East Dean Rural District Explained

East Dean Rural District (East Dean and United Parishes Rural District from 1894 to 1935)
Government:	East Dean Rural District Council
Start:	1894
End:	1974
Motto:	VELUT SILVA FLOREAT (May she flourish as the forest)
Arms:
Populationfirst:	19,952
Populationfirstyear:	1911
Areafirst:	28626acres
Areafirstyear:	1911/1931
Densityfirstyear:	1911
Populationsecond:	19,915
Populationsecondyear:	1931
Areasecondyear:	1931
Densitysecondyear:	1931
Populationlast:	30,476
Populationlastyear:	1961
Arealast:	30476acres
Arealastyear:	1961
Densitylastyear:	1961

East Dean and United Parishes Rural District, later renamed East Dean Rural District, was a rural district in Gloucestershire, England from 1894 to 1974. It included a number of civil parishes, including East Dean, and was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935.^[1]

It included the following civil parishes:

• Abenhall (1894–1935); abolished as a civil parish to become part of Mitcheldean
• Awre (1935–1974); previously an urban district
• Blaisdon
• Bulley (1894–1935); abolished as a civil parish to become part of Churcham
  • Churcham Cinderford (1953–1974); formed from part of East Dean civil parish
• East Dean (1894–1953)
  • part split off in 1935 to form new parish of Lydbrook and transferred to West Dean Rural District
  • abolished as a civil parish in 1953 to create Cinderford, Drybrook and Ruspidge; parts to Awre, Littledean and Mitcheldean
• Drybrook (1953–1974); formed from part of East Dean civil parish
• Flaxley (1894–1935); abolished as a civil parish to become part of Blaisdon
• Huntley
• Littledean
• Longhope
• Mitcheldean
• Minsterworth (1894–1953); transferred to Gloucester Rural District^[1]
• Ruardean
• Ruspidge (1953–1974); formed from part of East Dean civil parish

The district was abolished in 1974 when its former area became part of the Forest of Dean district, under the Local Government Act 1972.

Notes and References

1. Book: Youngs, Frederic . Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England . I: Southern England . 1979 . . London . 0-901050-67-9.