Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882
The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 reformed 178 existing boroughs. It also allowed for further towns to submit petitions for the grant of a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough. There were 62 such incorporations before the 1835 act was repealed and replaced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1882.
1836 – The 178 reformed boroughs
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Municipal borough ! County ! Created ! Abolished ! Successor(s) |
| Beaumaris MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Bedford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Abingdon MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Maidenhead MB
|1836 |1974 |
| New Windsor MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Newbury MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Reading MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Wallingford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Brecon MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Buckingham MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Chepping Wycombe MB (1836-1946), High Wycombe MB (1946-74){{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10068435/relationships|title=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=2014-10-23 |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth}} |1836 |1974 |
| Carnarvon MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Pwllheli MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Cambridge MB
|Cambridgeshire (1836-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74) |1836 |1974 |
| Wisbech MB
|Cambridgeshire (1836-89), Isle of Ely (1889-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74) |1836 |1974 |
| Aberystwyth MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Cardigan MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Carmarthen MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Llandovery MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Chester MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Congleton MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Macclesfield MB
|1836 |1974 |
| |Stockport MB
|Cheshire and Lancashire |1836 |1889 |
| Bodmin MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Falmouth MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Helston MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Launceston MB, Launceston otherwise Dunheved MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Liskeard MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Penryn MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Penzance MB
|1836 |1974 |
| St Ives MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Truro MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Durham MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Gateshead MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Stockton-on-Tees MB
|1836 |1968 |
| Sunderland MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Carlisle MB
|1836 |1915 |
| Denbigh MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Ruthin MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Chesterfield MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Derby MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Barnstaple MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Bideford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Dartmouth MB, Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Exeter MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Great Torrington MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Plymouth MB
|1836 |1889 |
| South Molton MB
|1836 |1968 |absorbed by South Molton RD (Rural Borough) |
| Tiverton MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Totnes MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Blandford Forum MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Bridport MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Dorchester MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Lyme Regis MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Poole MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Shaftesbury MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Colchester MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Harwich MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Maldon MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Saffron Walden MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Flint MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Cardiff MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Neath MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Swansea MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Gloucester MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Tewkesbury MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Bristol MB
|Gloucestershire and Somerset |1836 |1889 |
| Andover MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Basingstoke MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Lymington MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Portsmouth MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Romsey MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Southampton MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Winchester MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Newport MB
|Hampshire (1836-89), Isle of Wight (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Hereford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Leominster MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Hertford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| St Albans MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Godmanchester MB
|1836 |1961 |
| Huntingdon MB
|1836 |1961 |
| Canterbury MB
|Kent |1836 |1889 |
| Deal MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Dover MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Faversham MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Folkestone MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Gravesend MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Hythe MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Maidstone MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Rochester MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Sandwich MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Tenterden MB
|Kent |1836 |1974 |
| Clitheroe MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Lancaster MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Liverpool MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Preston MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Wigan MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Leicester MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Boston MB
|Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Grantham MB
|Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Stamford MB
|Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Great Grimsby MB
|Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-91) |1836 |1891 |
| Lincoln MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Louth MB
|Lincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Monmouth MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Newport MB
|1836 |1891 |
| Llanidloes MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Welshpool MB
|1836 |1974 |
| King's Lynn MB, Lynn Regis MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Norwich MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Great Yarmouth MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Thetford MB
|Norfolk and Suffolk (1836-89), Norfolk (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Daventry MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Northampton MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Morpeth MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne MB
|1836 |1889 |
| East Retford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Newark MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Nottingham MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Chipping Norton MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Oxford MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Banbury MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Haverfordwest MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Pembroke MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Tenby MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Bridgnorth MB
|1836 |1967 |absorbed by Bridgnorth RD (Rural Borough) |
| Ludlow MB
|1836 |1967 |absorbed by Ludlow RD (Rural Borough) |
| Oswestry MB
|1836 |1967 |absorbed by Oswestry RD (Rural Borough) |
| Shrewsbury MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Wenlock MB, Much Wenlock MB
|1836 |1967 |absorbed by Bridgnorth RD (Rural Borough) |
| Bath MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Bridgwater MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Chard MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Glastonbury MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Wells MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Lichfield MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Stafford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Walsall MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Tamworth MB
|Staffordshire and Warwickshire (1836-89), Staffordshire (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Ipswich MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Sudbury MB
|Suffolk and Essex (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Beccles MB
|Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Eye MB
|Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Southwold MB
|Suffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Bury St Edmunds MB
|Suffolk (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Godalming MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Guildford MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Kingston upon Thames MB
|1836 |1965 |
| Hastings MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Rye MB
|Sussex (1836-89), East Sussex (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Arundel MB
|Sussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |Arun |
| Chichester MB
|Sussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Coventry MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Stratford-on-Avon MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Warwick MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Kendal MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Calne MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Chippenham MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Devizes MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Marlborough MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Salisbury MB, New Sarum MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Bewdley MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Droitwich MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Evesham MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Kidderminster MB
|1836 |1974 |
| Worcester MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Beverley MB
|Yorkshire (1836-89), East Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Kingston upon Hull MB
|1836 |1889 |
| York MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Richmond MB
|Yorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Scarborough MB
|Yorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Doncaster MB
|Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1927) |1836 |1927 |
| Leeds MB
|1836 |1889 |
| Pontefract MB
|Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
| Ripon MB
|Yorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974) |1836 |1974 |
1837-82
Up to 1851, eighteen boroughs were incorporated: sixteen towns that had been enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832 and two of the boroughs unreformed in 1835 were brought under the act.
In the following years a further seven unreformed boroughs were incorporated and 38 other towns became municipalities. Most of the newly incorporated towns were rapidly growing industrial centres. A number of coastal resorts were created boroughs, reflecting the growth of seaside tourism, and in 1875 Leamington Spa became the first inland spa resort to gain incorporation.
† Boroughs enfranchised 1832
‡ Borough unreformed in 1835
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