Municipal Borough of Colchester

{{Short description|Former borough in Essex, England, UK}}

Colchester was the organ of local government for Colchester, in Essex, England. It was established in 1835 by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.{{cite journal |last1=Baggs |first1=A P |last2=Board |first2=Beryl |last3=Crummy |first3=Philip |last4=Dove |first4=Claude |last5=Durgan |first5=Shirley |last6=Goose |first6=N R |last7=Pugh |first7=R B |last8=Studd |first8=Pamela |last9=Thornton |first9=C C |editor1-last=Cooper |editor1-first=Janet |editor2-last=Elrington |editor2-first=C R |title=Modern Colchester: Political history |journal=A History of the County of Essex|date=1994 |volume=9 |pages=208–221 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol9/pp208-221 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London}} The "Mayor and Commonalty of the Borough of Colchester" was reformed as a municipal borough. On 1 April 1974 it was abolished to form the non-metropolitan district of Colchester.{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/15/made|title=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=26 October 2023}}