Kearsley 1865-1974
The township or civil parish of Kearsley (or Kersley) was in the ancient parish of Deane and was also part of the Bolton Poor Law Union.
Kearsley Local Board of Health 1865-1895
A Local Board of Health for the township of Kearsley was set up on 30 October 1865 at a meeting held in the Black Horse Inn.
Kearsley Urban District 1895-1974
Kearsley Urban District Council was created in 1894.
The Urban District was extended in 1933 to include parts of Clifton (parish of Eccles) and the Ringley district of Outwood (parish of Prestwich).
The Chairman's Chain of Office was presented to the Council by the Town Clerk, Mr H Martin on his retirement in 1938 and was first worn by Richard Matthews.
*Insert Badge presented to Past Chairman of Kearsley District Council.
*Insert Brooch presented to Past Chairman's Lady of Kearsley Urban District Council.
Bolton Metropolitan Borough 1974-
The whole of Kearsley Urban District Council became part of Bolton Metropolitan Borough in 1974.
Chairmen of Kearsley Local Board
1865 Harrison Blair 1866 Harrison Blair 1867 Harrison Blair 1868 James Fletcher Snr 1869 Samuel Gee 1870 Edward Pilkington 1871 Joseph Grimshaw 1872 John Lever 1873 John Lever 1874 John Lever 1875 John Lever 1876 John Lever 1877 James Fletcher Snr 1878 James Fletcher Snr 1879 James Fletcher Snr 1880 James Fletcher Snr 1881 Edward Pilkington 1882 John William Watkinson1883 John William Watkinson1884 John William Watkinson
Chairmen of Kearsley Urban District
1895 James Fletcher Jnr 1896 James Fletcher Jnr 1897 James Fletcher Jnr 1898 James Fletcher Jnr 1899 James Fletcher Jnr 1900 Joseph Openshaw 1901 Joseph Openshaw 1902 Joseph Openshaw 1903 Joseph Openshaw 1904 Joseph Openshaw 1905 Francis Shippobottom 1906 Francis Shippobottom 1907 Francis Shippobottom 1908 Francis Shippobottom 1909 Francis Shippobottom 1910 Francis Shippobottom 1911 Francis Shippobottom 1912 Francis Shippobottom 1913 Stanley Pickering 1914 Stanley Pickering 1915 Robert Lucas 1916 Robert Lucas 1917 James Howard 1918 James Howard 1919 Edward Gittins 1920 Edward Gittins 1921 James Barrett 1922 Charles Frederick Howard 1923 Charles Frederick Howard 1924 Charles Frederick Howard 1925 Charles Frederick Howard 1926 Nathan Wardle 1927 Nathan Wardle 1928 John Shepherd 1929 John Shepherd 1930 Tom Young Martin 1931 Samuel Street 1932 Arthur Munroe Holden 1933 Walter Holehouse 1934 Randolph Churchill Smith 1935 Annie Matilda Hogg 1936 Albert Plant 1937 Richard Matthews 1938 James Ernest Robey 1939 John Cranshaw 1940 Joseph Harold Brooks 1941 Sydney John Morgan 1942 John Martin 1943 Samuel Street 1944 Raymond Tyldsley 1945 Horace Barrett 1946 Ernest Howard 1947 Walter Holehouse 1948 Richard Matthews 1949 Annie Matilda Hogg 1950 William Taylor 1951 John Martin 1952 James Eckersley 1953 Ernest Howard 1954 Ronald Crowther 1955 Walter Holehouse 1956 Tom Fielding 1957 Joe Hollinshead 1958 Betsy Ellen Taylor 1959 William Taylor 1960 Samuel Alfred Chaloner 1961 Alexander Ward 1962 John Martin 1963 Joseph Walker 1964 Thomas Ainsworth Pilkington 1965 Noel Alfred Tatlock 1966 Thomas Cooper 1967 John Rothwell 1968 Alan Thomas Nowell 1969 William Arthur Robinson 1970 Ernest George Bell 1971 Margaret Patricia Rothwell 1972 Raymond Cornthwaite 1973 Joseph Walker