Borough of Scunthorpe

{{Short description|Former district in Humberside, England}}

{{for|the town|Scunthorpe}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{infobox historic subdivision|

|Name= Scunthorpe

|HQ= Scunthorpe

|Status= Urban district: 1894–1919
municipal borough: 1919–1974
non-metropolitan district: 1974–1996

|Start= 1894

|End= 1996

|Replace= North Lincolnshire

|Map= HumbersideScunthorpe.png

|PopulationFirst= 10,170

|PopulationFirstYear= 1911

|PopulationLast= 67,324

|PopulationLastYear= 1961

|AreaFirst= {{convert|1032|acre|km2}}

|AreaFirstYear= 1911

|AreaLast= {{convert|7895|acre|km2}}

|AreaLastYear= 1961

|Government= Scunthorpe Borough Council

}}

File:Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe, Lindsey (1970).svg

Scunthorpe was a non-metropolitan district of Humberside from 1974 to 1996, urban district from 1894 to 1919 and a municipal borough from 1936 to 1974 in the Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England.{{cite vob |name=Scunthorpe UD/MB |url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10003027|accessdate=2016-03-10}}F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991

It was created as an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, then in 1919 it became Scunthorpe and Frodingham urban district and subsequently elevated to the status of municipal borough in 1936, at which point it was enlarged by gaining parts of the civil parishes of Crosby, Frodingham, Brumby and Ashby.

The municipal borough was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and replaced by the post-1974 Scunthorpe borough in the county of Humberside.{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/20/made|title=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=1 July 2022}} The post-1974 Scunthorpe borough was subsequently abolished in 1996 and replaced with the North Lincolnshire unitary authority.{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/600/made|title=The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=1 July 2022}}