Longendale Urban District (also known as Longdendale Urban District) was, from 1936 to 1974, a local government district in the

administrative county An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until either 1973 (in Northern Ireland) or 2002 (in the Republic of Ireland). They are now abolished, although mos ...

of Cheshire,

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. It encompassed parts of Broadbottom, Hattersley, Hollingworth, Matley and Mottram in Longdendale, all of which form part of the non-statutory Longdendale Valley. The district covered an area close to Cheshire's northeastern boundary with

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and was bound (from north to west) by Municipal Borough of Mossley, Municipal Borough of Stalybridge, Municipal Borough of Dukinfield and Municipal Borough of Hyde. Tintwistle Rural District, from which Longendale exchanged territory with in 1936, lay to the east. Greater_Manchester_County_(3)

The Urban District was created by the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...

. In 1974 Longendale Urban District was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its former area transferred to

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to form part of the

Metropolitan Borough of Tameside The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Du ...

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A vision of Longdendale UD
visionofbritain.org.uk. URL accessed 1 March 2008. {{coord, 53.4568, -2.0124, display=title, region:GB, format=dms Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Cheshire History of Tameside Local government in Tameside Urban districts of England

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