Abstract
The link between urbanisation and local government was central to the Victorian local government structure. The twin Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894 recognised the town unit as deserving of its own local authority, whether designated as county borough, municipal borough or urban district. These Acts consolidated earlier legislation including the Borough reforms of 1835, and the creation of urban and rural sanitary districts in the 1840s-1870s. Indeed, the recognition of towns can be traced back much further with the granting of charters and of parliamentary representation.
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95 were analysed in T. W. Freeman (1959) The Conurbations of Great Britain (Manchester University Press).
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Sources of data
Local Government Boundary Commission, Reports (various, from 1973)
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Acts of Parliament
Local Government Act 1888
Local Government Act 1894
Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926
Local Government Act 1929
New Towns Act 1946
Town Development Act 1952
Local Government Act 1958
Local Government Act 1963
Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967
Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1985
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P. G. Richards (1965) ‘Local Government Reform: The Smaller Towns and the Countryside’, Urban Studies, 2(2).
B. Wood (1976) The Process of Local Government Reform 1966–74 (Allen & Unwin).
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Wood, B. (1988). Urbanisation and Local Government. In: Halsey, A.H. (eds) British Social Trends since 1900. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19466-7_9
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