Knighton Rural District

Coordinates: 52°20′42″N 3°03′04″W / 52.345°N 3.051°W / 52.345; -3.051

Knighton

Area
  1911 88,872 acres (359.65 km2)
  1931 88,872 acres (359.65 km2)
  1961 88,872 acres (359.65 km2)
Population
  1901 4,856
  1931 3,955
  1971 2,595
History
  Origin Sanitary district
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by Radnorshire
Status Rural district
Government

Knighton Rural District Council

  HQ Knighton
Subdivisions
  Type Civil parishes

Knighton was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Radnorshire, Wales.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894, when the existing Knighton Rural Sanitary District was divided into three: the section in Herefordshire was reconstituted as Wigmore Rural District, that in Shropshire as Teme Rural District, while the remaining section in Radnorshire became Knighton Rural District.[1] The rural district council was based in the town of Knighton which was a separate urban district.

The rural district comprised seventeen civil parishes:[2]

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, which completely reorganised local administration in England and Wales. Its area became part of the District of Radnor in the new county of Powys.

References

  1. Census of England and Wales 1901, County Report, Radnorshire
  2. "Relationships / unit history of Knighton". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
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