{{coord, 54.209, -3.270, display=title, region:GB_scale:50000 Millom was a rural district in Cumberland in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

from 1934 to 1974. It was formed by a County Review Order in 1934 by the merger of the

Millom Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southwest Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about north of Barrow-in-Furnes ...

urban district with most of the Bootle Rural District. It continued in existence until 1 April 1974, when it was merged by the Local Government Act 1972 to form the Copeland district of

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...

.HMSO. S.I. 1972/2039

References

History of Cumberland History of Cumbria Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 1934 establishments in England