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Salford (/ ˈ s ɒ l f ər d / SOL-fərd), [5] also known as the City of Salford, is a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England.The borough is named after its main settlement, Salford, but covers a larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Pendlebury. [6]
Clifton was a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford in Lancashire. [5] In 1866 Clifton became a separate civil parish, [6] on 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished to form Swinton and Pendlebury, part also went to Kearsley [7] and Clifton became part of the Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury and Kearsley Urban District. [8]
Salford City Council is the local authority for the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.
Salford Civic Centre, formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall, is a municipal building at Chorley Road, in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the administrative headquarters of Salford City Council .
Barton electoral ward within Salford City Council. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire. Barton upon Irwell is currently represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South. [4] Barton-upon-Irwell was formerly a township in the parish of Eccles and a chapelry, [5] in the hundred of Salford. [2]
Eccles (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. [2] It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salford and Eccles. [3] A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 11,499. [1]
When the administrative county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1888, Salford was elevated to become the County Borough of Salford and was, in modern terms, a unitary authority area exempt from the administration of Lancashire County Council. [66]
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