Barton-upon-Irwell was, from 1894 to 1933, a

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in the

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Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

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History

The rural 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 leve ...

as successor to

Barton-upon-Irwell Barton upon Irwell (also known as Barton-on-Irwell or Barton) is a suburb of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 12,462 in 2014. History Barton Old Hall, a brick-built house degraded to a farmhouse, was the seat of the ...

Rural Sanitary District Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

, formed in 1875. In 1920 the boundary of the district was adjusted to reflect a change in county boundaries, and it exchanged areas with

Bucklow Rural District Bucklow Rural District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the north of the administrative county of Cheshire, England. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this rural district was split between the new Greater Manchester ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

.F A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England'', Vol. II: Northern England, London, 1991

Civil parishes and boundaries

The rural district consisted of four

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es: * Barton Moss * Clifton *

Davyhulme Davyhulme () is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, Historic counties of England, historically in Lancashire. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 19,634. Davyhulme Sewage Works The area is notable fo ...

* Flixton The district formed two distinct areas: to the south the parishes of Barton Moss, Davyhulme and Flixton were surrounded to the north by Worsley Urban District and the Borough of Eccles; to the east by the

County Borough of Salford Salford was, from 1844 to 1974, a local authority district, local government district in the county of Lancashire in the northwest of England, covering the city of Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford. It was granted City status in the United ...

; to the south by

Urmston Urban District Urmston Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England which covered the modern-day district of Urmston. The Urban District was created by the Local Government Act 1894. ...

and by the boundary with

and to the west by Irlam Urban District. The parish of Clifton was a detached exclave to the north adjacent to the urban districts of

Kearsley Kearsley ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies northwest of Manchester, ...

and

Swinton and Pendlebury Swinton may refer to: Places England * Swinton, Greater Manchester * Swinton, Harrogate, near Masham, North Yorkshire ** Swinton Estate, including Swinton Park * Swinton, Ryedale, near Malton, North Yorkshire * Swinton, South Yorkshire No ...

Abolition

The rural district was abolished on 1 April 1933. Two county review orders: the ''Lancashire (Manchester and district) Review Order'' and the ''Lancashire (Southern Areas) Review Order'' transferred the district's area to four neighbouring towns: Barton Moss passed to the Borough of Eccles, Clifton to Kearsley Urban District, Davyhulme to

Stretford Urban District Stretford was, from 1868 to 1974, a local authority district, local government district coterminate with the town of Stretford, Lancashire, England. Local Board and Urban District In 1868 the township (England), township of Stretford adopted t ...

and Flixton to Urmston Urban District.

References

{{Authority control Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 History of Lancashire History of Greater Manchester Rural districts of England