Huyton with Roby Urban District

Huyton with Roby Urban District was a local government district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974.[1] It consisted of the civil parish of Huyton with Roby which comprised the settlements of Huyton and Roby.[2] It replaced the Huyton with Roby urban sanitary district.

Huyton with Roby
Area
  1894 (1894)3,053
  19743,054
Population
  1901 (1901)4,661
  197166,796
History
  Created1894 (1894)
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded byKnowsley
StatusUrban district

In 1974 it was abolished and its former area was transferred to Merseyside,[3] to be combined with Kirkby Urban District, Prescot Urban District, parts of Whiston Rural District and parts of West Lancashire Rural District to form the present-day Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.

References

  1. Vision of Britain Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine - Huyton with Roby UD unit history
  2. Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Huyton with Roby parish boundaries
  3. Arnold-Baker, C., Local Government Act 1972, (1973)

53.412°N 2.843°W / 53.412; -2.843


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