Melton and Belvoir Rural District explained

Melton and Belvoir Rural District was a rural district of Leicestershire, England, from 1935 to 1974.

It was formed on 1 April 1935 from the merger of the Melton Mowbray Rural District and the Belvoir Rural District, with part going to Melton Mowbray urban district also.^[1]

On 1 April 1936 there was a significant reorganisation of parishes.^[2]

In 1955 the council bought Warwick Lodge on Dalby Road in Melton Mowbray to serve as its headquarters. The building had been built in 1908 as a large house.^[3]

21 acres of Broughton and Old Dalby were transferred to Upper Broughton in Bingham Rural District, Nottinghamshire, on 1 April 1965.^[4]

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 the district merged with the Melton urban district to form the new non-metropolitan district of Melton.

Notes and References

1. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Melton and Belvoir RD through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District, A Vision of Britain through Time. URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10109231 Date accessed: 14th April 2023
2. M. of H. Order No. 84988. The County of Leicester (Melton and Belvoir RD) (Union of Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1936
3. News: Melton hunting-box may be RDC's headquarters . 31 October 2023 . Leicester Evening Mail . 11 August 1955 . 6.
4. The East Midland Counties Order, 1965