New Radnor Rural District Explained

New Radnor
Start:1894
End:1974
Government:New Radnor Rural District Council
Divisions:Civil parishes
Populationfirst:2,944
Populationfirstyear:1901
Areafirst:51893acres
Areafirstyear:1911
Populationsecond:2,581
Populationsecondyear:1931
Areasecond:51893acres
Areasecondyear:1931
Populationlast:1,753
Populationlastyear:1971
Arealast:51893acres
Arealastyear:1961

New Radnor was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Radnorshire, Wales.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894, when the existing Kington Rural Sanitary District was divided into two: the section in Herefordshire was reconstituted as Kington Rural District, while the section in Radnorshire became New Radnor Rural District.[1] The new district took its name from the village of New Radnor, at one time a borough and county town of Radnorshire. The council was based in Kington in Herefordshire until the last few years when it was transferred to Presteigne.[2]

The rural district comprised fifteen civil parishes:[3]

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, which completely reorganised local administration in England and Wales. Its area became part of the District of Radnor in the new county of Powys.

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Notes and References

  1. Census of England and Wales 1901, County Report, Radnorshire
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  3. Web site: Relationships / unit history of New Radnor . 2009-02-10 . Vision of Britain . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604054723/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10220543 . 2011-06-04 .