Part I Metropolitan Counties and Metropolitan Districts
Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 1 Counties and Metropolitan Districts in England

Section 1

Part I Metropolitan Counties and Metropolitan Districts

(1)(2)
Name of county Area by reference to existing administrative areas
Greater ManchesterDistrict (a)
The county borough of Wigan.
In the administrative county of Lancaster—
the borough of Leigh;
the urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Atherton, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Standish-with-Langtree and Tyldesley;
the urban district of Ashton-in-Makerfield, except the ward in Merseyside;
the urban district of Golborne, except the wards in Cheshire;
in the urban district of Billinge-and-Winstanley, the Billinge Higher End ward and the Winstanley ward except the detached parts;
in the rural district of Wigan, the parishes of Haigh, Shevington and Worthington.
District (b)
The county borough of Bolton.
In the administrative county of Lancaster—
the borough of Farnworth;
the urban districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever and Westhoughton;
in the urban district of Turton, the Bradshaw North, Bradshaw South, Bromley Cross and Eagley wards and so
much of the Egerton ward as lies south of the boundary referred to in paragraph 3 of Part III of this Schedule.
District (c)
The county borough
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