| Bury | |
|---|---|
 Bury Town Hall | |
| Area | |
| • 1911 | 5,907 acres (23.90 km2) |
| • 1961 | 7,433 acres (30.08 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 58,029 |
| • 1971 | 67,870 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1846 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | Metropolitan Borough of Bury |
| Status | Improvement Commissioners District 1846–1876 Municipal borough 1876–1889 County borough 1889–1974 |
| Government | |
| • HQ | Bury Town Hall |
| • Motto | Vincit Omnia Industria (Industry overcomes all things) |
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Bury was a local government district centred on Bury in the northwest of England from 1846 to 1974.
Under the Bury Improvement Act 1846 a board of twenty-seven improvement commissioners was formed for Bury. The Improvement Commissioners District was enlarged in 1872. A charter of incorporation dated 9 September 1876 created the town a municipal borough and it was further extended in 1885.[1]
Under the Local Government Act 1888 Bury was constituted a county borough. This meant that it was independent of Lancashire County Council, exercising both the powers of a borough and county council. However, Bury remained in Lancashire for judicial and other purposes such as lieutenancy and shrievalty. The county borough was extended in 1911 when it gained the Warth area from Radcliffe Urban District and in 1933 when it absorbed much of the dissolved Bury Rural District.[1][2][3]
The County Borough of Bury was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its territory transferred to Greater Manchester to form the central part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.
- ^ a b "Records of Bury Improvement Commissioners/Bury County Borough". Bury Archives Catalogue. Metropolitan Borough of Bury. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ The Lancashire (Southern Areas) Review Order 1933
- ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991