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Bolton Rural District
53°34′44″N 2°25′30″W / 53.579°N 2.425°W
Bolton Rural District was a short-lived rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 and comprised an area surrounding, but not including, the County Borough of Bolton. The district was abolished when the borough was extended in 1898.
The rural district was the successor to the Bolton Rural Sanitary District, which had been created in 1872. Whereas Bolton RSD was governed by a sanitary authority consisting of the local poor law guardians, the rural district was administered by the directly elected Bolton Rural District Council.
The district consisted of seventeen civil parishes:
The district was abolished under the Bolton Turton and Westhoughton Extension Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. ccxlii). Its area was distributed between the county borough and the urban districts of Turton and Westhoughton as follows:
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Bolton Rural District
53°34′44″N 2°25′30″W / 53.579°N 2.425°W
Bolton Rural District was a short-lived rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 and comprised an area surrounding, but not including, the County Borough of Bolton. The district was abolished when the borough was extended in 1898.
The rural district was the successor to the Bolton Rural Sanitary District, which had been created in 1872. Whereas Bolton RSD was governed by a sanitary authority consisting of the local poor law guardians, the rural district was administered by the directly elected Bolton Rural District Council.
The district consisted of seventeen civil parishes:
The district was abolished under the Bolton Turton and Westhoughton Extension Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. ccxlii). Its area was distributed between the county borough and the urban districts of Turton and Westhoughton as follows: