| Most of the functions of the MCCs passed either to the metropolitan borough councils, or to joint boards. |
| On the Bolton boundary in north of the borough in Little Hulton, Eaton Transmissions closed in 2006, with production moving to Tczew in Poland. |
| On the canal's banks, just outside the borough, the world's first industrial estate was created at Trafford Park. |
| York is an ancient borough, and was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to form a municipal borough. |
| Petitions challenging the enclosures were presented by the Corporation of Leicester and borough residents to the King and Privy Council. |
| In November 1928, as the beneficiaries of this revulsion, the Liberals made a clean sweep of every seat on the borough council. |
