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Urban district in Cheshire, England
Hoylake Urban District
was an
urban district
in
Cheshire
, England. It was formerly known as
West Kirby and Hoylake Urban District
(1894?97), then
Hoylake and West Kirby Urban District
(1897?1933). It was the local authority for the towns of
Hoylake
and
West Kirby
, in the north-west of the
Wirral Peninsula
.
Several
civil parishes
of the disbanded
Wirral Rural District
were added in 1933. These were:
Caldy
,
Frankby
,
Grange
,
Greasby
and part of
Saughall Massie
.
[1]
In 1898
Hoylake Town Hall
opened on Market Street,
Hoylake
.
[2]
After the abolition of the local authority, the building was retained for community use. As of 2024 it is being redeveloped as part of The Beacon project, consisting of apartments, retail units, an arts centre and cinema.
[3]
The coat of arms of Hoylake were granted on 1 November 1960 and included two golf clubs on the shield, representing the
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
.
[4]
On 1 April 1974, under the
Local Government Act 1972
, the urban district was abolished and its area absorbed into the
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
of the metropolitan county of
Merseyside
.
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