Seaton Valley Urban District

Seaton Valley was an urban district in Northumberland, England, from 1935 to 1974, at which point it was split between the districts of North Tyneside and Blyth Valley.^[1]

Seaton Valley Urban District
Seaton Valley highlighted in Northumberland in 1971
Area
• 1961	12,480 acres (50.5 km2)
• Coordinates	55.08°N 1.55°W / 55.08; -1.55
Population
• 1961	26,095
History
• Preceded by	Cramlington Urban District Earsdon Urban District Seaton Delaval Urban District Seghill Urban District
• Origin	Local Government Act 1929
• Succeeded by	Blyth Valley North Tyneside
Status	Urban district
History
• Established	1 April 1935 (1935-04-01)
• Disestablished	31 March 1974 (1974-03-31)
Contained within
• County	Northumberland
• Police force	Northumberland Constabulary
• Passenger Transport Area	Tyneside PTE

It was created by a County Review Order in 1935 from various urban districts near the North Sea coast, particularly Cramlington, most of Earsdon, Seaton Delaval, and Seghill. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it was abolished on 1 April 1974, with the wards of Backworth, Earsdon and Shiremoor going to the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, and the rest going to Blyth Valley in Northumberland.

After the abolition of Blyth Valley district in 2008, a Seaton Valley parish was created. The boundaries of this parish are not identical to the old urban district - excluding Cramlington but including the part of the former borough of Whitley Bay to be included in Blyth Valley in 1974 (Hartley and Seaton Sluice).

References

1. "Seaton Valley UD". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 20 January 2009.