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rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

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from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...

as the Clun Rural District, based on the

Clun Clun ( cy, Colunwy) is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2011 census recorded 680 people living in the town.Combined populations for the two output areas covering the tow ...

rural sanitary district. It was enlarged in 1934 under a

County Review Order The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales. The Act abolished the system of poor law unions in England and Wales and their boar ...

by taking in the disbanded

Chirbury Rural District Chirbury was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Montgomery rural sanitary district which was in Shropshire (and England), the Welsh part forming ...

and Teme Rural District. 1967 saw the district renamed 'Clun and Bishop's Castle', when it absorbed the

municipal borough Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in S ...

of Bishop's Castle. Bishop's Castle became a

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within the rural district. The district was abolished in 1974 under the

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, and was merged to form part of the

South Shropshire South Shropshire was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in south west Shropshire, England. South Shropshire was the most rural district of one of the UK's most rural counties, the population of the district was 40,410 in 2001 s ...

district.

Civil parishes

The rural district contained the following

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Bedstone Bedstone is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England, close to the border with Herefordshire. The village is approximately from the railway stations at Hopton Heath and Bucknell and is situated just off the B4367 road. Be ...

(from 1934)† * Bettwys y Crwyn (from 1934)† *Bishop's Castle (Rural Borough) (from 1967) * Bishop's Castle Rural (until 1934) The parish was abolished, partly to create Colebatch CP, remainder absorbed by Lydham CP *

Brompton and Rhiston Brompton and Rhiston was a civil parish in Shropshire, England. In 1987 it merged with Chirbury civil parish to form the present-day civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton. Brompton and Rhiston continues as a parish ward within the new civil parish ...

(from 1934)‡ * Bucknell (from 1934)† *

Chirbury Chirbury () is a village in west Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Vale of Montgomery, close to the Wales–England border ( at its nearest), which is to its north, west and south. The A490 and B4386 routes cross at Chirbury. It is th ...

(from 1934)‡ *

Clunbury Clunbury is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. It is near to the small town of Clun and the villages of Clunton, Purslow and Aston on Clun. In the village is the Norman Church of St Swithin and a Church of England primar ...

* Clungunford * Colebatch (created 1934 from part of Bishop's Castle Rural CP) *

Edgton Edgton is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is also an ecclesiastical parish and a chapelry. It lies in a rather remote and very rural area, south of the River Onny. The nearest market towns are Bishop's Castle, Crav ...

* Hopesay * Hopton Castle *

Llanfair Waterdine Llanfair Waterdine, sometimes written as Llanvair Waterdine and meaning St Mary's Church Waterdine, is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the north side of the River Teme, Teme valley and adjace ...

(from 1934)† * Lydbury North * Lydham *

Mainstone Mainstone is a small village and civil parish in southwest Shropshire, England, near the border with Powys, Wales. The village lies approximately 1 mile northwest of the small village of Cefn Einion. The market town of Bishop's Castle lies some 3 ...

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Myndtown Myndtown (sometimes formerly spelt ''Mindtown'') is a small village and civil parish in rural Shropshire, around 5 miles to the north-east of Bishop's Castle. The village of Myndtown itself lies immediately beneath the slope of the Long Mynd; it ...

* Norbury *

Ratlinghope Ratlinghope ( ) is a hamlet and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 138. It is situated four miles (6 km) west of Church Stre ...

* Shelve * Stowe (from 1934)† *

Wentnor Wentnor is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies to the west of the Long Mynd and between the village and the hill range is the dispersed settlement of Prolly Moor. The village itself is situated atop a hill, which rises to ...

Worthen Worthen is a village in Shropshire, England approximately 13 miles west of Shrewsbury. The village forms part of the Worthen with Shelve civil parish, which includes the hamlet of Little Worthen immediately to the north-east and the villages o ...

(from 1934)‡ †Previously in Teme Rural District ‡Previously in Chirbury Rural District

References

{{reflist Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Shropshire Rural districts of England Local government in Shropshire