History
The metropolitan borough was formed on 1 April 1974, by the merger of the County Borough of Bolton and the following districts from the administrative county of Lancashire:
- the Municipal Borough of Farnworth
- the Urban district of Horwich
- the Urban district of Westhoughton
- the Urban district of Blackrod
- the Urban district of Kearsley
- the Urban district of Little Lever
- the southern part of the Urban district of Turton, specifically the villages of Bradshaw, Bromley Cross, Dunscar, Egerton and Harwood. This area is now known as South Turton.
Bolton Council unsuccessfully petitioned Queen Elizabeth II for the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton to be granted city status in 1992 (the Queen’s 40th year as monarch), in 2000 (for the Millennium celebrations) and in 2002 (Queen’s Golden Jubilee). It plans to compete for the borough to become the City of Bolton for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012, and join Manchester and Salford as the third city in Greater Manchester.
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