Mansfield was a

municipal borough Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in S ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

from 1891 to 1974. It was created under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The borough was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with

Mansfield Woodhouse Urban District Mansfield Woodhouse was an Urban District in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974.F A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England'', London, 1991 It was created under the Local Government Act ...

and

Warsop Urban District Warsop was an urban district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974.F. A. Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England'', London, 1991 It was created under the Local Government Act 1894. It wa ...

to form the new Mansfield district.

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Mansfield.

Individuals

* John Harrop White: 1924.

References

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