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

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Metropolitan Borough of Wigan replaced County Borough of Wigan
Mayor of Wigan predecessorOffice Mayor of Wigan (county borough)
linked to: County Borough of Wigan
County Borough of Wigan predecessor Wigan Municipal Borough
linked to: County Borough of Wigan