Carrick ( kw, Karrek) was a
local government district in
Cornwall,
England,
United Kingdom. Its council was based in
Truro.
The main centres of population, industry and commerce were the city of
Truro and the towns of
Falmouth/
Penryn.
The district was created under the
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the
municipal boroughs of
Truro,
Falmouth and
Penryn, and the
Truro Rural District
Truro Rural District was a local government division of Cornwall in England, UK, between 1894 and 1974. Established under the Local Government Act 1894 in 1934, the rural district was enlarged by the abolition of East Kerrier Rural District, ...
.
It was named after the
Carrick Roads, an
inlet
An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Overview
In marine geogra ...
near Falmouth that the rivers
Percuil,
Penryn and
Fal drain into. The district was abolished as part of the
2009 structural changes to local government in England
Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a "two-tier" system of counties and districts. In five s ...
on 1 April.
Parishes
Carrick comprised the following 27 parishes
See also
*
Carrick District Council elections
Carrick was a non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, UK. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not includin ...
References
External links
Carrick CouncilCornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Carrick District Council
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English districts abolished in 2009
Former non-metropolitan districts of Cornwall