New Mills Urban District Explained

New Mills
Symbol Width:160px
Image Map Caption:New Mills UD within Derbyshire in 1970
Start:1894
End:1974
Populationfirst:8,998
Populationfirstyear:1911
Populationlast:8,514
Populationlastyear:1961
Areafirst:5204acres
Areafirstyear:1911
Arealast:5244acres
Arealastyear:1961
Government:New Mills Urban District Council

New Mills was an urban district in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974.[1] [2] It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with the Buxton and Glossop Municipal Boroughs, the Whaley Bridge Urban District and the Chapel en le Frith and Tintwistle Rural Districts to form the new High Peak district.[3]

References

53.367°N -2.007°W

Notes and References

  1. New Mills Urban District . http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10003064 . 2016-06-05.
  2. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991
  3. [wikisource:The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972]