Ludlow Rural District

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Coordinates: 52°22′16″N2°43′16″W / 52.371°N 2.721°W / 52.371; -2.721 Ludlow was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974.

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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south. Shropshire Council was created in 2009, a unitary authority taking over from the previous county council and five district councils. The borough of Telford and Wrekin has been a separate unitary authority since 1998 but continues to be included in the ceremonial county.

It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the Ludlow rural sanitary district. It was enlarged in 1934 under a County Review Order by taking in the disbanded Burford Rural District and parts of the Church Stretton Rural District and Cleobury Mortimer Rural District. Church Stretton, formerly an urban district was added to the district in 1966. Then in 1967 it absorbed the municipal borough of Ludlow, which became a rural borough within the rural district.^[1]

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Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England, 28 miles (45 km) south of Shrewsbury and 23 miles (37 km) north of Hereford via the main A49 road, which bypasses the town. With a population of approximately 11,000, Ludlow is the largest town in South Shropshire. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and neighbouring Wales.

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales.

The district (and rural borough of Ludlow) was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was merged to form part of the South Shropshire district.^[2]

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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South Shropshire was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in south west Shropshire, England.

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References

↑ Ludlow Rural District at Vision of Britain Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine .. Accessed 31 January 2006.
↑ S.I. 1972/2039 (HMSO)

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[1] Ludlow Rural District at Vision of Britain Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine .. Accessed 31 January 2006.

[2] S.I. 1972/2039 (HMSO)