| Turton Urban District | |
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| Area | |
| • 1911 | 17,335 acres (70.15 km2)[1] |
| • 1961 | 17,334 acres (70.15 km2)[1] |
| Area transferred | |
| • 1898 | Belmont,Bradshaw,Edgworth,Entwistle,Harwood,Longworth, andQuarlton fromBolton Rural District |
| Population | |
| • 1891 | 6,354 |
| • 1971 | 21,553 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1873 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | North Turton,South Turton |
| Status |
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| • HQ | Turton Tower |
Turton Urban District was, from 1873 to 1974, a local government district centred on the historical area ofTurton in theadministrative county ofLancashire, England.
Turton was atownship andchapelry of thecivil andecclesiastical parish ofBolton le Moors in theSalford Hundred of Lancashire.[2] In 1837, Turton became part of theBoltonPoor Law Union which took responsibility for funding thePoor Law within that Union area.[3] In 1866, Turton was given the status of acivil parish.[4]
A resolution for the adoption of theLocal Government Act 1858 was passed on 8 August 1872 by the owners and ratepayers of the township of Turton,[5] and the following year alocal board was formed to govern the area.[6] After thePublic Health Act 1875 was passed byParliament in that year, Turton Local Board assumed extra duties as anurban sanitary district, although the local board's title did not change.[7]
In 1895, following the implementation of theLocal Government Act 1894, Turton Local Board was reconstituted as an electedurban district council of twenty-one members.[6] Four years later, under theBolton Turton and Westhoughton Extension Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. ccxlii), Turton Urban District was greatly enlarged by the addition of the civil parishes ofBelmont,Bradshaw,Harwood,Longworth,Entwistle,Edgworth andQuarlton from the formerBolton Rural District, which almost doubled the urban district's population.[6] The urban district council had sevenelectoral wards:Chapeltown,Bromley Cross,Eagley,Egerton,Bradshaw,Edgworth, andBelmont wards, each represented by three councillors.[8] Following the death ofSir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet, in 1929, his widow, Lady Nina Knowles, presentedTurton Tower to the urban district council in 1930, which became the council'sseat of local government. Between 1961 and 1971, Bradshaw ward was divided into Bradshaw North and Bradshaw South.[8]
Under theLocal Government Act 1972, Turton Urban District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area was divided between two local authorities.[9] The larger rural area,North Turton, became acivil parish of theBorough of Blackburn in Lancashire.[9][10] The smaller urban area,South Turton, became anunparished area of theMetropolitan Borough of Bolton inGreater Manchester.[9]
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| Sources: Urban Sanitary District (USD) 1891.[11] Urban District (UD) 1901–1971.[8][12][13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairmen of Turton Local Board | ||||
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| Name | Party | Tenure | Notes | |
| Edmund Ashworth | Liberal | 1873–1880 | ||
| James Booth | — | 1880–1882 | ||
| Edmund Ashworth, jnr | — | 1882–1886 | ||
| Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett | Conservative | 1886–1889 | Afterwards became Chairman of Turton Urban District Council (1895–1900) | |
| William Wallwork | — | 1889–1892 | ||
| Robert Ashworth | Independent | 1892–1895 | Afterwards became Chairman of Turton Urban District Council (1908–1924) | |
| Source(s):[14] | ||||
| Chairmen of Turton Urban District Council | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Tenure | Notes | |
| Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett | Conservative | 1895–1900 | Previously Chairman of Turton Local Board of Health (1886–1889) | |
| Samuel Isherwood | — | 1900–1901 | ||
| Thomas Hardcastle | — | 1901–1902 | ||
| Edward Deakin | — | 1902–1908 | ||
| Robert Ashworth | Independent | 1908–1924 | Previously Chairman of Turton Local Board of Health (1892–1895) | |
| George Harry Ashworth | Independent | 1924–1926 | 1st term | |
| Ernest William Greg | — | 1926–1927 | ||
| Thomas Lomax | Conservative | 1928–1930 | 1st term | |
| Sydney Herbert Spring | Independent | 1930–1931 | ||
| Walter Harry Wadhams | Independent | 1931–1934 | ||
| Jethro Haslam | — | 1934 | Died in office | |
| James Platt | Independent | 1934–1937 | ||
| Alfred Ruckman Hutchinson | Independent | 1937–1938 | ||
| Robert Catterall | Conservative | 1938–1939 | 1st term | |
| John William Rostron | — | 1939–1940 | ||
| George Harry Ashworth | Independent | 1940–1941 | 2nd term | |
| John Hamer | — | 1941–1942 | ||
| Richard Shelmerdine | Liberal | 1942–1943 | ||
| William Meredith | — | 1943–1944 | ||
| George Harry Ashworth | Independent | 1944–1945 | 3rd term | |
| Thomas Lomax | Conservative | 1945–1946 | 2nd term | |
| Harold Kirk | — | 1946–1947 | 1st term | |
| Samuel Benson | Conservative | 1947–1948 | ||
| William Knowles | — | 1948–1949 | 1st term | |
| West Scowcroft | Independent | 1949–1950 | ||
| Robinson Walsh | — | 1950–1951 | ||
| Francis William Stilwell | Conservative | 1951–1952 | ||
| Robert Catterall | Conservative | 1952–1953 | 2nd term | |
| Arthur Shelmerdine | Independent | 1953–1954 | ||
| Harold Kirk | — | 1954–1955 | 2nd term | |
| Robert Catterall | Conservative | 1955–1956 | 3rd term | |
| Andrew Thompson Jardine | Independent | 1956–1957 | ||
| William Knowles | — | 1957–1958 | 2nd term | |
| Harold Kirk | — | 1958–1959 | 3rd term | |
| Hilbre Henry Smith | Independent | 1959–1960 | ||
| Charles Halliday | Conservative | 1960–1961 | ||
| Hilda Gregory | Conservative | 1961–1962 | ||
| Herbert Bennett | Conservative | 1962–1963 | 1st term | |
| Michael Constantine Cort | Conservative | 1963–1964 | ||
| Herbert Carlisle Walsh | Conservative | 1964–1965 | ||
| David Dingwall | Labour | 1965–1966 | ||
| John Alston | Independent | 1966–1967 | ||
| Herbert Hutchinson | — | 1967–1968 | ||
| Joseph Jagger | Liberal | 1968–1969 | ||
| Philip Stefan Linney | Liberal | 1969–1970 | ||
| Leonard Ibbotson | Conservative | 1970–1971 | ||
| Keith Crook Richardson | Independent | 1971–1972 | ||
| Arthur Poulsom | Conservative | 1972–1973 | ||
| Herbert Bennett | Conservative | 1973–1974 | 2nd term | |
| Source(s):[14] | ||||
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