Municipal Borough of Sale
| Sale | |
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| Area | |
| • 1891 | 2,006 acres (8.12 km2) |
| • 1931 | 3,629 acres (14.69 km2) |
| • 1961 | 3,629 acres (14.69 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1891 | 9,644 |
| • 1931 | 28,071 |
| • 1971 | 55,749 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1867 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | Metropolitan Borough of Trafford |
| Status |
Local Government District 1867–1894 |
| • HQ | Sale Town Hall |
| • Motto | Salus et Felicitas (Health and happiness) |
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Local Government District 1867–1894
Urban district 1894–1935
Sale was, from 1867 to 1974, a district in Cheshire, England. The district had in turn the status of local government district, urban district and municipal borough.
On 15 November 1866 the ratepayers of the township of Sale adopted the Local Government Act 1858, and a Local Board was formed to govern the town in January 1867. From 1889 it was a part of the administrative county of Cheshire. The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the Local Board's area as Sale Urban District. An urban district council of 15 members replaced the local board. The neighbouring town of Ashton upon Mersey became an urban district in 1895. In 1930 a county review order merged Ashton upon Mersey Urban District into Sale UD.
In December 1933 a petition was submitted to the Privy Council praying for a charter of incorporation to raise the urban district to the status of a municipal borough. At the time, Sale was the urban district with the largest population and highest rateable value in the county. The petition was successful, and the charter was presented by Sir William Bromley-Davenport the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire on 21 September 1935. The first elections to the borough council were held on 1 November.
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