Blackrod 1872-2008

Blackrod

Blackrod was a township and village in the Union and County Court District of Wigan, the rural deanery of Bolton, the Diocese of Manchester and the Hundred of Salford.

The township or civil parish was in Lancashire and the ecclesiastical parish was in Bolton le Moors.

Blackrod Local Board of Health

A Local Board of Health for the township of Blackrod in the Parish of Bolton and the Wigan Poor Law Union was formed in 1872.

Blackrod Urban District

Blackrod Urban District Council was established in 1894.

Badge of the Chairman of Blackrod Urban District Council, now worn by the Deputy Mayor of Blackrod. Click for larger image

Bolton Metropolitan Borough

The whole of Blackrod became part of Bolton Metropolitan Borough in 1974.

Blackrod Town Council

Blackrod Town Council was also created in 1974 and each year elects its own Town Mayor.

Chairmen of Blackrod Local Board

Chairmen of Blackrod Urban District Council

Mayors of Blackrod

1974   George Arthur Gardiner 1974   James Kenneth Vickers 1975   Graham Farrington 1976   Reginald Winstanley 1977   Constance Mary Everin 1978   Robert Ratcliffe 1979   Joseph Jolley 1980   John Raymond Birchall Barrow 1981   Graham Farrington 1982   Constance Mary Everin 1983   Robert Ratcliffe 1984   Josephine Ida Johnson 1985   Lancelot Watkinson 1986   John Raymond Birchall Barrow 1987   Graham Farrington 1988   Eric Johnson 1989   Frank Woods 1990   Robert Ratcliffe 1991   Lucy Patricia Barrow 1992   John Monaghan 1993   Eric Johnson 1994   Josephine Ida Johnson 1995   Adrian Roy Mather 1996   Lucy Patricia Barrow 1997   John Monaghan 1998   Beryl Monaghan 1999   Marlene Winward 2000   Beryl Monaghan 2001   Lucy Patricia Barrow 2002   John William Seddon 2003   Michael Hollick 2004   Beryl Monaghan 2005   Keith John Edward Bowes 2006   Isabel Alice Seddon 2007   Ian Badon Hamilton2008   Marlene Winward

CONSERVATIVE

LABOUR

LIBERAL / LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

INDEPENDENT