Malpas Rural District

Coordinates: 53°01′08″N 2°45′50″W / 53.019°N 2.764°W / 53.019; -2.764

Malpas
Area
  1911 21,406 acres (86.63 km2)
  1931 21,405 acres (86.62 km2)
Population
  1901 4,488
  1931 4,283
History
  Origin Sanitary district
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1936
  Succeeded by Nantwich Rural District, Tarvin Rural District
Status Rural district
Government Malpas Rural District Council
  HQ Malpas
Subdivisions
  Type Civil parishes

Malpas was, from 1894 to 1936, a rural district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England. The district was named after the village of Malpas.[1]

Creation

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 by the division of the existing Whitchurch Rural Sanitary District The Cheshire parishes in the sanitary district became Malpas Rural District, while the remaining area in Shropshire became Whitchurch Rural District. It consisted of the following civil parishes:[2]

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1936 under a county review order. Its area was divided between two neighbouring rural districts. The greater part passed to Tarvin Rural District and the remainder (Marbury cum Quoisley, Norbury and Wirswall parishes) going to Nantwich Rural District.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Relationships / unit history of Malpas RD". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  2. Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. II Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-127-0.
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