Brierley_Hill_Urban_District

Brierley Hill Urban District

Brierley Hill Urban District

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Brierley Hill Urban District was an 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.

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Brierley Hill became an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act. Previously, it had been an urban sanitary authority within the parish of Kingswinford. It was greatly expanded in 1934, when it took in the Quarry Bank and Kingswinford districts. It remained an independent urban district until 1966, when it was merged into the Dudley County Borough[3] under the advice of the Local Government Commission for England.

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    "1911 Census - Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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    "1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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    "Brierley Hill UD through time - Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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    "Brierley Hill UD through time - Population Statistics". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

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