County Borough of Wigan

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The County Borough of Wigan was a former local government district in Lancashire, England, centered on the industrial town of Wigan before being absorbed into the modern Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in 1974.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county borough
former local government district
abolishedBy Local Government Act 1972 NERFINISHED
absorbedInto Metropolitan Borough of Wigan NERFINISHED
category County boroughs of England
Former local government districts of Lancashire
History of Wigan NERFINISHED
centeredOn Wigan NERFINISHED
coatOfArmsGrantedBy College of Arms NERFINISHED
containedSettlement Beech Hill NERFINISHED
Bottling Wood NERFINISHED
Gidlow NERFINISHED
Goose Green, Wigan NERFINISHED
Ince-in-Makerfield NERFINISHED
Newtown, Wigan NERFINISHED
Pemberton NERFINISHED
Poolstock NERFINISHED
Scholes NERFINISHED
Spring View NERFINISHED
Swindley NERFINISHED
Whelley NERFINISHED
Wigan NERFINISHED
Worsley Mesnes NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
dissolvedIn 1974
endDate 1 April 1974
existedDuring 20th century
late 19th century
governmentType county borough council
hadIndustrialCharacter true
hasAdministrativeCentre Wigan NERFINISHED
historicCounty Lancashire
jurisdiction urban area of Wigan and environs
legislatedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
locatedIn England
mergedInto Greater Manchester local government structure
namedAfter Wigan NERFINISHED
partOf Lancashire NERFINISHED
partOfAfter1974 Greater Manchester NERFINISHED
predecessor Wigan Municipal Borough NERFINISHED
primaryIndustry coal mining
engineering
textile manufacturing
region North West England
replacedBy Metropolitan Borough of Wigan NERFINISHED
startDate 1889
statusGranted county borough status
statusGrantedIn 1889
successor Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council NERFINISHED

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Metropolitan Borough of Wigan replaced County Borough of Wigan