The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888. The 1894 legislation introduced elected councils at district and parish level. The principal effects of the act were: The act also reorganised civil parishes, so that none of them lay in more than one district and hence didn't cross administrative boundaries. More description can be found on the Wikipedia page [1]