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:
“Here reign the simplicity and purity of a primitive age, and a health and hope far remote from towns and cities.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In the County Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon,”
—Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 1)
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)