Clun and Bishop's Castle Rural District explained

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Clun and Bishop's Castle
Hq:Clun
Start:1894
End:1974
Populationfirst:6,824
Populationlast:8,883
Populationfirstyear:1901
Populationlastyear:1971
Areafirst:82206acres
Arealast:132512acres
Areafirstyear:1901
Arealastyear:1961

Clun and Bishop's Castle was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974.

It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the Clun Rural District, based on the Clun rural sanitary district. It was enlarged in 1934 under a County Review Order by taking in the disbanded Chirbury Rural District and Teme Rural District.[1]

1967 saw the district renamed 'Clun and Bishop's Castle', when it absorbed the municipal borough of Bishop's Castle. Bishop's Castle became a rural borough within the rural district.[2]

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was merged to form part of the South Shropshire district.[3]

Civil parishes

The rural district contained the following civil parishes:[4]

†Previously in Teme Rural District

‡Previously in Chirbury Rural District

Notes and References

  1. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002760 Clun Rural District at Vision of Britain
  2. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=1009914 Clun and Bishop's Castle Rural District at Vision of Britain
  3. HMSO. S.I. 1972/2039
  4. Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume II: Northern England, London, 1991

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