The Municipal Borough of Brighouse was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1873 to 1974 around the town of Brighouse, covering Clifton, Hipperholme, Hove Edge, Lightcliffe, Rastrick and Southowram.

[1] It incorporated as a municipal borough by amalgamating the local boards of Brighouse, Rastrick, and Hove Edge on 30 September 1893.

[2] Brighouse Town Hall was opened on 16 March 1887 as the seat of local government and was taken over by the borough upon its creation.

The Neoclassical sandstone building was designed by John Lord and is Grade II listed.

The arms are derived from the crests of the Brighouse and Rastrick families who lived in the district in the seventeenth century.