Newent Rural District
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Newent Rural District was a district in
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...
, England. It was founded in 1894 and was abolished on 1 April 1974 to form the
Forest of Dean The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the n ...
non-metropolitan district.


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Rural districts of England Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Gloucestershire Forest of Dean {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub