en Tarvin Rural District

Tarvin
Tarvin
	; Tarvin RD within Cheshire in 1970
Area
• 1911	56,874 acres (230.16 km2)
• 1931	56,871 acres (230.15 km2)
• 1961	62,593 acres (253.30 km2)
Population
• 1901	12,614
• 1931	13,279
• 1971	18,152
History
• Origin	Sanitary district
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Chester
Status	Rural district
Government	Tarvin Rural District Council
• HQ	Tarvin House, Tower Wharf, Chester
Subdivisions
• Type	Civil parishes

Tarvin was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England. The district was named after the village of Tarvin, and saw considerable boundary changes throughout its life.^[1]

Creation

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to Tarvin Rural Sanitary District. It initially consisted of the following civil parishes:^[2]

1936 boundary changes

In 1936 the boundaries of the rural district were substantially altered under a county review order. It lost large parts to Chester Rural District, but also absorbed most of the disbanded Malpas Rural District.

10,746 acres (43.49 km²) (Aldford, Barrow, Buerton, Churton by Aldford, Churton Heath, Guilden Sutton, Huntington, Lea Newbold, Rowton, and Saighton) passed to Chester RD
233 acres (0.94 km²) to Nantwich Rural District
11 acres (0.045 km²) to Hoole Urban District
16,712 acres (67.63 km²) were received from Malpas RD.^[1]^[2]

The following parishes were added to the district:

Abolition

The Local Government Act 1972 completely reorganised council boundaries throughout England and Wales. On 1 April 1974 Tarvin Rural District was merged with the city and county borough of Chester and the Chester Rural District to form the new non-metropolitan district of Chester.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Relationships / unit history of Tarvin RD". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Vol. II Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-127-0.

53°11′42″N 2°46′01″W / 53.195°N 2.767°W / 53.195; -2.767

[vob-1] "Relationships / unit history of Tarvin RD". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

[youngs-2] Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Vol. II Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-127-0.

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