Place:Spenborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameSpenborough
TypeUrban district, Borough (municipal)
Coordinates53.719°N 1.69°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     (1915 - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
See alsoCleckheaton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandtown which was a part of Spenborough from 1915
Gomersal, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandtown which was a part of Spenborough from 1915
Liversedge, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandtown which was a part of Spenborough from 1915
Birkenshaw, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandtown which was a part of Spenborough from 1937
Hunsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandtown which was a part of Spenborough from 1937
Hartshead, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandtown which was a part of Spenborough from 1937
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it was located since 1974


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Spenborough was, from 1915 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding, England.

Spenborough was created as an urban district in 1915 by the merger of Cleckheaton, Gomersal and Liversedge urban districts. The amalgamation was carried out on the instigation of Cleckheaton Urban District Council, in order to resist plans by the County Borough of Bradford to annex the area. The name "Spenborough", after the River Spen, was also suggested by Cleckheaton UDC. The district was expanded in 1937 by taking in the abolished Birkenshaw and Hunsworth urban districts, as well as part of the parishes of Clifton and Hartshead from the Halifax Rural District.[1] Attempts to incorporate neighbouring Heckmondwike which is considered to be in the Spen Valley area, were never successful.

On 29 July 1955, it was granted a charter of incorporation creating it a municipal borough.

In 1974, Spenborough was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, with its area forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire. Today, Kirklees Council recognises the former Spenborough borough area, with neighbouring Heckmondwike, as the Spen Valley Locality in its structure.


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