The township or civil parish was in Lancashire and the ecclesiastical parish was in Deane. It was also part of the Bolton Poor Law Union.
Horwich Local Board of Health 1872-1894
A Local Board of Health was established for the township of Horwich in 1872.
Horwich Urban District Council 1894-1974
In 1894 the area of the Local Board became Horwich Urban District Council.
Bolton Metropolitan Borough 1974
The whole of Horwich became part of Bolton Metropolitan Borough in 1974.
Horwich Town Council 1974
Horwich Town Council was also created in 1974 and each year elects its own Town Mayor.
Chairmen of Horwich Local Board
1872 William Greenhalgh 1873 William Greenhalgh 1874 William Greenhalgh 1875 William Greenhalgh 1876 William Greenhalgh 1877 William Greenhalgh 1878 William Greenhalgh 1879 William Greenhalgh 1880 William Greenhalgh 1881 William Greenhalgh 1882 John Longworth 1883 John Longworth 1884 Thomas Mason 1885 Thomas Mason 1886 Thomas Mason 1887 Thomas Mason 1888 Joseph Howarth 1889 John Longworth 1890 John Longworth 1891 John Longworth 1892 John Longworth 1893 John Longworth
Chairmen of Horwich Urban District Council
1894 John Longworth 1895 John Longworth 1896 Thomas Bancroft Greenhalgh 1897 Frank Morton Palmer 1898 Frank Morton Palmer 1899 James Dougill 1900 John Fletcher 1901 John Fletcher 1902 John Fletcher 1903 John Dickinson 1904 John Dickinson 1905 William Lewtas Longworth 1906 Edwin Barnes 1907 William Rostron Pickup 1908 Francis Thornham 1909 Farnham Slade 1910 Charles Herbert Field 1911 Jonas Fearnhead 1912 Charles Edward Harrop 1913 Charles Edward Harrop 1914 James Henry Riley 1915 John German Dickinson 1916 Frank Coupe Ashton 1917 William Wasden Glover 1918 Richard Crowther 1919 Arthur Walton Ainsworth 1920 William Job Slater 1921 Henry Carter 1922 Thomas Wright 1923 Alfred Jones 1924 William Gittins Fearnhead 1925 Frank Taylor 1926 James Carr 1927 William Chipchase 1928 Roscoe Taylor 1929 Thomas Shorrocks 1930 William Gittins Fearnhead 1931 John German Dickinson 1932 David Thomas Smith 1933 Henry Carter 1934 John Augustine Kilcoyne 1935 John Henry Shaw 1936 William James Roskelly 1937 Wilfred Tomkinson 1938 Thomas Wright 1939 William Taylor 1940 William Edwin Wotton Flockton 1941 Paul Fairclough 1942 James Carr 1943 Joseph William Slater 1944 Philip Cannell 1945 Henry Johnson Close 1946 Martha Jane Downes 1947 William Edwin Wotton Flockton 1948 Mary Ellen Welch 1949 Henry Almond 1950 Wilfred Tomkinson 1951 William Lawson Whitehead (Died in office) 1952 Leonard Rimmer 1953 Ernest Blackburn 1954 James Hargreaves 1955 John Fairclough 1956 John Orr Bennett 1957 Arthur Sharples 1958 Edwin Toohey 1959 Joseph Moran 1960 William Edwin Wotton Flockton 1961 Wilfred Tomkinson 1962 Henry Almond 1963 John Leech 1964 John Orr Bennett 1965 Edwin Toohey 1966 James McBurnie 1967 Peter Scarnell Hewitt 1968 Frank Robert Yardley 1969 Ellis Dobson 1970 Leslie George Fearnhead 1971 Eileen Kay 1972 Alan Oakley 1973 Albert James Ratcliffe
Mayors of Horwich
1974 Desmond Smith 1975 Walter Taylor 1976 Ron Parkinson 1977 Michael Foster 1978 Barrie Crumblehulme 1979 Elizabeth McCracken 1980 Stanley Dawson 1981 Thomas Fairhurst 1982 Elsie Butterworth 1983 Ernest Seddon 1984 John Kevin Kilcoyne 1985 Bernard Paul Broderick 1986 Albert Swindells 1987 Kevan James Helsby 1988 Elizabeth McCracken 1989 Ian Badon Hamilton 1990 Alice Kilcoyne 1991 Robert Ronson 1992 Ian Carruthers 1992 Elizabeth McCracken 1993 Mark Perks 1994 Madeline Murray 1995 John Bragg 1996 Barbara Olwyn Ronson 1997 Elizabeth McCracken 1998 Alice Kilcoyne 1999 James Michael Kilcoyne 2000 Peter McGeehan 2001 Joyce Kellett 2002 John Bragg 2003 Robert Ronson 2004 Kevan James Helsby 2005 Stephen Michael Rock 2006 Bernard McCartin 2007 Kenneth Malcolm Denton2008 Thomas Farmer2009 Susan Denton2010 Kenneth Thomson2011 Peter John Baxendale2012 Joyce Kellet2013 Christine Alison Root2014 Richard Edward Warner Silvester2015 Kenneth Malcolm Denton2016 James Bullock2017 Stephen Michael Rock2018 Peter Wright
2019 Arthur Gordon Stone2021 Susan Denton2022 Steven Chadwick2023 David Grant
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