Brierley Hill Urban District

Brierley Hill
Area
 • 1911 1,016 acres (4 km2)[1]
Population
 • 1911 12,263[2]
 • 1931 14,346[2]
 • 1961 56,075[2]
History
 • Created 1894
 • Abolished 1966
 • Succeeded by County Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Status Urban District
Government

Brierley Hill Urban District Council
Staffordshire County Council

 • HQ Brierley Hill
 • Motto Sine labore nihil floret  (Latin)
"Without labour nothing prospers"

Arms of the Brierley Hill Urban District Council

Brierley Hill Urban District was a former Urban District in Staffordshire, England, comprising the areas of Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Quarry Bank, and Pensnett, now within the modern-day Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands county.

Brierley Hill became an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act. Previously, it had been an urban sanitory authority within the parish of Kingswinford. It was greatly expanded in 1934, when it took in the Quarry Bank and Kingswinford districts.[3] It remained an independent urban district until 1966, when it was merged into the Dudley County Borough[3] under the advice of the Local Government Commission for England.

References

  1. ↑ "1911 Census - Population". Brierley Hill UD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Historical statistics - Population". Brierley Hill UD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Unit history". Brierley Hill UD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

Coordinates: 52°28′48″N 2°07′19″W / 52.48°N 2.122°W / 52.48; -2.122

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