Warsop Urban District

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Warsop
Warsop Urban District, Nottinghamshire (1970).svg
Warsop Urban District shown within Nottinghamshire in 1970.
Area
  19116,183 acres (25.02 km2)
  19617,171 acres (29.02 km2)
Population
  19114,221
  196111,606
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded by Mansfield District
Status Urban District
GovernmentWarsop Urban District Council
   HQ Warsop

Warsop was an Urban District in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. [1] [2] It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

It was enlarged in 1935 when the Sookholme civil parish was transferred to the district.

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with the Municipal Borough of Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse Urban District to form the new Mansfield district.

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References

  1. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Warsop UD . Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  2. F. A. Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991