Royton Urban District

infobox historic subdivision
Name= Royton
HQ= Royton Town Hall
Status= Local Government District 1863 - 1894
Urban district 1894 - 1974
Start= 1863
End= 1974
Replace= Metropolitan Borough of Oldham


Royton Town Hall
AreaFirst= 2,147 acres
AreaLast= 2,148 acres
AreaFirstYear= 1911
AreaLastYear= 1961
PopulationFirst= 14,811
PopulationSecond= 16,689
PopulationLast= 20,394
PopulationFirstYear= 1901
PopulationSecondYear= 1931
PopulationLastYear= 1971
Arms=

Royton was, from 1863 to 1974, a local government district in Lancashire, England which covered the modern-day town of Royton, and its suburbs and districts.

It covered a significant area to the north-west of the County Borough of Oldham, and formed part of the Oldham parliamentary constituency (abolished in 1950).

History

The township of Royton historically lay in the large parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham.cite web |url=http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/gazette/gazzo2r.htm |title=Greater Manchester Gazetteer |accessdate=2008-07-29 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Greater Manchester County Record Office] In 1863 Royton Local Government District was created when the township adopted the Local Government Act 1858.LondonGazette |issue=22780 |date=1863-10-16 |startpage=4935 |accessdate=2008-07-29] A local board was formed to govern the town. In 1879 the district was enlarged by the addition of part of Thornham township. The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the area as an urban district, and Royton Urban District Council replaced the local board. The urban district was divided into five wards: Dogford, Dryclough, Haggate, Heyside, and Thornham, with each ward returning three councillors to the fifteen-member council.cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53009 |title=The parish of Prestwich with Oldham |accessdate=2008-07-29 |author=William Farrer and J Brownbill (editors) |date=1911 |work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 |publisher=British History Online] The only change to boundaries was in 1933, when the "Lancashire (Manchester and District) Review Order" added a small area from the neighbouring Municipal Borough of Middleton.cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp;jsessionid=D04DD0B52F0C1E79180F341DAC4B61CD?u_id=10088641&c_id=10001043 |title=Relationships / unit history of Royton |accessdate=2008-07-29 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Vision of Britain]

In 1974 Royton Urban District was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its former area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.

References

* [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10088641 A vision of Royton UD] , visionofbritain.org.uk. URL accessed December 18, 2006.