| Description | Bundle of Local Government Boundary Commission maps and a copy of the Case and Submissions of Whiston Rural District Council to the Local Government Boundary Commission: observations on the St. Helens County Borough application for extension (March 1947).
The bundle includes: a map of the Borough of St. Helens, with a colour-coded system showing the areas to be incorporated (c. 1946); map of changes to local authority boundaries with dates of changes (c. 1958). The rest of the maps are numbered and are as follows:
1. County borough of Liverpool with surrounding parishes, districts and boroughs, colour-coded to reflect the district boundaries (1946)
2. County borough of Liverpool, colour-coded by district, with surrounding authorities and civil parishes in Lancashire (1946)
3. Kirkby parish, with areas of maximum concessions to Liverpool shaded. Schedules for the Whiston Rural District is attached, covering acreage, industry, agriculture, rateable value and population - the lettered areas described correspond to those highlighted on some of the other maps in this bundle (c. 1946)
4. Parish of Knowsley, with area to be given to Liverpool shaded (c. 1946)
5. Halewood, with areas to be conceded to Liverpool shaded (c. 1946)
6. Hale, with areas to be conceded to Liverpool shaded (c. 1946)
7. Liverpool county borough, showing areas of Kirkby, Halewood and Hale to be conceded to Liverpool (1943, revised 1947)
8. Lancashire County Council map showing proposed adjustment of boundaries, including parts of Windle to St. Helens and parts of Kirkby to Liverpool (c. 1946)
9. Plan showing proposals for the extension of the boundaries of the county borough of St. Helens (1946)
10. Windle parish and St. Helens boundary. Areas in Eccleston and Moss Bank marked. (c. 1946)
11/12. St. Helens County Borough, showing 'development capacity': land suitable for industry or open space, land subject to subsidence (c. 1946)
13. St. Helens County Borough, showing mining subsidence (c. 1946 - 1949)
14. St. Helens County Borough and Whiston Rural District, with areas sought from Whiston coloured (1943, with handwritten note 1946-47)
15. Local authorities across the Liverpool region and their spheres of influence (1943)
16. Local authorities across the Liverpool region, with areas to be transferred to Liverpool and St. Helens (c. 1943 - 1947) |