Bredbury and Romiley Urban District was abolished in 1974, with the area becoming part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

In 1902, the urban district was enlarged on the abolition of the neighbouring township of Brinnington (which had ceded much of its territory to the borough of Stockport the previous year).

[5] The urban district council established offices at School Brow; the building was in the parish of Bredbury, but close to the border with Romiley.

[8] The socialist activist Christopher Thomas Douthwaite was a member of Bredbury and Romiley Urban District Council from 1911 to 1947.

[11] Bredbury and Romiley Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.