Chester Rural District
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| Chester | |
|---|---|
.svg) Chester RD within Cheshire in 1970 | |
| Area | |
| • 1911 | 34,266 acres (138.67 km2) |
| • 1961 | 43,824 acres (177.35 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 10,908 |
| • 1971 | 34,686 |
| History | |
| • Origin | Sanitary district |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | Chester |
| Status | Rural district |
| Government | Chester Rural District Council |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Civil parishes |
Chester was a rural district of Cheshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was located near the city and county borough of Chester but did not include it. The district saw various boundary changes throughout its life.[1] It included the small civil parish of Chester Castle, an exclave of the rural district within the boundaries of the county borough of Chester.
The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to Chester Rural Sanitary District. It initially consisted of the following civil parishes:[2]
- Bache
- Backford
- Blacon cum Crabwall
- Bridge Trafford
- Capenhurst
- Caughall
- Chester Castle
- Chorlton by Backford
- Christleton
- Claverton
- Croughton
- Dodleston
- Dunham on the Hill
- Eaton
- Eccleston
- Elton
- Great Boughton
- Great Saughall
- Great Stanney †
- Hapsford
- Hoole Village
- Ince ¶
- Lea by Backford
- Little Saughall
- Little Stanney
- Littleton
- Lower Kinnerton
- Marlston cum Lache
- Mickle Trafford
- Mollington Banastre ‡
- Mollington Tarrant ‡
- Moston
- Newton by Chester
- Picton
- Poulton
- Pulford
- Shotwick
- Shotwick Park
- Stanlow
- Stoke
- Thornton le Moors
- Upton by Chester
- Wervin
- Wimbolds Trafford
- Woodbank
‡ In 1901 the two parishes were merged to form a single civil parish of Mollington.[2]
† In 1910 the parish of Great Stanney was removed from the rural district and became part of an enlarged Ellesmere Port and Whitby Urban District.[2]
¶ In 1933 the parish of Ince and part of Thornton le Moors were added to an enlarged Ellesmere Port Urban district.[1]