- Chard Rural District
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Chard Rural District Geography Status Rural district 1911 area 55,236 [1] 1961 area 54,599[1] History Created 1894 Abolished 1974 Demography 1911 population 13,389[2] 1961 population 12,207[2] Chard was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.
It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894.
In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 when it became part of South Somerset.
The parishes that it included were: Ashill, Broadway, Buckland St Mary, Chaffcombe, Chillington, Combe St Nicholas, Cricket Malherbie, Cricket St Thomas, Cudworth, Dinnington, Donyatt, Dowlish Wake, Hinton St George, Ilminster, Ilminster Without, Ilton, Kingstone, Knowle St Giles, Lopen, Merriott, Misterton, Seavington St Mary, Seavington St Michael, Shepton Beauchamp, Stocklinch, Stocklinch Magdalen, Stocklinch Ottersey, Wambrook, Wayford, West Crewkerne, West Dowlish, Whitelackington, Whitestaunton and Winsham.
References
- ^ a b "Area". Chard RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_ACRES&u_id=10001535&c_id=&add=Y. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ a b "Historical statistics Population". Chard RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10001535&c_id=&add=N. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
Categories:- Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
- Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
- History of Somerset
- Local government in Somerset
- Rural districts of England
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