List of former administrative divisions in Cornwall
This is a list of former administrative divisions in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Former District Councils
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Former urban/rural districts and municipal boroughs
Municipal boroughs existed from 1835 and urban and rural districts existed from 1894 as the middle level of local government. Urban and rural districts were created through the Local Government Act 1894 to provide administration as a subdivision of administrative counties; civil parishes within the districts formed the lowest level of local government. Elected municipal boroughs were created under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but had their roots from mediæval times, established as municipal corporations.[1]
These were all abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, to form the new non-metropolitan districts, six in Cornwall. Although districts and boroughs were created and abolished between these periods, as well as undergoing boundary changes after various reviews.[2] This is a list of all the districts and boroughs that existed between these times.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Albert Shaw, Municipal Government in Great Britain, in Political Science Quarterly, Vol4, No.2, June 1889, pp. 197-229
- ↑ "Local Government Act 1929 (County Reviews): Written Answers (Commons) vol 317 c1912". Hansard 1803 - 2005. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 19 November 1936. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ↑ A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- "Bodmin Municipal Borough".
- "Bodmin Rural District".
- "Bude-Stratton Urban District".
- "Callington Urban District".
- "Calstock Rural District".
- "Camborne Urban District".
- "Camborne-Redruth Urban District".
- "Camelford Rural District".
- "East Kerrier Rural District".
- "Falmouth Municipal Borough".
- "Fowey Municipal Borough".
- "Hayle Urban District".
- "Helston Municipal Borough".
- "Helston Rural District".
- "Holsworthy Rural District".
- "Isles of Scilly Rural District".
- "Kerrier Rural District".
- "Launceston Municipal Borough".
- "Launceston Rural District".
- "Liskeard Municipal Borough".
- "Liskeard Rural District".
- "Looe Urban District".
- "Lostwithiel Municipal Borough".
- "Ludgvan Urban District".
- "Madron Urban District".
- "Newquay Urban District".
- "Padstow Urban District".
- "Paul Urban District".
- "Penryn Municipal Borough".
- "Penzance Municipal Borough".
- "Phillack Urban District".
- "Redruth Rural District".
- "Redruth Urban District".
- "Saltash Municipal Borough".
- "St Austell Rural District".
- "St Austell with Fowey Municipal Borough".
- "St Columb Major Rural District".
- "St Germans Rural District".
- "St Ives Municipal Borough".
- "St Just Urban District".
- "Stratton Rural District".
- "Torpoint Urban District".
- "Truro Municipal Borough".
- "Truro Rural District".
- "Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District".
- "Wadebridge Rural District".
- "Wadebridge Urban District".
- "West Penwith Rural District".
- ↑ "Holsworthy Rural District (Devon)". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 July 2012.