Municipal Borough of Farnworth

Municipal Borough of Farnworth
Farnworth Town Hall
Area
• 1911	1,504 acres (6.1 km²)^[1]
• 1961	1,503 acres (6.1 km²)^[1]
Population
• 1901	25,925
• 1971	28,862
History
• Created	1863
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Status	Local board (1863–1899) Urban district (1899–1939) Municipal borough (1939–1974)

• HQ	Farnworth Town Hall
• Motto	Latin: Juste Nec Timide (Be just and fear not)^[2]

The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was a local government district centred on the town of Farnworth in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. A local board of health had been established for Farnworth in 1863, which was reconstituted as an urban district in 1899, before being granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1939. Following abolition of the local authority in 1974, Farnworth became an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.

History

Lying within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire since the early 12th century, Farnworth constituted a township in the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Deane.^[3]^[4] In 1837, Farnworth became part of the Bolton Poor Law Union which took responsibility for funding the Poor Law in that Union area.^[5]

Under the Local Government Act 1858, a local board of health was adopted for the township of Farnworth in 1863.^[6] In 1866, Farnworth was also given the status of a civil parish.^[7] After the Public Health Act 1875 was passed by Parliament in that year, Farnworth Local Board of Health assumed extra duties as an urban sanitary district, although the Local Board's title did not change.^[8]

In 1899, following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1894, Farnworth Local Board was reconstituted as an elected urban district council of eighteen members.^[9] Farnworth Urban District Council had six electoral wards, each denoted by points of the compass (North, North-East, North-West, South, South-East, and South-West wards), and each represented by three councillors.^[9]^[10] In 1939, Farnworth was granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough.^[11]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the Municipal Borough of Farnworth was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area was transferred to Greater Manchester to become an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.^[4]

Demography

Population changes of Farnworth, 1891–1971

Year	Population	±%
1891	23,758	—
1901	25,925	+9.1%
1911	28,131	+8.5%

Year	Population	±%
1921	27,894	−0.8%
1931	28,717	+3.0%
1939	27,376	−4.7%

Year	Population	±%
1951	28,616	+4.5%
1961	27,502	−3.9%
1971	28,855	+4.9%

Sources: Urban Sanitary District (USD) 1891.^[10]^[12] Urban District (UD) and Municipal Borough (MB) 1901–1971.^[10]^[13]

Lists of office holders

Chairmen of Farnworth Local Board

Chairmen of Farnworth Local Board, 1863–1899
Name		Party	Tenure	Notes
	Barnes, AlfredAlfred Barnes	Liberal	1863–1867	1st term
	Crossley, DavidDavid Crossley	Liberal	1867–1868
	Hindley, JohnJohn Hindley	Conservative	1868–1869
	Topp, AlfredAlfred Topp	Liberal	1869–1870	1st term
	Whittam, William BartonWilliam Barton Whittam	—	1870–1872	1st term
	Greenhalgh, JohnJohn Greenhalgh	—	1872–1875
	Topp, AlfredAlfred Topp	Liberal	1875–1878	2nd term. Afterwards was Chairman of Farnworth Urban District Council (1901–1904)
	Barnes, AlfredAlfred Barnes	Liberal	1878–1880	2nd term
	Whittam, William BartonWilliam Barton Whittam	—	1880–1881	2nd term
	Nuttall, JamesJames Nuttall	Liberal	1881–1885
	Winter, JosephJoseph Winter	Liberal	1885–1886
	Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	Liberal	1886–1887
	Clarke, John ClellandJohn Clelland Clarke	Liberal	1888–1894
	Nicholson, NathanielNathaniel Nicholson	Conservative	1895–1897
	Ivers, ThomasThomas Ivers	Liberal	1897–1899
Source(s):^[11]

Chairmen of Farnworth Urban District Council

Chairmen of Farnworth Urban District Council, 1899–1939
Name		Party	Tenure	Notes
	Sumner, WilliamWilliam Sumner	—	1899–1901
	Topp, AlfredAlfred Topp	Liberal	1901–1904	Previously Chairman of Farnworth Local Board (1869–1870, and 1875–1878)
	Ivers, ThomasThomas Ivers	Liberal	1904–1906
	Stanley, ThomasThomas Stanley	Conservative	1906–1909
	Whittaker, FrederickFrederick Whittaker	Conservative	1909–1912
	Young, CharlesCharles Young	Conservative	1912–1914
	Richardson, William BoyesWilliam Boyes Richardson	Liberal	1914–1915
	Stones, JamesJames Stones	Conservative	1915–1919
	Chadwick, JohnJohn Chadwick	Conservative	1919–1921
	Jackson, Charles StrathnairnCharles Strathnairn Jackson	Labour	1921–1923
	Cunliffe, Richard HenryRichard Henry Cunliffe	Liberal	1923–1925
	White, ThomasThomas White	Conservative	1925–1926
	Winter, Walter RobertWalter Robert Winter	Labour	1926–1928
	Barnes, HarryHarry Barnes	Labour	1928–1930
	Wilcockson, The Rev. JohnThe Rev. John Wilcockson	Labour	1930–1932	Afterwards was Mayor of Farnworth (1939–1940)
	Tomlinson, GeorgeGeorge Tomlinson	Labour	1932–1933	Afterwards was Member of Parliament for Farnworth (1938–1952)
	Stevenson, JamesJames Stevenson	Labour	1934–1936	Afterwards was Mayor of Farnworth (1940–1941)
	Taylor, SamuelSamuel Taylor	Liberal	1936–1937
	Jones, AlfredAlfred Jones	Labour	1938–1939	Afterwards was Mayor of Farnworth (1941–1942)
Source(s):^[11]

Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Farnworth

Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Farnworth, 1939–1974
Name		Party	Tenure	Notes
	Wilcockson, The Rev. JohnThe Rev. John Wilcockson	Labour	1939–1940	Previously Chairman of Farnworth Urban District (1930–1932)
	Stevenson, JP, JamesJames Stevenson, JP	Labour	1940–1941
	Jones, JP, OBE, AlfredAlfred Jones, JP, OBE	Labour	1941–1942	Previously Chairman of Farnworth Urban District (1938–1939)
	McManus, WilliamWilliam McManus	Labour	1942–1943
	Heathcoate, JohnJohn Heathcoate	Labour	1943–1944
	Seddon, JP, MC, JesseJesse Seddon, JP, MC	Conservative	1944–1945
	Ralphson, RichardRichard Ralphson	Labour	1945–1946
	Holland, Harold GreenwoodHarold Greenwood Holland	Labour	1946–1947
	Dean, James AlfredJames Alfred Dean	Labour	1947–1949
	Welsby, WilliamWilliam Welsby	Labour	1949–1950
	Brooks, JohnJohn Brooks	Labour	1950–1951
	Wilson, George HenryGeorge Henry Wilson	Liberal	1951–1952
	Matthews, RichardRichard Matthews	Labour	1952–1953
	Armitage, HaroldHarold Armitage	Labour	1953–1954
	Neary, JP, RobertRobert Neary, JP	Labour	1954–1955
	White, James MelvilleJames Melville White	Labour	1955–1956
	Geere, James WilfredJames Wilfred Geere	Labour	1956–1957
	Seddon, John GlanvilleJohn Glanville Seddon	Labour	1957–1958
	Benyon, GeorgeGeorge Benyon	Labour	1958–1959
	Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins	Labour	1959–1960
	Royse, JP, MBE, Albert SamuelAlbert Samuel Royse, JP, MBE	Conservative	1960–1961
	Brindle, HerbertHerbert Brindle	Labour	1961–1962
	Smith, PhilipPhilip Smith	Labour	1962–1963
	Norfield, PhillipPhillip Norfield	Labour	1963–1964
	Stout, SydneySydney Stout	Labour	1964–1965
	Brown, George KenyonGeorge Kenyon Brown	Labour	1965–1966
	Topping, NormanNorman Topping	Labour	1966–1967
	Callaghan, Charles BrendanCharles Brendan Callaghan	Labour	1967–1968
	Cunliffe, Lawrence FrancisLawrence Francis Cunliffe	Labour	1968–1969
	Wild, JosephJoseph Wild	Labour	1969–1970
	Haslam, LeonardLeonard Haslam	Labour	1970–1971
	Hardman, WilliamWilliam Hardman	Labour	1971–1972
	Brown, ElizabethElizabeth Brown	Labour	1972–1973
	Flanagan, Joseph KennethJoseph Kenneth Flanagan	Labour	1973–1974
Source(s):^[11]

Neighbouring districts

The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was surrounded to the north and west by the County Borough of Bolton, to the northeast by Little Lever Urban District, to the southeast by Kearsley Urban District, and to the south by Little Hulton Urban District until 1933, then by Worsley Urban District.

Notes

1 2 Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Farnworth UD/MB: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
↑ Young, Robert. "Pre-1974 Civic Heraldry of Lancashire". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
↑ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911). "Salford hundred: The parish of Deane". A History of the County of Lancaster. Victoria County History. Volume 5. British History Online. pp. 1–5. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
1 2 "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Place names - D to F. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
↑ Higginbotham, Peter. "The Workhouse: Bolton, Lancashire". The Workhouse: The story of an institution... Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Farnworth USD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Farnworth CP/Ch: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Farnworth USD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
1 2 Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911). "Townships: Farnworth". A History of the County of Lancaster. Victoria County History. Volume 5. British History Online. pp. 34–39. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
1 2 3 Tatton, Pauline. Local population statistics 1801–1986: abbreviated tables compiled from census statistics for Bolton. Bolton Libraries.
1 2 3 4 Links in a Chain Project. "Farnworth 1863-1974". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Farnworth USD: Males & Females". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Farnworth UD/MB: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 May 2008.

External links

Boundary Map of Farnworth UD/MB

Coordinates: 53°32′43″N 2°24′00″W / 53.5452°N 2.3999°W / 53.5452; -2.3999

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