Municipal Borough of Buxton

For the town, see Buxton.
Buxton

Municipal Borough of Buxton shown within Derbyshire in 1970.
Area
  1911 1,310 acres (5.3 km2)
  1961 6,337 acres (25.64 km2)
Population
  1911 10,024
  1961 19,155
History
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by High Peak
Status Municipal Borough
Government Buxton Borough Council

Buxton was an Urban District from 1894 to 1917 and a Municipal Borough from 1917 to 1974 in Derbyshire, England.[1][2]

It was created as an Urban District in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 and subsequently elevated to the status of Municipal Borough. It was also enlarged at this time when the Fairfield civil parish was transferred to the borough.

The borough was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with various other local government districts in northern Derbyshire and Tintwistle Rural District in Cheshire to form the new High Peak district.

References

  1. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Buxton Municipal Borough. Retrieved on 2016-03-10.
  2. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991

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