What is County borough?
A '''county borough''' was a type of local government district in England until abolished in 1974. Local government powers were divided between [[county council]]s and [[urban district|urban]] or [[rural district]]s. For example: rural districts may not be able to maintain footpaths or street lighting because of their size. Urban districts were based in a town and were able handle these jobs. Schools were the responsibility of county councils because districts were too small to run all types of schools themselves. A county borough was a town big enough to run all its own local government, so the local county council had no power inside the county borough. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Political systems]] [[Category:Local government in England]] [[Category:1974 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:20th-century disestablishments in England]]