East Dean Rural District

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East Dean Rural District
(East Dean and United Parishes
Rural District from 1894 to 1935)
Area
  1911/193128,626 acres (115.85 km2)
  196130,476 acres (123.33 km2)
Population
  191119,952
  193119,915
  196130,476
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded by Forest of Dean
Status Rural district
GovernmentEast Dean Rural District Council
   Motto VELUT SILVA FLOREAT
(May she flourish as the forest)
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East Dean and United Parishes Rural District, later renamed East Dean Rural District, was a rural district in Gloucestershire, England from 1894 to 1974. It included a number of civil parishes, including East Dean, and was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935. [1]

It included the following civil parishes:

The district was abolished in 1974 when its former area became part of the Forest of Dean district, under the Local Government Act 1972.

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References

  1. 1 2 Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Vol. I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN   0-901050-67-9.