Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is named after its largest town Bolton, but covers a far larger area including six smaller towns and a number of villages around the West Pennine Moors. The Arms of Bolton Metropolitan Borough are a pun on the word Bolton, as they depict an arrow (a "bolt") passing through a crown (a "tun"). The metropolitan borough w... more

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is named after its largest town Bolton, but covers a far larger area including six smaller towns and a number of villages around the West Pennine Moors. The Arms of Bolton Metropolitan Borough are a pun on the word Bolton, as they depict an arrow (a "bolt") passing through a crown (a "tun"). The metropolitan borough was formed on April 1, 1974, by the merger of the County Borough of Bolton and the following districts from the administrative county of Lancashire: Horwich, Westhoughton and Blackrod are now constituted as civil parishes. The parishes of Horwich and Westhoughton have the status of town councils. The rest of the metropolitan borough, Bolton, Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Lever, and South Turton, have remained unparished areas since 1974. According to the 2005 estimates, of the 262,600 people living in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, the following... less