Kingswinford Rural District

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Kingswinford
Area
 • 1911 [1] 5,691 acres (23 km2)
Population
 • 191120,803 [2]
 • 193122,804 [2]
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1934
 • Succeeded by Brierley Hill Urban District
Seisdon Rural District
Status Rural District
GovernmentRural District Council
 •  HQ Kingswinford

Kingswinford Rural District was a rural district in Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1934. [3] It was created by the Local Government Act 1894, and originally consisted of the two parishes of Amblecote and Kingswinford. Amblecote became a separate urban district in 1898, leaving Kingswinford the only parish in the district.

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

Staffordshire County of England

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The district was abolished in 1934 under a County Review Order. Most of the parish was added to the Brierley Hill Urban District, with Prestwood and Ashwood becoming to the parish of Kinver in the Seisdon Rural District. Since 1974, the former now forms a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, whilst the area in Kinver is in the South Staffordshire district.

Local Government Act 1929 local government-related UK parliament act of 1929

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Prestwood is a hamlet now in the parish of Kinver, but in the Kingswinford until the creation of Brierley Hill Urban District in the 1930s.

Neighbourhoods

Wall Heath

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References

  1. ↑ "1911 Census: Population tables". Kingswinford RD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Historical statistics - Population". Kingswinford RD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Kingswinford Rural District at Vision of Britain. Accessed 31 January 2006.

Coordinates: 52°29′N2°10′W / 52.49°N 2.17°W / 52.49; -2.17

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