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Area Proclamation Privy council Charter
Town and parish of Ramsgate[1] January 28, 1837 February 28, 1837 Refused.
(Town granted a charter under the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 on March 21, 1884)[2]
Town of Devonport and parish of Stoke Dameral[1] January 28, 1837 February 28, 1837 20 October 1837[3]
(Unreformed) Borough of Llanelly[1] January 28, 1837 February 28, 1837 Refused. Unreformed borough continued to exist until 1886.
(Town granted a charter under the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 in 1913)
(Parliamentary) Borough of Birmingham[4] December 11, 1837 January 31, 1838 October 31, 1838[5]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Chatham[6] December 20, 1837 January 31, 1837 Refused.
(Town granted a charter under the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 on November 22, 1890)[7]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Bolton[8] February 1, 1838 March 5, 1838 October 11, 1838
(Parliamentary) Borough of Sheffield[8] February 1, 1838 March 5, 1838 Refused. Made second application in 1841.
(Parliamentary) Borough of Manchester[9] March 21, 1838 May 31, 1838 October 23, 1838[10]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Tynemouth[11] June 23, 1841 August 13, 1841 Refused. Made second application in 1849.
(Parliamentary) Borough of Sheffield[11] June 23, 1841 August 13, 1841 August 31, 1843[12]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Huddersfield[11] June 23, 1841 August 13, 1841 Refused. (Eventually incorporated in 1868)
(Parliamentary) Borough of South Shields[11] June 23, 1841 August 13, 1841 Refused. (Eventually incorporated in 1850)
(Parliamentary) Borough of Salford[13] June 10, 1843 July 24, 1843 April 16, 1844[14]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Bradford[15] February 3, 1845 March 10, 1845 Refused. Made a second application in 1847.
(Unreformed) Borough of Honiton[16] February 19, 1846 June 24, 1846 1846
(Unreformed) Borough of Yeovil[16] February 19, 1846 June 24, 1846 Refused. (Eventually incorporated following the promotion of private act of parliament in passed July 3, 1854)[17] [18]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Warrington[19] July 6, 1846 August 11, 1846 April 3, 1847[20]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Bradford[21] February 4, 1847 March 3, 1847 April 24, 1847
Town and (Parliamentary) Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne[22] April 29, 1847 May 21, 1847 September 29, 1847[23]
Such part of the (Parliamentary) Borough of Wolverhampton as lies in the township of Wolverhampton[24] June 17, 1847 July 22, 1847 March 15, 1848
(Parliamentary) Borough of Halifax[24] June 17, 1847 July 22, 1847 1848
(Parliamentary) Borough of Wakefield[25] July 22, 1847 August 28, 1847 March 15, 1848[26]
Parliamentary Borough of Oldham[27] December 16, 1848 January 20, 1849 June 13, 1849[28]
Parliamentary Borough of Tynemouth[29] January 15, 1849 February 20, 1849 August 6, 1849
Hartlepool[30] June 19, 1850 July 22, 1850 December 5, 1850[31]
South Shields[30] June 19, 1850 July 22, 1850 1850
(Parliamentary) Borough of Blackburn[32] February 3, 1851 March 10, 1851 August 28, 1851[33]
Town of Brighton[34] May 15, 1852 June 21, 1852 Refused. made second application in 1853.
Town of Middlesbrough[34] May 15, 1852 June 21, 1852 January 21, 1853[35]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Brighton[36] June 13, 1853 July 16, 1853 January 19, 1854[37]
(Unreformed) Borough of Aberavon[36] June 13, 1853 July 16, 1853 Refused. Made second application in 1859.
Town and Parliamentary Borough of Rochdale[38] January 30, 1856 March 3, 1856 September 1856[39]
Town of Stalybridge[38] January 30, 1856 March 3, 1856 March 5, 1857[40]
Town of Margate[41] February 25, 1856 March 31, 1856 July 29, 1857
Town of Hanley and Shelton in the Staffordshire Potteries[42] June 24, 1856 July 28, 1856 May 22, 1857[43]
Town of Wrexham 28 November 1856[44] [45] [46] 5 January 1857.. 13 May 1857[47] [46] September 23, 1857[48]
(Unreformed) Borough of Aberavon[49] September 23, 1859 November 5, 1859 July 2, 1861[50]
(Parliamentary) Borough of Burnley[51] November 23, 1860 January 10, 1861 October 24, 1861[52]
(Unreformed) Borough of Hedon 1861[53]
Township of Dewsbury[54] April 16, 1861 May 29, 1861 April 11, 1862[55]
Parliamentary Borough of Reigate[56] August 30, 1862 October 14, 1862 1863
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