This is a list of all the rural districts, urban districts and municipal boroughs in England as they existed prior to the entry into force of the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974. There were 1086 such districts and boroughs at this time, the result of a gradual consolidation since their formation in 1894. Apart from these, England also had 79 county boroughs. Bedford Luton was a county borough. Berkshire Reading was a county borough. Buckingham There were no county boroughs. Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely There were no county boroughs. Cheshire Birkenhead, Chester, Stockport, and Wallasey were county boroughs. Cornwall There were no county boroughs. Cumberland Carlisle was a county borough. Derbyshire Derby was a county borough. Devon Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay were county boroughs. Dorset Durham Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, South Shields, Sunderland and Teesside were county boroughs. East Suffolk Ipswich was a county borough. East Sussex Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings were county boroughs. Essex Southend-on-Sea was a county borough. Gloucestershire Bristol and Gloucester were county boroughs. Hampshire Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton were county boroughs. Herefordshire There were no county boroughs. Hertfordshire There were no county boroughs. Huntingdon and Peterborough There were no county boroughs. Isle of Wight There were no county boroughs. Kent Canterbury was a county borough. Lancashire Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bootle, Burnley, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, Southport, St Helens, Warrington and Wigan were county boroughs. Leicestershire Leicester was a county borough. Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland There were no county boroughs. Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven There were no county boroughs. Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey Grimsby and Lincoln were county boroughs. Norfolk Great Yarmouth and Norwich were county boroughs. Northamptonshire Northampton was a county borough. Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth were county boroughs. Nottinghamshire Nottingham was a county borough. Oxford Oxford was a county borough. Rutland There were no county boroughs. Shropshire (Salop) There were no county boroughs. Somerset Bath (and Bristol) were county boroughs. Staffordshire Burton upon Trent, Dudley, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton were county boroughs. Surrey There were no county boroughs. Warwickshire Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham were county boroughs. West Suffolk There were no county boroughs. West Sussex There were no county boroughs. Westmorland There were no county boroughs. Wiltshire There were no county boroughs. Worcestershire Warley and Worcester were county boroughs. Yorkshire, East Riding Kingston upon Hull and York were county boroughs. Yorkshire, North Riding York