Everything about List Of Rural And Urban Districts In Northern Ireland totally explained
The
urban districts and
rural districts of
Northern Ireland had their origin in 1899, when the
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 came into effect. They were based on the system of district councils introduced in
England and
Wales four years earlier.
With the creation of
Northern Ireland in 1921, it received six of Ireland's thirty-three
administrative counties, each subdivided into a number of urban and rural districts, plus the
county boroughs of
Belfast and
Londonderry which were administered outside the counties.
In 1921 the number of rural districts was reduced by amalgamation.
Each district was divided into a number of
District Electoral Divisions.
See
List of Irish Local Government Areas 1900 - 1921 for a historic list of districts in all of Ireland.
Boroughs
Urban District Councils could petition for a charter of incorporation, designating the urban district a Borough. The first of these was
Bangor in 1927, followed by
Coleraine in 1928,
Ballymena and
Newtownards in 1937,
Larne in 1938,
Portadown in 1947,
Carrickfergus,
Enniskillen and
Lurgan in 1949, with
Lisburn being the last in 1964.
Outside of this system were the
Belfast and
Londonderry county boroughs.
Local government reform
The
Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 replaced the existing system of county boroughs, administrative counties, urban districts and rural districts with 26 local government
districts. The new system came into effect on 1st October 1973.
Urban and Rural Districts in Northern Ireland, 1973
† All district councils in Fermanagh were abolished in 1968, creating a unitary county council.
‡ The Rural District Council was abolished in
1969, with the Londonderry Development Commission taking over municipal functions.
† The District was known as Londonderry until
1984.
Sources
- Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, (Eliz II 19 & 20 c.9)
- Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (Eliz II 20 & 21 c.9)
- Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972 (S.R. & O. 1972, No. 131).
- The Belfast Gazette
- Larne Borough Guide, undated
- Omagh District Guide, undated
- Strabane District Official Guide, c 1989
- Northern Ireland census
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