Blackrod 1872-1974

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 1872-1894

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 1894-1972

Blackrod Urban District Council was established in 1894.

 

*Insert Badge of the Chairman of Blackrod Urban District Council, now worn by the Deputy Mayor of Blackrod.

 

Bolton Metropolitan Borough 1974

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

 

Blackrod Town Council 1974

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

 

Chairmen + Mayors of Blackrod 1872-2023

Chairmen of Blackrod Local Board

1872    Henry Smith 1873    Benjamin Davies 1874    Benjamin Davies 1875    Benjamin Davies 1876    Benjamin Davies 1877    Benjamin Davies 1878    Benjamin Davies 1879    Benjamin Davies 1880    Benjamin Davies 1881    James Eckersley 1882    James Eckersley 1883    James Eckersley 1884    James Eckersley 1885    James Eckersley 1886    James Eckersley 1887    James Eckersley 1888    James Eckersley 1889    James Eckersley 1890    James Eckersley 1891    James Eckersley 1892    James Eckersley 1893    James Eckersley

Chairmen of Blackrod Urban District Council

1894   James Eckersley 1895   James Eckersley 1896   James Eckersley 1897   James Eckersley 1898   James Eckersley 1899   James Eckersley 1900   James Eckersley 1901   John Unsworth 1902   John Unsworth 1903   John Unsworth 1904   John Unsworth 1905   John Unsworth 1906   John Unsworth 1907   George Worsley Coleman 1908   George Worsley Coleman 1909   George Worsley Coleman 1910   Edward Cherry 1911   Edward Cherry 1912   Edward Cherry 1913   Edward Cherry 1914   Edward Cherry 1915   Edward Cherry 1916   Robert Berry 1917   Robert Berry 1918   Robert Berry 1919   Aaron Helme 1920   Aaron Helme 1921   Aaron Helme 1922   Adam Brindle 1923   Adam Brindle 1924   Adam Brindle 1925   William Metcalfe 1926   William Metcalfe 1927   Albert Worthington 1928   Albert Worthington 1929   Albert Worthington 1930   Ellis Atkinson 1931   Ellis Atkinson 1932   Ellis Atkinson 1933   William Edward Moss 1934   John Kellett 1935   John Kellett 1936   John Kellett 1937   John Kellett 1938   Edward Cherry 1939   Albert Worthington 1940   Thomas Roocroft 1941   Harry Fowles 1942   Joseph Jolley 1943   Thomas Booth 1944   John Pilkington 1945   Rupert Henry Capper 1946   Edward Cherry 1947   Thomas Roocroft 1948   Albert Worthington 1949   Joseph Jolley 1950   Thomas Booth 1951   John Marshall 1952   James Hodge 1953   Thomas Roocroft 1954   Harry Jones 1955   Joseph Jolley 1956   Thomas Booth 1957   Christopher Charles Cutler 1958   James Hodge 1959   Thomas Roocroft (Died in office) 1960   Walter Chadwick 1961   Joseph Jolley 1962   Thomas Booth 1963   Christopher Charles Cutler 1964   John Marshall 1965   Joseph Jolley 1966   John Foster 1967   Christopher Charles Cutler 1968   John Marshall 1969   Joseph Jolley 1970   Reginald Winstanley 1971   Constance Mary Everin 1972   Lancelot Watkinson 1973   George Arthur Gardiner

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 Winward2009   Andrew Bower2010   Isabel Alice Seddon2011   Pat Senior2012   Lucy Patricia Barrow2013   Stephen Laycock2014   Beryl Monaghan2015   Michael Hollick2016   Ann Cunliffe2017   Isabel Alice Seddon2018   Scott Batchelor2019   John Price2021   Nick Bell2022   Susan Baines2023   John Price