Standish-with-Langtree

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Standish-with-Langtree was, and to a limited extent remains, a local government district centred on Standish, Lancashire, in North West England. Historically it was an ancient township in the hundred of West Derby and county of Lancashire. This unit was abolished in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972,[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210123/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10109176&c_id=10001043 Standish-with-Langtree] www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ the same act which established Greater Manchester.

History

The township of Standish-with-Langtree was historically one of the ten administrative subdivisions of the ecclesiastical parish of Standish. In 1861, the population of the whole parish was 10,410 with Standish-with-Langtree having 3,054 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Resident/Planning-and-Building-Control/StandishPartSeven297kb.pdf|title=Standish Conservation Area Appraisal |date=December 2006|publisher=Wigan Council|website=wigan.gov.uk}}

The township became a local board of health area in 1872 following the Local Government Act 1858. It became an urban district of the administrative county of Lancashire, after the Local Government Act 1894 and is now an unparished area.

In 1974 under Local Government Act 1972 the urban district was absorbed into Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. No successor parish was formed so it became unparished.

Today

The area is now represented by the Standish with Langtree ward, an electoral division of Wigan Metropolitan Borough. The population of the Ward, taken at the 2011 census was 12,182.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689366&c=standish&d=14&e=62&g=6347922&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452509876938&enc=1|title=Wigan ward population 2011|accessdate=11 January 2016}}

References

Category:Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894

Category:Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972

Category:History of Lancashire

Category:History of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Category:Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Category:Unparished areas in Greater Manchester

Category:Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester

Category:Standish, Greater Manchester