Longdendale Urban District

Longdendale Urban District was an urban district in Cheshire, England. It was created in 1936 and abolished in 1974. It was named after Longdendale, and covered western parts of the valley. The council was based in Hollingworth and the district also included Mottram in Longdendale, Broadbottom and surrounding areas. On the district's abolition in 1974, the area became part of the metropolitan borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester.

Longdendale
Urban District
Longdendale UD within Cheshire in 1970
Area
• 1971[1]	1,435 hectares (3,550 acres)
Population
• 1939[2]	4,955
• 1971[1]	10,359
History
• Created	1 April 1936
• Abolished	31 March 1974
• Succeeded by	Tameside
Status	Urban district
• HQ	Hollingworth

History

The district was created in 1936. It covered the combined area of the two former urban districts of Mottram in Longdendale and Hollingworth, plus smaller areas transferred from the neighbouring parishes of Hattersley and Matley, which were abolished at the same time. The new district was named Longdendale, although it only covered the western end of the valley.^[3][a]

The council was based at Albion Lodge (now called Albion House) on the street called Mottram Moor in Hollingworth, which had been the old Hollingworth Urban District Council's headquarters since 1913.^[10][11]

Longdendale Urban District is in the bottom right of this map of modern-day Greater Manchester, superimposed over former district boundaries.

Longdendale Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The area became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester.^[7]

See also

• Longdendale Bypass