Municipal Borough of Stretford
Stretford | |
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Area | |
• 1911 | 3,240 acres (13.1 km2) |
• 1961 | 3,532 acres (14.29 km2) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 30,436 |
• 1931 | 56,791 |
• 1971 | 54,316 |
History | |
• Created | 1868 |
• Abolished | 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Metropolitan Borough of Trafford |
Status | Local Government District 1868–1894 Urban district 1894–1933Municipal borough 1933–1974 |
Government | |
• HQ | Stretford Town Hall |
• Motto | Service and Efficiency |
Stretford was, from 1868 to 1974, a
Local Board and Urban District
In 1868 the
The
In 1933 the urban district was enlarged when the Davyhulme area was added on the abolition of the neighbouring Barton upon Irwell Rural District by a county review order.[1]
Municipal borough
In 1933 the urban district was granted a charter of incorporation and Stretford became a municipal borough. The charter was formally presented by the Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire at a Charter Day celebration held on 16 September.[4] At the same time the Earl officially opened the Town Hall.[5]
Political control
The borough council consisted of a
Coat of arms
On 20 February 1933, Stretford Urban District Council was granted armorial bearings by the College of Arms.[9] The arms continued in use when the borough was incorporated. The arms were blazoned as follows:
Argent, on a fesse gules between in chief a flail and a scythe in saltire proper between two roses of the second, barbed and seeded, and in base upon waves of the sea a lymphad, sails furled, oars in action, proper a lion passant Or; and for a Crest: Issuant from a coronet composed of eight roses as in the Arms set upon a rim Or, a cubit arm, the hand proper grasping a thunderboltgold. Mantled gules doubled Or.[9]
The lion in the centre of the shield represented
The crest on the helm above the shield was an arm grasping a golden thunderbolt, symbolising the modern industries of Stretford. The design was completed by a coronet of Lancastrian roses.[10]
Abolition
The borough was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, and its former area transferred to the new county of Greater Manchester in 1974, to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford.
Local elections
- 1933 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1934 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1935 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1936 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1937 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1938 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1945 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1946 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1947 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1949 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1950 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1951 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1952 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1953 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1954 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1955 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1956 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1957 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1958 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1959 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1960 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1961 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1962 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1963 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1964 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1965 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1966 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1967 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1968 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1969 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1971 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
- 1972 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
References
Citations
- ^ a b "A Vision of Stretford MB/UD", A Vision of Britain Through Time, retrieved 31 August 2007
- ^ "No. 23368", The London Gazette, 7 April 1868, p. 2107
- ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911), "Townships: Stretford", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, British History Online, retrieved 17 August 2008
- ^ a b "Stretford Town Hall: Opening By Lord Derby", The Times, p. 9, 18 September 1933
- ^ "Stretford Charter Day", Trafford Council, archived from the original on 27 September 2007, retrieved 15 July 2007
- ^ "Polling in the Boroughs", The Times, p. 2, 2 November 1946
- ^ The Times, November 3, 1947, p.6; May 11, 1962, p.10
- ^ The Times, May 8, 1964, p.10; May 12, 1967, p.3; May 6, 1972
- ^ a b Geoffrey Briggs, Civic and corporate Heraldry: A Dictionary of Impersonal Arms of England, Wales & N. Ireland, London, 1971
- ^ Scott-Giles (1953)
Bibliography
- Scott-Giles, Wilfrid (1953), Civic Heraldry of England and Wales (2nd ed.)