Turton 1873-1974
The township or civil parish was in Lancashire.
Turton Local Board of Health 1873-1895
A Local Board of Health for the township of Turton in the Bolton Poor Law Union was formed in 1873.
Turton Urban District 1895-1974
Turton became an Urban District in 1894.
In 1898 the boundaries of the Urban District were extended to include the Civil Parishes of Belmont, Bradshaw, Edgworth, Entwistle, Harwood, Longworth and Quarlton.
North and South Divided
In 1974 North Turton, including Belmont, Edgworth, Chapeltown and Entwistle became part of an enlarged Blackburn Borough.
South Turton, including Bromley Cross, Bradshaw and Harwood, became part of the new Bolton Metropolitan Borough.
Chairmen of Turton Local Board
1873 Edmund Ashworth 1874 Edmund Ashworth 1875 Edmund Ashworth 1876 Edmund Ashworth 1877 Edmund Ashworth 1878 Edmund Ashworth 1879 Edmund Ashworth 1880 James Booth 1881 James Booth 1882 Edmund Ashworth Jnr 1883 Edmund Ashworth Jnr 1884 Edmund Ashworth Jnr 1885 Edmund Ashworth Jnr 1886 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1887 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1888 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1889 William Wallwork 1890 William Wallwork 1891 William Wallwork 1892 Robert Ashworth 1893 Robert Ashworth 1894 Robert Ashworth
Chairmen of Turton Urban District Council
1895 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1896 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1897 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1898 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1899 Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett 1900 Samuel Isherwood 1901 Thomas Hardcastle 1902 Edward Deakin 1903 Edward Deakin 1904 Edward Deakin 1905 Edward Deakin 1906 Edward Deakin 1907 Edward Deakin 1908 Robert Ashworth 1909 Robert Ashworth 1910 Robert Ashworth 1911 Robert Ashworth 1912 Robert Ashworth 1913 Robert Ashworth 1914 Robert Ashworth 1915 Robert Ashworth 1916 Robert Ashworth 1917 Robert Ashworth 1918 Robert Ashworth 1919 Robert Ashworth 1920 Robert Ashworth 1921 Robert Ashworth 1922 Robert Ashworth 1923 Robert Ashworth 1924 George Harry Ashworth 1925 George Harrry Ashworth 1926 Ernest William Greg 1927 Ernest William Greg 1928 Thomas Lomax 1929 Thomas Lomax 1930 Sydney Herbert Spring 1931 Walter Harry Wadhams 1932 Walter Harry Wadhams 1933 Walter Harry Wadhams 1934 Jethro Haslam (Died in office) 1934 James Platt 1935 James Platt 1936 James Platt 1937 Alfred Ruckman Hutchinson 1938 Robert Catterall 1939 John William Rostron 1940 George Harry Ashworth 1941 John Hamer 1942 Richard Shelmerdine 1943 William Meredith 1944 George Harry Ashworth 1945 Thomas Lomax 1946 Harold Kirk 1947 Samuel Benson 1948 William Knowles 1949 West Scowcroft 1950 Robinson Walsh 1951 Francis William Stilwell 1952 Robert Catterall 1953 Arthur Shelmerdine 1954 Harold Kirk 1955 Robert Catterall 1956 Andrew Thompson Jardine 1957 William Knowles 1958 Harold Kirk 1959 Hilbre Henry Smith 1960 Charles Halliday 1961 Hilda Gregory 1962 Herbert Bennett 1963 Michael Constantine Cort 1964 Herbert Carlisle Walsh 1965 David Dingwall 1966 John Alston 1967 Herbert Hutchinson 1968 Joseph Jagger 1969 Philip Stefan Linney 1970 Leonard Ibbotson 1971 Keith Crook Richardson 1972 Arthur Poulsom 1973 Herbert Bennett
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