Turton Urban District

Turton Urban District
Area
• 1911	17,335 acres (70.15 km2)
• 1961	17,334 acres (70.15 km2)
Population
• 1901	12,355
• 1971	21,553
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	North Turton, South Turton
Status	Urban district
• HQ	Turton Tower

Turton Urban District was an urban district of Lancashire, England. It was formed in 1894 from the civil parish and ancient township of Turton. It was greatly enlarged in 1898 by the addition of the civil parishes of Belmont, Bradshaw, Harwood, Longworth, Entwistle, Edgworth and Quarlton.

Under the Local Government Act 1972, Turton Urban District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and was divided in two. The larger rural area, North Turton, became a civil parish of the Borough of Blackburn in Lancashire. The smaller urban area, South Turton, became an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.

Demography

Census population figures for the whole of the Urban District of Turton
Year	1901	1911	1921	1931	1939	1951	1961	1971
Population	12,355	12,648	12,154	11,847	12,173	10,956	13,698	21,553
Source: (a) Turton UD: Total Population. (b) National Registration Act of 1939.

Census population figures for each of the Urban District's electoral wards
Electoral ward	Year and Population
	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971
Belmont	937	810	687	663	536	508	474
Bradshaw	2,205	2,480	2,422	2,455	2,440	4,147
Bradshaw North							4,223
Bradshaw South							4,298
Bromley Cross	1,493	1,586	1,588	1,809	1,649	2,555	2,255
Chapeltown	946	796	729	673	542	535	538
Eagley	2,361	2,375	2,390	2,167	2,279	2,955	3,700
Edgworth	2,518	2,634	2,557	2,433	2,065	1,870	1,975
Egerton	1,895	1,967	1,781	1,647	1,445	1,428	2,995
Source: Pauline Tatton: Local population statistics.