Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes

For the town, see Cleethorpes.

Cleethorpes was an urban district and municipal borough in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974.^[1][2]

Cleethorpes
Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes shown within Parts of Lindsey in 1970.
Area
• 1911	1,185 acres (4.80 km2)
• 1961	2,268 acres (9.18 km2)
Population
• 1911	21,417
• 1961	32,700
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Cleethorpes borough
Status	Urban District: 1894–1936 Municipal borough: 1936–1974
Government	Cleethorpes Borough Council
• HQ	Cleethorpes

It was created as an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 and subsequently elevated to the status of municipal borough in 1936.

The borough was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with the Grimsby Rural District to form the new Cleethorpes borough in Humberside. The post-1974 Cleethorpes borough was subsequently abolished in 1996 and replaced with the North East Lincolnshire unitary authority.