West Dean Rural District

West Dean Rural District,
Official Guide, 1960
West Dean Rural District
Area
  1911 21,469 acres (86.88 km2)
  1931 21,470 acres (86.9 km2)
  1961 24,155 acres (97.75 km2)
Population
  1911 13,454
  1931 14,260
  1961 17,576
History
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by Forest of Dean
Status Rural district
Government West Dean Rural District Council

West Dean Rural District was a rural district in Gloucestershire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It comprised a number of civil parishes, including, confusingly, one called West Dean, and gained further territory in 1935.[1]

It was formed from the part of the Monmouth rural sanitary district that was in Gloucestershire (the rest, in Monmouthshire, becoming part of Monmouth Rural District).

It consisted of the following civil parishes, listed with their population in 1961:[1][2]

Coleford parish, gained in 1935, was previously an urban district. The parish of Lydbrook was a new creation; it had previously formed part of the East Dean civil parish and was transferred from the East Dean and United Parishes Rural District.

The district was abolished in 1974 when its former area became part of the Forest of Dean district, under the Local Government Act 1972.

References

  1. 1 2 Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
  2. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Dean Rural District population. Retrieved on 8 March 2010.

Coordinates: 51°46′55″N 2°34′37″W / 51.782°N 2.577°W / 51.782; -2.577

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