{{coord, 50.645, -4.380, display=title, region:GB_scale:20000 Broadwoodwidger was a

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

in the administrative county of

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

from 1894 to 1966, northeast of Launceston. The district consisted of part of the Launceston rural sanitary district in

. The remainder of the sanitary district became Launceston Rural District in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

. The rural district comprised six

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

es: *

Broadwoodwidger Broadwoodwidger is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 548. The village is just to the north of the A30 road, and is about eight miles east of Launceston in ...

* Northcott * North Petherwin *

St Giles on the Heath St Giles on the Heath, sometimes hyphenated as St Giles-on-the-Heath, is a village and civil parish in the far west of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge. The village is in the east of the parish and lies o ...

* Virginstow * Werrington Part of the rural district lay west of the River Tamar, forming a salient surrounded by

on three sides. The county boundary was realigned when the district was abolished in 1966, with two parishes, North Petherwin and the majority of Werrington being transferred to

with the remaining four parishes remaining in

and passing to the Holsworthy Rural District.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230555/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10061817&c_id=10001043 History of Devon Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of England