Reviews Carried Out Under The Act
Apart from the West Midlands review mentioned above, there were few large-scale changes brought about by the 1958 Act:
- Bedfordshire, 1964 (Luton became county borough)
- Cornwall, 1968 (extensive changes to county districts and creation of one rural borough)
- Devon in 1967 (creation of Torbay county borough, other changes including creation of one rural borough)
- County Durham, 1967 (creation of Hartlepool county borough, enlargement of Sunderland)
- Herefordshire, 1968 (two urban districts absorbed by rural districts)
- Huntingdonshire, 1961 (union of boroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchester)
- Union of administrative counties of Huntingdon and Peterborough and Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1965
- Shropshire in 1967 and 1968 (extensive changes in county districts and creation of five rural boroughs)
- Teesside county borough created 1968
No changes were made in Wales.
Major changes in Greater London that occurred in 1965 were carried out under the London Government Act 1963.
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