Tyldesley Urban District

The township of Tyldesley cum Shakerley historically lay in the large ecclesiastical parish of Leigh and was a member of the Leigh Poor Law Union which was formed in 1837.{{citation |url=http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzt2w.htm|title=Greater Manchester Gazetteer |access-date=7 March 2010|publisher=Greater Manchester County Record Office|at=Place Names T to W|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144311/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzt2w.htm}}{{citation |title=Leigh |url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Leigh/Leigh.shtml |publisher=workhouses.org.uk |access-date=3 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605231247/http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Leigh%2FLeigh.shtml |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}

In 1863 Tyldesley cum Shakerley Local Government District was created when the township adopted the Local Government Act 1858.

A local board was formed to govern the town.

The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the area as an urban district, and Tyldesley cum Shakerley Urban District Council replaced the local board.

The urban district council consisted of fifteen members, representing five wards—North, East, South, West, and Shakerley.

{{citation |last1=Farrer |first1=William |last2=Brownbill |first2= J (editors) |chapter=Tyldesley with Shakerley |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41364 |title=A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 3 |publisher=Victoria County History |pages=439–445 |year=1907 |access-date=7 March 2010}}

The only change to boundaries was in 1933, when the Lancashire (Manchester and District) Review Order

added Astley civil parish from the neighbouring Leigh Rural District and the urban district was renamed Tyldesley Urban District.{{citation|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10102479&c_id=10001043|title=Tyldesley UD through time. Census tables with data for the Local Government District|access-date=7 March 2010|publisher=University of Portsmouth|author=Great Britain Historical GIS Project|year=2004|work=A vision of Britain through time|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604155537/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10102479&c_id=10001043|archive-date=4 June 2011}}

In 1974 Tyldesley Urban District was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its former area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

Tyldesley's town hall was originally in Lower Elliot Street, opposite the council's depot and fire station. In 1924 the township's Liberal Club which opened in 1881 was bought by the council as its town hall. Tyldesley UDC was responsible for the opening of Tyldesley Park on Astley Street in 1902,Lunn (1953), p. 148. the provision of the Carnegie Library in 1909, and council housing estates at Sale Lane, Mosley Common and Shakerley.

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• {{citation |last=Lunn|first=John |title=A Short History of the Township of Tyldesley |publisher=Tyldesley Urban District Council |year=1953}}

• [https://archives.wigan.gov.uk/archive/civic-histories/civic-tyldesley Chairs of Tyldesley Local Board and Urban District, 1863-1974.]

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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:Urban districts of England

Category:Tyldesley