Brierley Hill Urban District

Brierley Hill
Area
• 1911	1,016 acres (4 km^2)[1]
Population
• 1911	12,263[2]
• 1931	14,346[2]
• 1961	56,075[2]
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1966
• Succeeded by	County Borough of Dudley Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Status	Urban District
Government	Brierley Hill Urban District Council Staffordshire County Council
• HQ	Brierley Hill
• Motto	Sine labore nihil floret  (Latin) "Without labour nothing prospers"
Arms of the Brierley Hill Urban District Council

Brierley Hill Urban District was a former Urban District in Staffordshire, England, comprising the areas of Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Quarry Bank, and Pensnett, now within the modern-day Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands county.

Brierley Hill became an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act. Previously, it had been an urban sanitory authority within the parish of Kingswinford. It was greatly expanded in 1934, when it took in the Quarry Bank and Kingswinford districts.<ref name=VOB Bounds">"Unit history". Brierley Hill UD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.</ref> It remained an independent urban district until 1966, when it was merged into the Dudley County Borough<ref name=VOB Bounds"/> under the advice of the Local Government Commission for England.

References

1. "1911 Census - Population". Brierley Hill UD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
2. "Historical statistics - Population". Brierley Hill UD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

Coordinates: 52°28′48″N 2°07′19″W / 52.48°N 2.122°W