Little Lever Urban District
Area
 • 1911808 acres (3.3 km2)[1]
 • 1971808 acres (3.3 km2)[1]
Population
 • 18915,168[2]
 • 19719,146[3]
History
 • Created1872
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byMetropolitan Borough of Bolton
Status

Little Lever was, from 1872 to 1974, a local government district centred on the large village of Little Lever in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.

History

Little Lever was a township and chapelry in the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire.[4] The township became part of the Bolton Poor Law Union on 1 February 1837 which took responsibility for funding the Poor Law within that Union area.[5] In 1866, Little Lever was given the status of a civil parish.[6][7]

In 1872, a local board of health was adopted for the civil parish of Little Lever.[8] After the Public Health Act 1875 was passed by Parliament in that year, Little Lever Local Board of Health assumed extra duties as an urban sanitary district, although the Local Board's title did not change.[9]

Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1894, Little Lever Local Board was replaced by an elected urban district council.[8] Little Lever Urban District Council had five electoral wards: Central, Church, Ladyshore, Stopes, and West, each represented by three councillors.[10]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, Little Lever Urban District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area became an unparished area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.[11][12]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Little Lever UD: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Little Lever USD: Males & Females". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Little Lever UD: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911). "The parish of Bolton-le-Moors". A History of the County of Lancaster. Vol. 5. British History Online. pp. 235–243. Retrieved 24 July 2016. ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "The Workhouse: Bolton, Lancashire". The Workhouse: The story of an institution... Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Little Lever CP/Ch: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  7. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Status details for Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  8. ^ a b Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911). "Townships: Little and Darcy Lever". A History of the County of Lancaster. Vol. 5. British History Online. pp. 262–266. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  9. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Little Lever USD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  10. ^ Tatton, Pauline. Local population statistics 1801–1986: abbreviated tables compiled from census statistics for Bolton. Bolton Libraries.
  11. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Place names – I to L. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ Links in a Chain Project. "Little Lever 1872-1974". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

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