Ludlow Rural District
Coordinates: 52°22′16″N 2°43′16″W / 52.371°N 2.721°W Ludlow was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the Ludlow rural sanitary district. It was enlarged in 1934 under a County Review Order by taking in the disbanded Burford Rural District and parts of the and . Church Stretton, formerly an urban district was added to the district in 1966. Then in 1967 it absorbed the municipal borough of Ludlow, which became a rural borough within the rural district.[1]
The district (and rural borough of Ludlow) was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was merged to form part of the South Shropshire district.[2]
References[]
- ^ Ludlow Rural District at Vision of Britain Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 January 2006.
- ^ S.I. 1972/2039 (HMSO)
Categories:
- History of Shropshire
- Local government in Shropshire
- Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
- Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
- Rural districts of England
- Ludlow