King's Norton Rural District Council
| King's Norton and Northfield | |
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 King's Norton Union Workhouse Many meetings of both the KN RDC and the KN&N UDC were held at the Union Workhouse buildings in Selly Oak |
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| Population | |
| • 1901 | 57,122 |
| • 1911 | 81,153 |
| History | |
| • Origin | Rural Sanitary District (1875-1894) |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1911 |
| • Succeeded by |
County Borough of Birmingham Bromsgrove Rural District Halesowen Rural District |
| Status |
Rural District (1894-1898) Urban District (1898-1911) |
| Government | Rural District Council (1894-1898) Urban District Council (1898-1911) |
| • HQ | Clerk's Office at 10 Newhall Street, Birmingham |
 King's Norton & Northfield UDC Seal |
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| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Civil Parishes |
| • Units | 1. Parish of King's Norton 2. Parish of Northfield 3. Parish of Beoley |
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King's Norton and Northfield Urban District was a local government administrative district in north Worcestershire, England, from 1898 until 1911. Much of its area was afterwards absorbed into the neighbouring Borough of Birmingham, under the Greater Birmingham Scheme, and now constitutes most of the City’s southern and southwestern suburban environs.
The District was originally created in 1894 as the King's Norton Rural District, under the Local Government Act 1894, and succeeded the former King's Norton Rural Sanitary District upon which its area was largely based. It was later reconstituted as an urban district on 1 October 1898, by the Local Government Board Order, No. 38,127, and was accordingly renamed the King's Norton and Northfield Urban District. Both as a rural and an urban district it comprised only those civil parishes of the King's Norton Poor Law Union then wholly within the Administrative County of Worcester, namely the parishes of King's Norton, Northfield and Beoley.
The District was arranged into the following wards for the election of local councillors:
The District Council was organised into several committees with responsibility over a number of areas:
When the Committee was initially set up it was as the Cemeteries Committee, with a separate sub-committee that had specific responsibility for baths and parks. However, from May 1898 onwards, the Baths & Parks Sub-Committee ceased to exist and the Cemeteries Committee assumed their duties, altering its title to reflect this change.
The Committee was formed on 1 June 1903, and consisted of 40 members, of whom 28 were District Councillors.
The Committee had distinct sub-committees for the following areas of the District: King's Norton & Stirchley, Moseley & King's Heath, Wythall & Beoley, Northfield, and Selly Oak.
The Committee consisted of 25 members, of whom 12 were District Councillors, 8 were Guardians of the King's Norton Poor Law Union, and the remaining 5 were "persons experienced in the relief of distress".
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