Chorley_Rural_District

Chorley Rural District

Chorley Rural District

Rural district in Lancashire, England (1894–1974)

Chorley Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974.

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The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Chorley Rural Sanitary District.[2][3] It comprised an area surrounding but did not include the Municipal Borough of Chorley.[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the rural district was abolished in 1974 and its former area became part of the non-metropolitan Borough of Chorley.

Parishes

The district consisted of twenty-two civil parishes:[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Young, Robert. "Pre-1974 Civic Heraldry of Lancashire". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Chorley RD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Chorley RSD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. [4]
    Croston Urban District was abolished in 1934 and became a civil parish of the Chorley Rural District.
  5. [5]
    Duxbury was abolished in 1934 and two-thirds of its area became part the Municipal Borough of Chorley, with the other one-third became part of Coppull and Heath Charnock.
  6. [6]
    Also known as Welsh Whittle. It was abolished in 1934 and become part of Charnock Richard.

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