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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Whaley Bridge Urban District Council
Also Known As	Yeardsley-cum-Whaley Local Board (1863-1872), Yeardsley-cum-Whaley Urban Sanitary Authority (1872-1894), Yeardsley-cum-Whaley Urban District Council (1894-1935)
Place	Whaley Bridge
Epithet	Local Authority
Dates	1935-1974
History	Yeardsley-cum-Whaley Local Board dated from 1863. Under the Public Health Act 1872 Local Boards of Health were designated Urban Sanitary Authorities and in 1894, these authorities became Urban District Councils under the Local Government Act of that year. By the Chester and Derby Order, 1935 Whaley Bridge was transferred from Cheshire to Derbyshire and the new parish and urban district of Whaley Bridge was formed, comprising parts of the parishes of Yeardsley-cum-Whaley, Disley, Kettleshulme and Taxal, and Chapel-en-le-Frith and Fernilee.
Other Information	Local Boards of Health were first set up in 1848 to administer services which related to public health in populated areas not covered by Borough Councils.
Authorised Form of Name	Whaley Bridge; Whaley Bridge Urban District Council; 1935-1974; Local Authority

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