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Tarvin Rural District

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Status
  
Rural district

Date dissolved
  
1974

Government
  
Tarvin Rural District Council

Tarvin was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England. The district was named after the village of Tarvin, and saw considerable boundary changes throughout its life.

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Creation

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to Tarvin Rural Sanitary District. It initially consisted of the following civil parishes:

1936 boundary changes

In 1936 the boundaries of the rural district were substantially altered under a county review order. It lost large parts to Chester Rural District, but also absorbed most of the disbanded Malpas Rural District.

  • 10,746 acres (43.49 km2) (Aldford, Barrow, Buerton, Churton by Aldford, Churton Heath, Guilden Sutton, Huntington, Lea Newbold, Rowton, and Saighton) passed to Chester RD
  • 233 acres (0.94 km2) to Nantwich Rural District
  • 11 acres (0.045 km2) to Hoole Urban District
  • 16,712 acres (67.63 km2) were received from Malpas RD.

    • The following parishes were added to the district:

    Abolition

    The Local Government Act 1972 completely reorganised council boundaries throughout England and Wales. On 1 April 1974 Tarvin Rural District was merged with the city and county borough of Chester and the Chester Rural District to form the new non-metropolitan district of Chester.

    References

    Tarvin Rural District Wikipedia
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