Municipal borough

Municipal borough
Map of municipal boroughs in 1971 (named in boldface text), alongside administrative counties, county boroughs, urban districts, rural districts
Category	Local government district
Location	England and Wales, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Found in	Administrative county
Created by	Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (England and Wales) Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 (Ireland)
Created	1835
Abolished by	Local Government Act 1972 (England and Wales) Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (Northern Ireland) Local Government Act 2001 (Republic of Ireland)
Abolished	1974 (England and Wales) 1973 (Northern Ireland) 2002 (Republic of Ireland)
Possible types	County borough Non-county borough
Possible status	City Royal borough
Government	Municipal corporation
Subdivisions	Wards

A municipal borough was a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1836 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in Scotland from 1833 to 1975 with the reform of royal burghs and creation of police burghs.