parishes of Frodsham, Halton, Helsby, Norton and Sutton; and the parts of the parishes of Aston, Daresbury, Moore and Preston Brook within the designated area of Runcorn New Town), and part of Chester Rural District (the parishes of Elton, Hapsford, Litle Stunney, Stoke and Thonton-le-Moors) in Cheshire. In 1974 a metropolitan county of Merseyside was formed which had a different area than the 1958 Act SRA. While excluding Ellesmere Port and Neston, which remained in Cheshire, the 1974 boundaries included much more of Lancashire, including Formby, St Helens and Southport. West Midlands The county boroughs of Birmingham, Dudley, Smethwick, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton Part of Staffordshire, namely: the municipal boroughs of Bilston, Rowley Regis, Tipton and Wednesbury, and the urban districts of Aldridge, Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Brownhills, Coseley, Darlaston, Sedgley, Tettenhall, Wednesfield and Willenhall Part of Warwickshire, namely: the municipal boroughs of Solihull and Sutton Coldfield, and the civil parishes of Castle Bromwich and Kingshurst in Meriden Rural District Part of Worcestershire, namely: the municipal boroughs of Halesowen, Oldbury and Stourbridge In 1964 Solihull, with altered boundaries, became a county borough. In 1966 an order altering local government in much of the "Black Country" part of the SRA came into effect creating five large county boroughs of Dudley, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton, which were also to share a police force, the West Midlands Constabulary. A West Midlands passenger transport authority, including Birmingham, was formed in 1969. In 1974 a larger metropolitan county was formed, including Coventry and the intervening countryside. Metropolitan area (Greater London) The 1958 Act did not extend to the Greater London Conurbation (as defined by the Registrar General) where reform of local government was under consideration by the Royal Commission under Sir Edwin Herbert established in the previous year. The area excluded was defined in schedule 5 as: County of London Middlesex From Surrey County Borough of Croydon Municipal Borough of Barnes, Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington, Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell, Municipal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe, Municipal Borough of Mitcham, Municipal Borough of Richmond, Municipal Borough of Surbiton, Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam and the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon Banstead Urban District, Carshalton Urban District, Caterham and Warlingham Urban District, Coulsdon and Purley Urban District, Esher Urban District, Merton and Morden Urban District and Walton and Weybridge Urban District From Kent Municipal Borough