Outside of municipal boroughs, there was no effective local government until the 1840s.

The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1935.

In 1933 the district gained further status as a municipal borough.

In 1934 the urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough.

In 1938 the town received its first royal charter and became a municipal borough.

In the municipal boroughs the poor law was administered by the town corporation.

The town subsequently obtained a charter as a municipal borough.

The district subsequently became part the municipal borough of Crosby in 1937.

It did not include the municipal borough of Boston.

In 1835 elected municipal boroughs had been set up covering every major city except London.

Historically the term 'town council' was used for the governing body of a municipal borough.

The district did not include the town of Tewkesbury which was a separate municipal borough.

In 1831 the whole county contained twenty-one hundreds and three municipal boroughs.

The call to create municipal boroughs based on parliamentary representation was rejected.

On 9 March 1883 the town received a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough.

The town was granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1905.

The district largely surrounded but did not include the municipal borough of Bedford.

It entirely surrounded Retford, which was a municipal borough itself.

In 1875 these, along with the municipal boroughs, became urban sanitary districts.

In 1838 Manchester was incorporated as a municipal borough and granted its own court of record.

Municipal boroughs continued to be regulated by the Act until their abolition in 1974.

It was formerly in the municipal borough of nearby Pudsey.

The municipal boroughs reformed after 1835 were brought into this system as special cases of urban districts.

The amalgamated district became a municipal borough in 1932.

This condition was maintained with the expansion of urban districts and municipal boroughs.