Urban District of Perry Barr

Urban District of Perry Barr, or Perry Barr Urban District was an area of England for local government administrative purposes. As such, it was administered locally by Perry Barr Urban District Council. It took its name from the included hamlet of Perry Barr,[1] which was until then in the parish of Handsworth.[1] It was created in 1894 as a result of the Local Government Act 1894,[2] as a subdivision of the administrative county of Staffordshire, and existed until 1928,[1] when it largely became part of Birmingham,[1] and so also part of the county of Warwickshire.[1] At that time, small parts of the district were granted to the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield,[1] also in Warwickshire, and to West Bromwich[1] (remaining in Staffordshire until 1974). In 1974, Birmingham was taken out of Warwickshire and became part of the West Midlands county.

Perry Barr
Postcard of St John the Evangelist parish church, taken circa 1904
Population
 • 19012,348
 • 19112,403
 • 19212,700
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1928
 • Succeeded byCity of Birmingham
StatusUrban District
GovernmentUrban District Council

The district included areas which today are known as:

The area is still considered to be in the Staffordshire vice-county for wildlife recording purposes.

References
  1. 'The City of Birmingham', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7, the City of Birmingham, ed. W B Stephens (London, 1964), pp. 1-3. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol7/pp1-3 [accessed 3 February 2017].
  2. Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)
  3. "Staffordshire Place Guide - Handsworth". Staffordshire County Council. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

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