Chorley Rural District Explained

Chorley Rural District
Areafirstyear:	1911
Areafirst:	39,988
Arealastyear:	1961
Arealast:	41,117
Populationfirstyear:	1901
Populationfirst:	19,310
Populationlastyear:	1961
Populationlast:	28,567
Start:	1894
End:	1974
Motto:	Latin: SPECTEMUR AGENDO (Let us be judged by our deeds)^[1]

Chorley Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974.

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Chorley Rural Sanitary District.^{[2] [3]} It comprised an area surrounding but did not include the Municipal Borough of Chorley.^[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the rural district was abolished in 1974 and its former area became part of the non-metropolitan Borough of Chorley.

Parishes

The district consisted of twenty-two civil parishes:^[2]

• • • • • • • • Anderton Anglezarke Bretherton Brindle Charnock Richard Clayton-le-Woods Coppull Croston (from 1934)
  • Cuerdon Duxbury (until 1934)
    • • • • • • • • Eccleston Euxton Heapey Heath Charnock Heskin Hoghton Mawdesley Rivington Ulnes Walton Welch Whittle (until 1934)
• Wheelton
• Whittle-le-Woods

External links

• Boundary Map of Chorley RD (A Vision of Britain through Time)
• Chorley Rural District (The National Archives)

53.6591°N -2.6595°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Young. Robert. Pre-1974 Civic Heraldry of Lancashire. Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. 14 August 2016.
2. Web site: Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Chorley RD: Relationships and changes. A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. 10 August 2016.
3. Web site: Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Chorley RSD: Relationships and changes. A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. 10 August 2016.