Billinge and Winstanley Urban District
- Billinge and Winstanley Urban District
infobox historic subdivision
Name= Billinge
(from 1927 Billinge and Winstanley)
HQ=
Status= Urban district
Start= 1894
End= 1974
Replace= Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
PopulationFirst= 4,232
PopulationLast= 11,389
PopulationFirstYear= 1901
PopulationLastYear= 1971
AreaFirst= convert|4596|acre|km2
AreaLast= convert|4596|acre|km2
AreaFirstYear= 1911
AreaLastYear= 1961
Billinge (from 1927 Billinge and Winstanley) was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.
The Billinge urban district was created in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894, consisting of the parishes of Billinge Chapel End, Billinge Higher End and Winstanley. The parishes were abolished in 1924 [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10136970&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] - Billinge UD ( [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10136970&c_id=10001043 historic map] )] and the district was renamed Billinge and Winstanley on 5 May 1927. [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10221250 Vision of Britain] - Billinge and Winstanley UD]
The urban district was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, with Billinge made part of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside and most of the rest of the urban district was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester. [ [http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/gazette/gazzb.htm Greater Manchester County Record Office] - Gazetteer of local government areas]
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