County Borough of Warley

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The County Borough of Warley was a former local government district in the West Midlands of England that existed from 1966 until it was absorbed into the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in 1974.

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Label Occurrences
County Borough of Warley canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county borough
former local government district
abolishedByAct Local Government Act 1972
appliedLaw English law
category County boroughs of England
Former local government districts of England
History of Sandwell
containedSettlement Oldbury
Rowley Regis
Smethwick
Tividale
Warley
country England
United Kingdom
createdBy Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967)
createdUnderAct Local Government Act 1958
dissolvedOrAbolished 1974
endDate 1974-04-01
existedDuring 20th century
followedBy Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
linked to: Sandwell
governmentType county borough council
headquarters Smethwick
legislativeBody Warley County Borough Council
locatedIn England
West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
linked to: West Midlands
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London
locatedNear Birmingham
Dudley
West Bromwich
mergedInto Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell
linked to: Sandwell
namedAfter Warley
partOf West Midlands conurbation
linked to: West Midlands
partOfHistoricCounty Worcestershire
predecessor County Borough of Smethwick
linked to: Smethwick

Municipal Borough of Oldbury
Municipal Borough of Rowley Regis
linked to: Rowley Regis
replaced Oldbury Borough Council
Rowley Regis Borough Council
Smethwick Borough Council
linked to: Smethwick
startDate 1966-04-01
successor Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell
linked to: Sandwell

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sandwell formedFrom County Borough of Warley