Wells Rural District

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Wells Rural District
Area
  191158,119 acres (235.20 km2) [1]
  196157,175 acres (231.38 km2) [1]
Population
  191110,633 [2]
  196110,577 [2]
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1974
Status Rural district
   HQ Wells

Wells was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.

It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, taking over the responsibilities of the former Wells Rural Sanitary District. Each parish elected one or more councillors: [3]

ParishRural District Councillors
Baltonsborough 2
Butleigh 2
Chewton Mendip 2
Dinder 1
Meare 2
North Wootton 1
Priddy 1
Rodney Stoke 1
Sharpham 1
St Cuthbert Out 3
Walton 1
West Pennard 2
Westbury 1
Wookey 2

In 1904 the parish of Godney was formed from part of the parish of Meare. [4] [5]

Wells Rural District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 when it became part of Mendip district.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area". Wells Rural District. Britain Through Time. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Population". Wells Rural District. Britain Through Time. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  3. "District and Parish Council Elections" . Wells Journal . 29 November 1894. Retrieved 2 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Administrative unit Wells RD". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. "Godney Chapelry/Civil Parish". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

Further reading

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