Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 reformed 178 existing boroughs. It also allowed for further towns to submit petitions for the grant of a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough. There were 62 such incorporations before the 1835 act was repealed and replaced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1882.

1836 – The 178 reformed boroughs

Municipal boroughCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)Beaumaris MBAnglesey18361974Anglesey - Ynys MônBedford MBBedfordshire18361974BedfordAbingdon MBBerkshire18361974Vale of White HorseMaidenhead MBBerkshire18361974Windsor and MaidenheadNew Windsor MBBerkshire18361974Windsor and MaidenheadNewbury MBBerkshire18361974NewburyReading MBBerkshire18361889Reading CBWallingford MBBerkshire18361974South OxfordshireBrecon MBBrecknockshire18361974BrecknockBuckingham MBBuckinghamshire18361974Aylesbury ValeChepping Wycombe MB (1836-1946),High Wycombe MB (1946-74)Buckinghamshire18361974Wycombe Carnarvon MBCaernarfonshire18361974ArfonPwllheli MBCaernarfonshire18361974DwyforCambridge MBCambridgeshire (1836-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74)18361974CambridgeWisbech MBCambridgeshire (1836-89), Isle of Ely (1889-1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965-74)18361974FenlandAberystwyth MBCardiganshire18361974CeredigionCardigan MBCardiganshire18361974CeredigionCarmarthen MBCarmarthenshire18361974CarmarthenLlandovery MBCarmarthenshire18361974DinefwrChester MBCheshire18361889Chester CBCongleton MBCheshire18361974CongletonMacclesfield MBCheshire18361974MacclesfieldStockport MBCheshire and Lancashire18361889Stockport CBBodmin MBCornwall18361974North CornwallFalmouth MBCornwall18361974CarrickHelston MBCornwall18361974KerrierLaunceston MB, Launceston otherwise Dunheved MBCornwall18361974North CornwallLiskeard MBCornwall18361974CaradonPenryn MBCornwall18361974CarrickPenzance MBCornwall18361974PenwithSt Ives MBCornwall18361974PenwithTruro MBCornwall18361974CarrickDurham MBCounty Durham18361974DurhamGateshead MBCounty Durham18361889Gateshead CBStockton-on-Tees MBCounty Durham18361968Teesside CBSunderland MBCounty Durham18361889Sunderland CBCarlisle MBCumberland18361915Carlisle CBDenbigh MBDenbighshire18361974GlyndŵrRuthin MBDenbighshire18361974GlyndŵrChesterfield MBDerbyshire18361974ChesterfieldDerby MBDerbyshire18361889Derby CBBarnstaple MBDevon18361974North DevonBideford MBDevon18361974TorridgeDartmouth MB, Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness MBDevon18361974South HamsExeter MBDevon18361889Exeter CBGreat Torrington MBDevon18361974TorridgePlymouth MBDevon18361889Plymouth CBSouth Molton MBDevon18361968absorbed by South Molton RD (Rural Borough)Tiverton MBDevon18361974TivertonTotnes MBDevon18361974South HamsBlandford Forum MBDorset18361974North DorsetBridport MBDorset18361974West DorsetDorchester MBDorset18361974West DorsetLyme Regis MBDorset18361974West DorsetPoole MBDorset18361974PooleShaftesbury MBDorset18361974North DorsetWeymouth and Melcombe Regis MBDorset18361974Weymouth and PortlandColchester MBEssex18361974ColchesterHarwich MBEssex18361974TendringMaldon MBEssex18361974MaldonSaffron Walden MBEssex18361974UttlesfordFlint MBFlintshire18361974DelynCardiff MBGlamorganshire18361889Cardiff CBNeath MBGlamorganshire18361974NeathSwansea MBGlamorganshire18361889Swansea CBGloucester MBGloucestershire18361889Gloucester CBTewkesbury MBGloucestershire18361974TewkesburyBristol MBGloucestershire and Somerset18361889Bristol CBAndover MBHampshire18361974Test ValleyBasingstoke MBHampshire18361974BasingstokeLymington MBHampshire18361974New ForestPortsmouth MBHampshire18361889Portsmouth CBRomsey MBHampshire18361974Test ValleySouthampton MBHampshire18361889Southampton CBWinchester MBHampshire18361974WinchesterNewport MBHampshire (1836-89), Isle of Wight (1889-1974)18361974MedinaHereford MBHerefordshire18361974HerefordLeominster MBHerefordshire18361974LeominsterHertford MBHertfordshire18361974East HertfordshireSt Albans MBHertfordshire18361974St AlbansGodmanchester MBHuntingdonshire18361961Huntingdon and Godmanchester MBHuntingdon MBHuntingdonshire18361961Huntingdon and Godmanchester MBCanterbury MBKent18361889Canterbury CBDeal MBKent18361974DoverDover MBKent18361974DoverFaversham MBKent18361974SwaleFolkestone MBKent18361974ShepwayGravesend MBKent18361974GraveshamHythe MBKent18361974ShepwayMaidstone MBKent18361974MaidstoneRochester MBKent18361974Rochester-upon-MedwaySandwich MBKent18361974DoverTenterden MBKent18361974AshfordClitheroe MBLancashire18361974Ribble ValleyLancaster MBLancashire18361974LancasterLiverpool MBLancashire18361889Liverpool CBPreston MBLancashire18361889Preston CBWigan MBLancashire18361889Wigan CBLeicester MBLeicestershire18361889Leicester CBBoston MBLincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland (1889-1974)18361974BostonGrantham MBLincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974)18361974South KestevenStamford MBLincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (1889-1974)18361974South KestevenGreat Grimsby MBLincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-91)18361891Grimsby CBLincoln MBLincolnshire18361889Lincoln CBLouth MBLincolnshire (1836-89), Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (1889-1974)18361974East LindseyMonmouth MBMonmouthshire18361974MonmouthNewport MBMonmouthshire18361891Newport CBLlanidloes MBMontgomeryshire18361974MontgomeryWelshpool MBMontgomeryshire18361974MontgomeryKing's Lynn MB, Lynn Regis MBNorfolk18361974West NorfolkNorwich MBNorfolk18361889Norwich CBGreat Yarmouth MBNorfolk and Suffolk18361889Yarmouth CBThetford MBNorfolk and Suffolk (1836-89), Norfolk (1889-1974)18361974BrecklandDaventry MBNorthamptonshire18361974DaventryNorthampton MBNorthamptonshire18361889Northampton CBBerwick-upon-Tweed MBNorthumberland18361974Berwick-upon-TweedMorpeth MBNorthumberland18361974Castle MorpethNewcastle upon Tyne MBNorthumberland18361889Newcastle upon Tyne CBEast Retford MBNottinghamshire18361974BassetlawNewark MBNottinghamshire18361974NewarkNottingham MBNottinghamshire18361889Nottingham CBChipping Norton MBOxfordshire18361974West OxfordshireOxford MBOxfordshire18361889Oxford CBBanbury MBOxfordshire18361974CherwellHaverfordwest MBPembrokeshire18361974PreseliPembroke MBPembrokeshire18361974South PembrokeshireTenby MBPembrokeshire18361974South PembrokeshireBridgnorth MBShropshire18361967absorbed by Bridgnorth RD (Rural Borough)Ludlow MBShropshire18361967absorbed by Ludlow RD (Rural Borough)Oswestry MBShropshire18361967absorbed by Oswestry RD (Rural Borough)Shrewsbury MBShropshire18361974ShrewsburyWenlock MB, Much Wenlock MBShropshire18361967absorbed by Bridgnorth RD (Rural Borough)Bath MBSomerset18361889Bath CBBridgwater MBSomerset18361974SedgemoorChard MBSomerset18361974YeovilGlastonbury MBSomerset18361974MendipWells MBSomerset18361974MendipLichfield MBStaffordshire18361974LichfieldNewcastle-under-Lyme MBStaffordshire18361974Newcastle-under-LymeStafford MBStaffordshire18361974StaffordWalsall MBStaffordshire18361889Walsall CBTamworth MBStaffordshire and Warwickshire (1836-89), Staffordshire (1889-1974)18361974TamworthIpswich MBSuffolk18361889Ipswich CBSudbury MBSuffolk and Essex (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974)18361974BaberghBeccles MBSuffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974)18361974WaveneyEye MBSuffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974)18361974Mid SuffolkSouthwold MBSuffolk (1836-89), East Suffolk (1889-1974)18361974WaveneyBury St Edmunds MBSuffolk (1836-89), West Suffolk (1889-1974)18361974St EdmundsburyGodalming MBSurrey18361974WaverleyGuildford MBSurrey18361974GuildfordKingston upon Thames MBSurrey18361965Kingston upon ThamesHastings MBSussex18361889Hastings CBRye MBSussex (1836-89), East Sussex (1889-1974)18361974RotherArundel MBSussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974)18361974ArunChichester MBSussex (1836-89), West Sussex (1889-1974)18361974ChichesterCoventry MBWarwickshire18361889Coventry CBStratford-on-Avon MBWarwickshire18361974Stratford-on-AvonWarwick MBWarwickshire18361974WarwickKendal MBWestmorland18361974South LakelandCalne MBWiltshire18361974North WiltshireChippenham MBWiltshire18361974North WiltshireDevizes MBWiltshire18361974KennetMarlborough MBWiltshire18361974KennetSalisbury MB, New Sarum MBWiltshire18361974SalisburyBewdley MBWorcestershire18361974Wyre ForestDroitwich MBWorcestershire18361974WychavonEvesham MBWorcestershire18361974WychavonKidderminster MBWorcestershire18361974Wyre ForestWorcester MBWorcestershire18361889Worcester CBBeverley MBYorkshire (1836-89), East Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)18361974BeverleyKingston upon Hull MBYorkshire18361889Kingston upon Hull CBYork MBYorkshire18361889York CBRichmond MBYorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)18361974RichmondshireScarborough MBYorkshire (1836-89), North Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)18361974ScarboroughDoncaster MBYorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1927)18361927Doncaster CBLeeds MB Yorkshire18361889Leeds CBPontefract MBYorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)18361974WakefieldRipon MBYorkshire (1836-89), West Riding of Yorkshire (1889-1974)18361974Harrogate

1837-82 Up to 1851, eighteen boroughs were incorporated: sixteen towns that had been enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832 and two of the boroughs unreformed in 1835 were brought under the act.

In the following years a further seven unreformed boroughs were incorporated and 39 other towns became municipalities. Most of the newly incorporated towns were rapidly growing industrial centres. A number of coastal resorts were created boroughs, reflecting the growth of seaside tourism, and in 1875 Leamington Spa became the first inland spa resort to gain incorporation.