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The City and County Borough of Salford was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 and its territory transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the metropolitan borough and City of Salford.
On 1 April 1974, the City and County Borough of Salford was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and was replaced by the metropolitan borough of City of Salford, one of ten local government districts in the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.
Apr 26, 2024 · BBC News, Manchester. 26 April 2024. An exhibition of evocative photographs will chart the transformation of a city from the 1950s to the 1970s. The Invisible Cities display will look at Salford...
In 1974 the City and County Borough of Salford was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and was replaced by the metropolitan borough of City of Salford, a local government district of the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, [66] with triple the territory of the former City of Salford, taking in neighbouring Eccles, Swinton ...
Salford, city and metropolitan borough in the west-central part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. It lies immediately west of the city of Manchester. Flemish weavers first settled in Salford about 1360, and it became an important.
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Under the Local Government Act (1972), the County Borough of Salford was abolished and Salford City Council was created to administer the newly formed metropolitan borough of Salford. 1974 Salford won the Rugby League Championship for the fifth time.
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The former County Borough of Salford, which also included Broughton, Pendleton and Kersal, was granted city status in 1926. In 1974 the wider Metropolitan Borough of the City of Salford was established with responsibility for a significantly larger region.
