Limehurst Rural District

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Limehurst
Area
  19114,775 acres (19.32 km2)
  19513,085 acres (12.48 km2)
Population
  190110,341
  19518,447
History
  Origin Rural sanitary district
  Created1894
  Abolished1954
  Succeeded by County Borough of Oldham
Municipal Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne
Droylsden Urban District
Failsworth Urban District
Municipal Borough of Mossley
Lees Urban District
Status Rural district
GovernmentLimehurst Rural District Council
   HQ Ashton-under-Lyne
Subdivisions
  Type Civil parishes

Limehurst was, from 1894 to 1954, a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.

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History

Ashton-under-Lyne Rural Sanitary District was created in 1872 and included parishes in both Cheshire and Lancashire. [1] The Local Government Act 1894 redesignated rural sanitary districts as rural districts, and where they crossed county boundaries they were generally divided. Accordingly, the area of Ashton RSD was divided with the Lancashire parishes forming Limehurst Rural District and the Cheshire parishes becoming Tintwistle Rural District. [1]

Over time the rural district became increasingly urbanised, and it lost areas to surrounding boroughs and urban districts in 1914, 1935 and 1951. In 1954 the district was abolished, with its area passing to five neighbouring towns. [2]

Parishes

The rural district originally consisted of seven parishes: [1]

Six of the parishes formed an area bounded to the north by Failsworth and Oldham and to the south by Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley and Droylsden. The parish of Crossbank formed an exclave, lying to the north of Lees Urban District. [3]

Contraction and abolition

The rural district was altered as follows: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume II: Northern England, London, 1991
  2. 1 2 "Relationships / unit history of Limehurst". Vision of Britain. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  3. "Limehurst RD: Historical Boundaries". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 23 July 2008.[ dead link ]

Coordinates: 53°28′N2°10′W / 53.46°N 2.17°W / 53.46; -2.17