County borough 1891 census 1901 census 1911 census 1921 census
Area Population Area Population Area Population Area Population
Barrow in Furness 10,987 acres (44.46 km2) 51,712 11,023 acres (44.61 km2) 57,586 a11 p11 a21 p21
Bath 3,382 acres (13.69 km2) 51,844 3,382 acres (13.69 km2) 49,839 a11 p11 a21 p21
Birkenhead 3,849 acres (15.58 km2) 99,857 3,848 acres (15.57 km2) 110,915 a11 p11 a21 p21
Birmingham 12,705 acres (51.42 km2) 478,113 12,639 acres (51.15 km2) 522,204 a11 p11 a21 p21
Blackburn 6,974 acres (28.22 km2) 120,064 6,978 acres (28.24 km2) 127,626 a11[1] p11 a21 p21
Bolton 2,357 acres (9.54 km2) 115,002 15,279 acres (61.83 km2)[2] 168,215 a11 p11 a21 p21
Bootle 1,595 acres (6.45 km2) 49,217 1,576 acres (6.38 km2) 58,556 a11 p11 a21 p21
Bournemouth County Borough 1900 2,610 acres (10.6 km2) 47,003 a11[3] p11 a21 p21
Bradford 10,791 acres (43.67 km2) 216,361 22,879 acres (92.59 km2) 279,767 a11 p11 a21 p21
Brighton 2,529 acres (10.23 km2) 115,873 2,536 acres (10.26 km2) 123,478 a11 p11 a21 p21
Bristol 4,461 acres (18.05 km2) 221,578 11,705 acres (47.37 km2)[4] [5] 328,945 17,460 acres (70.7 km2)[6] 357,048 a21 p21
Burnley 3,923 acres (15.88 km2) 87,016 4,005 acres (16.21 km2) 97,043 a11 p11 a21 p21
Burton upon Trent County Borough 1901 4,202 acres (17.00 km2) 50,386 a11 p11 a21 p21
Bury 6,028 acres (24.39 km2) 57,212 5,907 acres (23.90 km2) 58,029 a11 p11 a21 p21
Canterbury 3,971 acres (16.07 km2) 28,052 3,976 acres (16.09 km2) 24,899 a11 p11 a21 p21
Cardiff 6,064 acres (24.54 km2) 128,915 6,373 acres (25.79 km2) 164,333 a11 p11 a21 p21
Chester 2,960 acres (12.0 km2) 37,105 2,862 acres (11.58 km2) 38,309 a11 p11 a21 p21
Coventry 3,093 acres (12.52 km2) 52,724 4,149 acres (16.79 km2) 69,978 a11 p11 a21 p21
Croydon 9,012 acres (36.47 km2) 102,695 9,012 acres (36.47 km2) 133,895 a11 p11 a21 p21
Derby 3,450 acres (14.0 km2) 94,196 3,449 acres (13.96 km2) 105,912 a11 p11 a21 p21
Devonport 1,760 acres (7.1 km2) 54,803 3,044 acres (12.32 km2)[7] 70,437 a11 p11 a21 p21
Dudley 3,615 acres (14.63 km2) 45,740 3,546 acres (14.35 km2) 48,733 a11 p11 a21 p21
Exeter 1,883 acres (7.62 km2) 37,404 3,168 acres (12.82 km2)[8] 47,185 a11[9] p11 a21 p21
Gateshead 3,138 acres (12.70 km2) 85,692 3,132 acres (12.67 km2) 109,888 a11 p11 a21 p21
Gloucester 1,437 acres (5.82 km2) 39,444 2,315 acres (9.37 km2) 47,955 2,318 acres (9.38 km2) 50,035 a21 p21
Great Yarmouth 3,567 acres (14.44 km2) 49,334 3,568 acres (14.44 km2) 51,316 a11 p11 a21 p21
Grimsby 2,832 acres (11.46 km2) 51,984 2,852 acres (11.54 km2) 63,138 a11 p11 a21 p21
Halifax 8,530 acres (34.5 km2) 89,832 13,967 acres (56.52 km2) 104,936 a11[10] p11 a21 p21
Hanley 1,768 acres (7.15 km2) 54,946 1,767 acres (7.15 km2) 61,599 a11 p11 a21 p21
Hastings 1,822 acres (7.37 km2) 52,223 4,495 acres (18.19 km2) 65,528 a11 p11 a21 p21
Huddersfield 11,852 acres (47.96 km2) 95,420 11,859 acres (47.99 km2) 95,047 a11 p11 a21 p21
Ipswich 8,110 acres (32.8 km2) 57,360 8,112 acres (32.83 km2) 66,630 a11 p11 a21 p21
Kingston upon Hull 8,226 acres (33.29 km2) 200,044 8,989 acres (36.38 km2) 240,259 a11 p11 a21 p21
Leeds 21,572 acres (87.30 km2) 367,505 21,596 acres (87.40 km2) 428,968 a11 p11 a21 p21
Leicester 8,586 acres (34.75 km2) 174,624 8,586 acres (34.75 km2) 211,579 a11 p11 a21 p21
Lincoln 3,747 acres (15.16 km2) 41,491 3,755 acres (15.20 km2) 48,784 a11 p11 a21 p21
Liverpool 6,552 acres (26.52 km2) 517,980 13,239 acres (53.58 km2) 684,958 a11[11] p11 a21 p21
Manchester 12,911 acres (52.25 km2) 505,368 12,935 acres (52.35 km2) 543,872 a11 p11 a21 p21
Middlesbrough 2,824 acres (11.43 km2) 75,532 2,685 acres (10.87 km2) 91,302 a11 p11 a21 p21
Newcastle-on-Tyne 5,371 acres (21.74 km2) 186,300 5,355 acres (21.67 km2) 215,328 a11 p11 a21 p21
Newport 4,468 acres (18.08 km2) 54,707 4,431 acres (17.93 km2) 67,270 a11 p11 a21 p21
Northampton 1,311 acres (5.31 km2) 61,012 3,469 acres (14.04 km2) 87,021 a11 p11 a21 p21
Norwich 7,558 acres (30.59 km2) 100,970 7,556 acres (30.58 km2) 111,733 a11 p11 a21 p21
Nottingham 10,935 acres (44.25 km2) 213,877 10,935 acres (44.25 km2) 239,743 a11 p11 a21 p21
Oldham 4,730 acres (19.1 km2) 131,468 4,736 acres (19.17 km2) 137,246 a11 p11 a21 p21
Oxford 4,714 acres (19.08 km2) 45,742 4,719 acres (19.10 km2) 49,336 a11 p11 a21 p21
Plymouth 1,540 acres (6.2 km2) 84,248 2,370 acres (9.6 km2)[12] 107,636 a11 p11 a21 p21
Portsmouth 4,320 acres (17.5 km2) 159,251 5,010 acres (20.3 km2) 188,133 a11 p11 a21 p21
Preston 4,089 acres (16.55 km2) 107,573 3,971 acres (16.07 km2) 112,989 a11 p11 a21 p21
Reading 5,878 acres (23.79 km2) 60,054 5,876 acres (23.78 km2) 72,217 a11 p11 a21 p21
Rochdale 4,185 acres (16.94 km2) 71,401 6,446 acres (26.09 km2) 83,114 a11 p11 a21 p21
Rotherham County Borough 1902 a11 p11 a21 p21
St Helens 6,586 acres (26.65 km2) 71,288 7,285 acres (29.48 km2) 84,410 a11 p11 a21 p21
Salford 5,171 acres (20.93 km2) 198,139 5,202 acres (21.05 km2) 220,957 a11 p11 a21 p21
Sheffield 19,651 acres (79.52 km2) 324,243 19,643 acres (79.49 km2) 380,793 a11[13] p11 a21 p21
Southampton 2,004 acres (8.11 km2) 65,325 4,501 acres (18.21 km2) 104,824 a11 p11 a21 p21
South Shields 1,889 acres (7.64 km2) 78,391 2,004 acres (8.11 km2) 97,263 a11[14] p11 a21 p21
Stockport 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) 70,263 2,197 acres (8.89 km2) 78,897 a11[15] p11 a21 p21
Sunderland 2,868 acres (11.61 km2) 131,015 3,357 acres (13.59 km2) 146,077 a11 p11 a21 p21
Swansea 5,087 acres (20.59 km2) 90,349 5,194 acres (21.02 km2) 94,537 a11 p11 a21 p21
Walsall 7,480 acres (30.3 km2) 71,789 7,480 acres (30.3 km2) 86,430 a11 p11 a21 p21
Warrington County Borough 1900 3,058 acres (12.38 km2) 64,242 a11 p11 a21 p21
West Bromwich 5,851 acres (23.68 km2) 59,474 5,860 acres (23.7 km2) 65,175 a11 p11 a21 p21
West Hartlepool County Borough 1902[16] a11 p11 a21 p21
West Ham 4,705 acres (19.04 km2) 204,903 4,683 acres (18.95 km2) 267,358 a11 p11 a21 p21
Wigan 2,188 acres (8.85 km2) 55,013 2,188 acres (8.85 km2) 60,764 a11 p11 a21 p21
Wolverhampton 3,525 acres (14.27 km2) 82,662 3,525 acres (14.27 km2) 94,187 a11 p11 a21 p21
Worcester 3,185 acres (12.89 km2) 42,908 3,185 acres (12.89 km2) 46,624 a11 p11 a21 p21
York 3,591 acres (14.53 km2) 67,004 3,730 acres (15.1 km2) 77,914 a11 p11 a21 p21

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  1. ^ Extended 9 November 1901 to include parts of civil parishes of Livesey and Whitton (Blackburn Corporation Act 1901): extended area and population in 1901:7,418 acres (30.02 km2), 129,216
  2. ^ Borough extended 9 November 1898. Absorbed entire Astley Bridge UD and the bulk of the abolshed Bolton RD (the civil parishes of Breightmet, Darcy Lever, Deane, Great Lever, Heaton, Lostock, Middle Hulton, Smithills and Tonge (Bolton, Turton, and Westhoughton Extension Act 1898).
  3. ^ Extended 9 November 1901 to include Pokesdown and Winton Urban Districts and parts of the civil parishes of Holdenhurst and Southbourne (Local Government Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (No.7) Act 1901): area and population of extended borough in 1901: 5,769 acres (23.35 km2), 59,702
  4. ^ 9 November 1896: extended by the Bristol Corporation Act 1895: parts of the civil parishes of Easton in Gordano and Shirehampton
  5. ^ 9 November 1898: Absorbed St George UD, Stapleton UD, parts of the civil parishes of Horfield, Brislington, Bedminster, Long Ashton, Easton in Gordano, Portbury and Portishead (Bristol Corporation Act 1897)
  6. ^ Extended to include parts of the civil parishes of Henbury and Shirehampton on 1 October 1901 and 1 October 1902 (Bristol Corporation Docks and Railways Act 1901, Bristol Corporation 1902). Area and population of extended borough in 1901:11,976 acres (48.47 km2), 329,366. Absorbed Horfield UD 9 November 1904.
  7. ^ 9 November 1898: Extended to include parts of Pennycross and St Budeaux CPs, Devon by Devonport Extension Act 1898
  8. ^ 9 November 1900: Absorbed St. Thomas the Apostle UD, Devon under Exeter Corporation Act 1900
  9. ^ 9 November 1913: Absorbed the built-up area of Heavitree UD, Devon under Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No.11) Act 1913. Remainder of UD distributed among CPs in St. Thomas Rural District.
  10. ^ Borough extended 9 November 1902 by addition of part of Greetland UD. Area and population of extended borough in 1901:13,983 acres (56.59 km2), 104,944
  11. ^ Borough extended 9 November 1902 to include Garston UD. Area and population of extended borough in 1901:14,012 acres (56.70 km2), 702,247
  12. ^ 9 November 1896: Extended to include the built up area (Mannamead) of Compton Gifford UD, Devon under the Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No.15) Act 1896. The UD was abolished, with the remainder becoing a CP in Plympton St. Mary Rural District. Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall 1902, p.455
  13. ^ Borough extended 31 October 1901 by addition of parts of Handsworth UD, parts of civil parishes of Ecclesfield, Bradfield, Tinsley, Catcliffe, Norton and Beauchief (Sheffield Corporation Act 1900). Area and population of extended borough in 1901:23,052 acres (93.29 km2), 409,070
  14. ^ Borough extended 9 November 1901 to include part of civil parish of Harton (Local Government Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (No.7) Act 1901). Area and population of extended borough in 1901:2,899 acres (11.73 km2), 100,858
  15. ^ 9 November 1911: extended to include Reddish UD, most of Heaton Norris UD, parts of Stockport Rural District, Bredbury and Romiley UD, Cheadle and Gatley UD, Hazel Grove and Bramhall UD. Area and population of extended borough in 1901:5,492 acres (22.23 km2), 93,832
  16. ^ 1 October 1902 (Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No.12) Act 1902)