborough |
| Staffordshire and Warwickshire | Tamworth | Staffordshire |
| Warwickshire and Worcestershire | Redditch | Worcestershire |
| Yorkshire, East Riding and Yorkshire, North Riding |
Filey | Yorkshire, East Riding |
| Malton | Split in 1890 into two urban sanitary districts: Norton in Yorkshire, East Riding and Malton in Yorkshire, North Riding |
Read more about this topic: Local Government Act 1888
Famous quotes containing the words towns, county and/or boundaries:
“What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A horse, a buggy and several sets of harness, valued in all at about $250, were stolen last night from the stable of Howard Quinlan, near Kingsville. The county police are at work on the case, but so far no trace of either thieves or booty has been found.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)