"urban district" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: urban districts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} urban district (plural urban districts)
  1. (historical) a type of local government district, which was created in 1894 in urbanised areas of England and Wales outside boroughs, and in 1898 in Ireland. Abolished in 1974 except those in the Republic of Ireland, which were retitled as towns in 2002. Wikipedia link: Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) Tags: historical Categories (place): England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales Related terms: rural district, urban sanitary district
    Sense id: en-urban_district-en-noun-QNR~lbtb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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