Cranbrook Rural District

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Cranbrook was a rural district in Kent, England. In 1974 the district was merged into the Borough of Tunbridge Wells. [1]

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.

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The district covered Cranbrook and the surrounding villages of Benenden, Frittenden, Goudhurst, Hawkhurst, Sandhurst and Sissinghurst. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Local Government Boundary Commission for England, Report No 79.
  2. ↑ Vision of Britain, http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10166731/boundary

Coordinates: 51°05′42″N0°31′48″E / 51.094931°N 0.530013°E / 51.094931; 0.530013

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