Standish-with-Langtree

This article is about the unparished area. For the ward, see Standish with Langtree (ward).

Standish-with-Langtree was, and to a limited extent remains, a local government district centred on Standish, Lancashire, in North West England. Historically it was an ancient township in the hundred of West Derby and county of Lancashire. This unit was abolished in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972,^[1] the same act which established Greater Manchester.

Standish-with-Langtree
Between 1894 and 1974, Standish-with-Langtree formed an urban district
Standish-with-Langtree Location within Greater Manchester
Population	12,182 (ward, 2011 census)
Metropolitan borough	Wigan
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°36′N 2°42′W

History

The township of Standish-with-Langtree was historically one of the ten administrative subdivisions of the ecclesiastical parish of Standish. In 1861, the population of the whole parish was 10,410 with Standish-with-Langtree having 3,054 people.^[2]

The township became a local board of health area in 1872 following the Local Government Act 1858. It became an urban district of the administrative county of Lancashire, after the Local Government Act 1894^[1] and is now an unparished area.

In 1974 under Local Government Act 1972 the urban district was absorbed into Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.^[2] No successor parish was formed so it became unparished.

Today

The area is now represented by the Standish with Langtree ward, an electoral division of Wigan Metropolitan Borough. The population of the Ward, taken at the 2011 census was 12,182.^[3]