This is a list of former administrative divisions in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Former district councils
Caradon Carrick Kerrier North Cornwall Penwith Restormel
Former urban/rural districts and municipal boroughs Municipal boroughs existed from 1835 and urban and rural districts existed from 1894 as the middle level of local government. Urban and rural districts were created through the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) to provide administration as a subdivision of administrative counties; civil parishes within the districts formed the lowest level of local government. Elected municipal boroughs were created under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but had their roots from mediaeval times, established as municipal corporations.Albert Shaw, Municipal Government in Great Britain, in Political Science Quarterly, Vol4, No.2, June 1889, pp. 197-229
These were all abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, to form the new non-metropolitan districts, six in Cornwall. Although districts and boroughs were created and abolished between these periods, as well as undergoing boundary changes after various reviews. This is a list of all the districts and boroughs that existed between these times.A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
District Creation date Abolition date Notes Bodmin Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Bodmin Rural District 1894 1934 Abolished to create Wadebridge Rural District as well as enlarging others Bude-Stratton Urban District 1900 1974 Callington Urban District 1901 1934 Calstock Rural District 1894 1934 Camborne Urban District 1894 1934 Abolished to create Camborne–Redruth Urban District Camborne–Redruth Urban District 1934 1974 Created from the abolition of Camborne Urban District, Helston Rural District, Redruth Rural District and Redruth Urban District Camelford Rural District 1894 1974 East Kerrier Rural District 1894 1934 Abolished to create Kerrier Rural District and enlarge others Falmouth Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Fowey Municipal Borough 1913 1968 Abolished to create St Austell with Fowey Municipal Borough Hayle Urban District 1894 1934 Helston Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Helston Rural District 1894 1934 Abolished to create Camborne–Redruth Urban District and Kerrier Rural District and enlarging another Holsworthy Rural District 1894 1934 (Cornwall) Was in both counties of Cornwall and Devon, but after the single North Tamerton civil parish was transferred to Stratton Rural District in 1934 it fell fully within Devon. The district in Devon was abolished in 1974 Isles of Scilly Rural District 1890 1974 Unitary authority Kerrier Rural District 1934 1974 Created from the abolition of East Kerrier Rural District, Helston Rural District and Redruth Rural District Launceston Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Launceston Rural District 1894 1974 Liskeard Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Liskeard Rural District 1894 1974 Looe Urban District 1898 1974 Lostwithiel Municipal Borough 1885 1968 Abolished to create enlarged St Austell Rural District Ludgvan Urban District 1894 1934 Madron Urban District 1894 1934 Newquay Urban District 1894 1974 Padstow Urban District 1894 1968 Abolished to create enlarged Wadebridge Rural District Paul Urban District 1894 1934 Abolished to enlarge Penzance Municipal Borough and West Penwith Rural District Penryn Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Penzance Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Phillack Urban District 1894 1934 Redruth Rural District 1894 1934 Abolished to create Camborne–Redruth Urban District and Kerrier Rural District and enlarge others Redruth Urban District 1894 1934 Abolished to create Camborne–Redruth Urban District Saltash Municipal Borough 1885 1974 St Austell Rural District 1894 1974 St Austell with Fowey Municipal Borough 1968 1974 Created from the abolition of Fowey Municipal Borough and St Austell Urban District St Columb Major Rural District 1894 1934 Abolished to create Wadebridge Rural District and enlarge others St Germans Rural District 1894 1974 St Ives Municipal Borough 1835 1974 St Just Urban District 1897 1974 Stratton Rural District 1894 1974 Torpoint Urban District 1904 1974 Truro Municipal Borough 1835 1974 Truro Rural District 1894 1974 Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District 1968 1974 Created from the abolition of Padstow Urban District and Wadebridge Rural District Wadebridge Rural District 1934 1968 Created from the abolition of Bodmin Rural District, St Columb Major Rural District and Wadebridge Urban District. Abolished to create Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District Wadebridge Urban District 1898 1934 Abolished to create Wadebridge Rural District West Penwith Rural District 1894 1974
See also
List of civil parishes in Cornwall (pre-2009) Hundreds of Cornwall
References